(freshman picture)
we registered sadie for high school--crazy. at registration, they passed out an application for freshman rep. sadie's good friend that won freshman rep moved to provo last month and sadie was so sad to see her go. sadie decided to apply for freshman rep and they called her for an interview. i asked her all kinds of questions in preparation for the interview, but forgot to prepare her incase they asked her to tell a joke:) luckily, she handled it well...
and
she won!
she is excited to have this opportunity to get involved and look outside of herself. the mutual theme this year is D&C 115:5 "arise and shine forth that thy light may be a standard for the nations." sadie has taken this to heart and has a real desire to be an example and make a difference. at the end of the school year when she decided to run for freshman rep, i really prayed that whatever was best for sadie would happen. when her close friend won, sadie showed so much maturity and character. she was disappointed, but showed what a true friend she really is. i am so happy for her. they called her friday and told her she was the new freshman rep and then monday morning she had to be at the high school for meetings. she mentioned, as i dropped her off for her first meeting, if someone would have told her she would be doing this way back on her first day of school when we moved here, she would have never believed them. she has come a long way, and been blessed so much.
(my cute ninth grade girl walking into the huge high school!)
i learned a lot through this whole thing. i know that when her friend moved i had a spiritual experience. i had the spirit come over me and tell me sadie would be ok. it was real. but as we were preparing for the interview i got kind of panic-y. i was so nervous even though i had felt the spirit and i knew i had. afterwords, i realized i chose to panic! i could have saved myself so much anxiety by believing and trusting and having confidence that heavenly father is in charge and if we do our part, he will do his. win or not.
it reminded me of in the beginning of the book of mormon when nephi and his brothers are trying to get the plates and they fail the first couple times. laman and lemuel then have a spiritual experience. they see an angel that tells them they will be ok and the lord will help them succeed. then, right when the angel leaves they say, "how is it possible that the lord will deliver laban into our hands? behold he is a mighty man, and he can command fifty, yea even he can slay fifty: then why not us?" i love nephi's response, "let us be faithful in keeping the commandments of the lord: for behold he is mightier than all the earth, then why not mightier than laban and his fifty, yea or even than his tens of thousands?"
i didn't need to choose to feel panic-y, i could have chosen to say, 'the lord is mightier than all the earth.'
i would have slept a lot better too:)
sadie will be a great freshman rep and i'm grateful she has this opportunity to grow and make a difference.
