New job, new house, new haircut, new internet!

Pictures in no particular order...

*New curtains we finally hung once Kurtis got his drill.. thanks Christy!

*My shoes, they were organized at one point..

*A bookshelf in our bedroom

*Our address :)

I know you've all been dying to see our house and I apologize that you're going to have to wait some more. The truth is, I'm ashamed that I haven't gotten things in order yet and I can't take pictures of my mess! I have some teasers here for you though.. some candids of around the house or your viewing pleasure. :) It was also time to tame the long, stringy, mousy hair that is on my head so I got a haircut! We also got our internet connection hooked up yesterday. YAY! Lastly, starting tomorrow I am the new ESOL teacher at Kellogg Middle School. It's the same school I was at last year. I had many people rooting for me and pleading for a job for me. I am truly humbled by that. I'm going to be teaching 6th grade kids who are learning English as a 2nd (often 3rd-4th) language. I'll be in some regular classrooms (including science!) and reading classes. I'm really excited to be staying at my school and working with more wonderful people.

This is another lesson in faith and patience the Lord has taught me. The Lord works in mysterious ways but we've got to be patient enough to receive the blessing. Today's lesson in Relief Society reminded me of this. It was on Elder Utchdorf's April 2008 conference talk 'A matter of a few degrees' and King Saul from the Bible was mentioned. He asked the prophet Samuel to offer a sacrifice for his armies to defeat their enemies. Saul waited 7 days for the prophet to arrive but listened to his advisors and the desires of his own heart and performed the sacrifice himself, something he was not authorized to do. When Samuel arrived the next day he had to tell Saul, "Thou has done foolishly; thou hast not kept the commandment of the Lord thy God, which he commanded theel for now would the Lord have established thy kindgom upon Israel forever. But now thy kingdom shall not continue." (1 Samuel 13:13-14) I know I think I have waited long enough for an answer to a prayer, for some special blessing I think I deserve, etc. but the Lord is reminding me to wait just another day to receive his choicest blessings. I hope I can have more humility to trust in the Lord and not lean unto my own understanding.