Delighted Rambling

I’ve got a few pieces I’m currently working on to post here, but none that I’ve flushed out enough to really make them public at the moment, so instead you get a bit of rambling about the things that I’ve found in the River Park Ward in the past couple Sundays that I’m delighted over.

There is a gentleman with an amazing singing voice I’ve been lucky enough to sit near both times I’ve visited. Last week it was a little balanced by the lovely lady I was sitting with who was completely flat (though obviously just loving singing the hymns anyway) and today he didn’t seem as into it, but I still got a smile out of the operatic quality of this gentleman’s voice.

Back to that lovely lady I sat next to last week. Though she was not the best singer, she was more than enjoyable to sit next to, as she enjoyed sharing a few details with me, and then walked me to bible study before preparing her Relief Society lesson. She then made sure to include me in the activities in her lesson and made me feel more than welcome.

When I had visited my brother and sister-in-law’s church before Easter I ended up crying through the service because I felt that it was right to be attending service, but that the one I was in was not right for me. Every time I’ve gone to church since then I’ve walked out with tears in my eyes as well. The difference now is that they are entirely happy tears and I definitely feel as though I’m doing what is right for me.

Today there were some tears in church as well. I really enjoyed the members’ testimony this morning, especially with the things that I was able to learn about myself through the stories of others.

I once again felt welcomed as I was in bible study and a wonderful lady not only talked with me and made me feel included in the moment, but then also wrote down her phone number and email address for me to contact her if I ever needed anything.
I really can’t get over how caring and generous the people I’ve met in the church have been.

This Friday while out for swing dancing I met a great couple I look forward to getting to know better, and last night one of those new friends talked with me on Facebook for at least an hour. It feels really awesome to be finding people I can be making connections with and having them exceed any sort of expectation I could possibly have.

I’m disappointed that I can’t be in Relief Society right now because of a shift at work in 17 minutes (I should probably change into work clothes). The ladies there made me feel very included and I’d hoped to say hello to some of them again today. I took off as they were coming into the room instead of greeting them because I knew that I would take longer than I wanted to get ready for work. Let’s hope that next week my schedule will be free and there won’t be any church conflict!