*Today at church we had our annual Children's Sacrament Meeting Presentation, otherwise known as the Primary Program. In all my years of Primary service, this is the first year that I actually had to write the program by myself, and that made me feel much more invested in the whole thing. We had had two practices, but I felt that maybe we could have used another one. Thankfully, I was pretty calm as I realized that there was really nothing anyone (I) could do at that point. Thankfully, it seems that those two practices were enough. Thankfully, the kids moved smoothly and spoke clearly, the songs were beautiful, and we finished right on time. Thankfully, the Spirit was there.
*Today at church, I was not yet released as the Ward Primary President.
*Today at church, I did my first visit as the Stake Primary President, to see another ward's Primary Program. Theirs was also well done. This is the largest primary in our stake, and the logistics of seating everyone and moving everyone and letting everyone have a part in the alloted time is a lot to figure out. I do know the challenges, as our primary was the same size before our ward split. A primary that size is a good kind of challenge, but it is also exhausting.
*Today after church, we had the baptism of the sweetest 8-year old boy. It was a surprise to arrive at the church to find the other ward had thought a child turned on the font, and had turned off the water and drained it all. The font takes 3-4 hours to fill. There were some discouraged people, but we had a baptism to do, so we all grabbed pitchers and pots from the kitchen and turned on every tap in the chuch and filled that font by hand. It took about 40 minutes. We all believe that it was like the miracle of the loaves and the fishes, where the water that was in the font in the end was more than we actually put in. There was an amazing spirit at the baptism for many reasons.
It was awesome!
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