Robert writes home #116 29 May 1998
Dear Mother,
We had another rain storm yesterday. The temperature is in the 50's to 60's. The farmers are all crying disaster. They've lost alot of hay to mildew and mold. The cotton is stunted and sick and the future looks bleak for agriculture for this year. It still hasn't warmed up enough to plant my watermelons, but it is surely pleasant living weather. The yard looks so nice and green.
Sunday is going to be Seminary Sacrament meeting. Sam has a little two line solo to sing in one of the songs. He was assigned to speak also. He has a good talk ready and is excited to do it. Tomorrow night is Seminary graduation at the stake center. This has been a busy week for seminary. I also spent the morning getting the year end reports in for seminary.
Charlie's passport came, FED EX, today. I went to the post office and sent it on priority mail to him. That passport makes that mission to South America seem pretty real.
31 May 1998. It's taking me a little while to complete this letter.
We had the seminary sacrament meeting today. It went great. The seminary chorus was beautiful. One of the mothers took charge of the singing and practiced them for the last week or two for about 20 minutes of each class period.
A boy and girl sang a duet that was beautiful and the chorus was great. Even a boy who would never sing in class for me sang a solo (two bars) He has a good voice. I was amazed to find out those guys could sing. I couldn't get them to sing for me in class.
The talks were all good. It was a nice meeting. I was proud of those kids. I'm really impressed that they are there at 6:00 am (at seminary) because they want to be in harmony with Heavenly Father enough to make the sacrifice. Even the ones that falter have that spark of spiritual desire to be at one with God and the universe. The obstacles of their lives get the best of them, momentarily, sometimes, but that desire to be right with their father in heaven is still there, usually. The challenge for the teacher is to try to be the backup they need to help them hang in there in the face of life's obstacles...like low self esteem and peer pressure.
I feel like Moroni 12:27 is aimed at me as a seminary teacher. The Lord shows us our weakness to make us humble. If we come to him, his grace is sufficient and he'll make our weakness into strength. I came into that job thinking that I knew the gospel well enough to teach those students. I was shown that I wasn't able to be what many of them needed as a teacher. I pry that my weakness will be made strength and I will be able to deal better with their needs next time around. I feel really sad that I wasn't able to keep those who went into inactivity during the year from yielding to the pressures in their lives.
Seminary has been a wonderful experience. I've been on a constant "spiritual high" with this assignment.
I'm anxious for a little reprieve from getting up at 4:20 AM, but I'm anxious to do it again next year.
The gospel is exciting and the spirit gives confidence and comfort...live for it.
Love,
Robert, Janet, Sam
We had another rain storm yesterday. The temperature is in the 50's to 60's. The farmers are all crying disaster. They've lost alot of hay to mildew and mold. The cotton is stunted and sick and the future looks bleak for agriculture for this year. It still hasn't warmed up enough to plant my watermelons, but it is surely pleasant living weather. The yard looks so nice and green.
Sunday is going to be Seminary Sacrament meeting. Sam has a little two line solo to sing in one of the songs. He was assigned to speak also. He has a good talk ready and is excited to do it. Tomorrow night is Seminary graduation at the stake center. This has been a busy week for seminary. I also spent the morning getting the year end reports in for seminary.
Charlie's passport came, FED EX, today. I went to the post office and sent it on priority mail to him. That passport makes that mission to South America seem pretty real.
31 May 1998. It's taking me a little while to complete this letter.
We had the seminary sacrament meeting today. It went great. The seminary chorus was beautiful. One of the mothers took charge of the singing and practiced them for the last week or two for about 20 minutes of each class period.
A boy and girl sang a duet that was beautiful and the chorus was great. Even a boy who would never sing in class for me sang a solo (two bars) He has a good voice. I was amazed to find out those guys could sing. I couldn't get them to sing for me in class.
The talks were all good. It was a nice meeting. I was proud of those kids. I'm really impressed that they are there at 6:00 am (at seminary) because they want to be in harmony with Heavenly Father enough to make the sacrifice. Even the ones that falter have that spark of spiritual desire to be at one with God and the universe. The obstacles of their lives get the best of them, momentarily, sometimes, but that desire to be right with their father in heaven is still there, usually. The challenge for the teacher is to try to be the backup they need to help them hang in there in the face of life's obstacles...like low self esteem and peer pressure.
I feel like Moroni 12:27 is aimed at me as a seminary teacher. The Lord shows us our weakness to make us humble. If we come to him, his grace is sufficient and he'll make our weakness into strength. I came into that job thinking that I knew the gospel well enough to teach those students. I was shown that I wasn't able to be what many of them needed as a teacher. I pry that my weakness will be made strength and I will be able to deal better with their needs next time around. I feel really sad that I wasn't able to keep those who went into inactivity during the year from yielding to the pressures in their lives.
Seminary has been a wonderful experience. I've been on a constant "spiritual high" with this assignment.
I'm anxious for a little reprieve from getting up at 4:20 AM, but I'm anxious to do it again next year.
The gospel is exciting and the spirit gives confidence and comfort...live for it.
Love,
Robert, Janet, Sam
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