Our Crazy Sunday

Mike and I had a Sunday to remember today. We were getting ready for our 9:00 a.m. church meetings when Mike mentioned he had to give a talk today. I asked him if he was ready for it and he said something to the affect of, "I'll wing it." I am the complete opposite. I like to map out my talk, figure out how I'm going to word things and type everything up in an organized document. If I don't do this process, I'm a complete mess!

As we were driving, I was mentioning how weird it was for only Mike to have to give a talk. Usually, the Bishop has a new couple both prepare talks, but I quickly shrugged it off thinking the Bishop wanted to have me speak another Sunday. Then we got to church...

Mike picked up a program and just stared at me until I saw the words "Jessica Pless" as the second speaker. I was stunned. The Bishop never talked to me about a talk and I didn't even know what to speak about. So, my job was to introduce Mike and myself by telling people how we met and then share my feelings about the Atonement. I grabbed a piece of paper, scribbled some thoughts and feelings down and just prayed the entire time that everyone would suddenly fall asleep magically during my "talk". Luckily everything turned out fine and then it was Mike's turn to talk. He opened by telling people, "When the Bishop called to ask me to speak, I zoned out everything else he told me...so my wife found out she was speaking today about 5 minutes before she gave her talk." SO THE TRUTH CAME OUT!! But it was a good learning lesson and it taught me how to rely on the Spirit and say the important truths I know. And in return as an apology, Mike is doing the cooking and cleaning this week. :) Amen to that!!