The Calling Pt.2

Getting a calling in a ward takes me back to the fourth grade... On the playground getting ready to play kickball. I was waiting for one of the two team captains to pick me for their team. I knew which team I wanted to me on and every time that other captain went to pick someone I prayed it wasn't me.

For those of you who don't know about the LDS church, there's basically a few different sections women can get "called" to. There's "musical" callings, where you'll lead people in singing, play the piano, stuff like that. "Nursery" which is kind of self explanatory... You work with the kids ages 1.5-3. "Sunday school" callings where you'll teach different age levels of classes, "Primary" where you'll teach and sing with kids from 3-11. "Young Women's", working with the teenage-aged girls from 12-18. And "Relief Society" where you'll work with the older women of the church, 18 and up. But where I go, after all of the other younger women are picked called to help with those other things...So that usually means women approaching retirement and up are those left going to Relief Society.

I was so nervous about what my church calling would be in my new ward. This post will catch you up to speed. Well, I found out a couple of weeks ago what I'll be doing for the next little while.

Finally, after 5 years of being stuck with the same Relief Society teacher calling time and time again I made a plan to get out of the cycle.

First, I told everyone I met who seemed nice that I did not want that calling. One of the women happened to be the bishop's wife (that wasn't intentional, but helpful).

Next, I avoided going to any Relief Society activities. Usually when I'd start a new ward I'd go to an enrichment night or some activities to get to know people faster. Then, within a matter of weeks I'd get the dreaded call! This time I avoided activities I thought would put me back in that predicament... At least until I got a calling other than the one I was hiding from.

Finally, I flat out told the bishop I didn't want to be a Relief Society teacher. That I had done it at every ward I had ever been in since I started attending the group and that I would really like to try something new for a change. He was nice, and it seemed like he really understood where I was coming from.

Then whatdoyaknow... A couple of months later I'm called into a little room for that special meeting... My heart is thumping because I know FOR ONCE I'm going to be called to something new... I'm going to get to try something different. I had said I'd be excited to do anything... Really? 'Did I say Anything? What was I thinking?' Ok... Anything but that and Gospel Doctrine teacher.

I got really anxious to hear what I'd be doing and they asked me to be a Sunday school teacher... For the 17 and 18 year olds! Whaa?! I feel like I'm basically their age! And how am I going to make Sunday school interesting to them?

I'm really quite nervous an intimidated about it. To be honest, I was hoping for some thing in Primary. I mean it is so too much to ask to work with cute kiddos all day? Or maybe it's the Lord's way of protecting me from an extra dose of birth control (speaking of which I have an update on that situation coming soon). But anyway, I'm SO grateful that it's at least something new. I think it should be fun!

I'll teach the whole month of May but I'll team teach every other week after that. My first Sunday teaching is next week. The lesson: Law of Consecration. Wish me luck!

Oh, and don't forget to enter My Giveaway going on right now! I'm going to start doing a lot more pretty soon so stay tuned! :)