4 Months and 3 Callings

Yes my dear friends and family, in the four whole months that Eric and I have been married and living in our married student ward, I have had no less than three callings. Count 'em, one, two, three!

It is common in student wards to change callings every three months, but at three within 4 months we wonder if this is a record or something.

My first calling--relief society chorister--was nice, relaxing, and really low-key. I was fine and happy with that, besides I got an intense right arm workout for 5 minutes every Sunday.

About a month later Eric and I were confused why we had been asked to come in and meet with the counselor again when we both already had callings and a volunteer calling that isn't really a calling (going to do sealings once a month with other couples from the ward). When low and behold I was called to be a nursery leader... joy.

I like kids, but do I like them enough to replace Sunday School and Relief Society, nope. And I don't think anyone else does either. I struggled with my significantly less spiritually uplifting Sundays. Even when I taught primary I didn't feel this spiritually neglected. At least in primary there were plenty of lessons and songs, and the kids are at an age where they actually can pay attention for more than 15 seconds and sometimes say some pretty profound things that pull at your heartstrings.

Do get me wrong the nursery kids were truly darling most of the time, I just missed Relief Society and the chance to mingle with other sisters, and going to Sunday School with my husband.

Enter my third calling, which came as a relief and an escape. After almost 2 months in nursery Eric and I got another call from the counselor, this time we were really confused, but joked that I would be getting another calling. And funnily enough that is just what happened. I was called to be the Relief Society Secretary. The whole time the counselor was extending the calling to me I had to stop myself from grinning like a kid on Christmas. I didn't care what the calling was as long as I could go back to Relief Society and Sunday School with Eric.

I haven't really done anything for my calling yet, but I think it will be a good one. Definitely more time consuming but at least I get my weekly dose of Relief Society.

And I'm hoping I'll keep this calling for awhile...