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Last Sunday I was called to be a primary teacher. I actually really enjoy teaching the primary, so it was exciting for me. I really believe that all things happen for a reason, being little or small. As I prepared the lesson for today, well let's just say it taught me more than I probably did the children. The lesson was on forgiving others. This is something I've been kind of struggling with lately. Of course I have a desire to forgive, but I just can't seem to let the hard and hurt feelings go. But as I taught my primary class about how the Savior forgave the soldiers that took him from the Garden of Gethsemane, and he forgave those who nailed him to the cross, I too can forgive. Of course my burdens are much smaller than my Saviors. I'm just very thankful to have a Savior who loves me, and who is aware of my needs. This was really a lesson that I needed to hear. I found a really nice quote from President Hickley that pretty much sums it all up. "Som
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Ok, so I've been kind of "Less Effective". We've been so busy lately we've hardly had the time to breathe! I took a few pics. yesterday of Grande Prairie. There are TONS of trees here, it's beautiful! Our apartment is right in the middle of just about everything, so it's really nice. We have a five minute drive to just about wherever we need to go. Here's some pics. Just a few pics. of the trees...they're awesome! Here's a picture of the Mission Heights Building that we take care of. Ok, so you're probably wondering why I took a picture of Wa-Mart right? If you look to the left of Wal-Mart that is our apartment complex...where we live! Nice eh? I love how close we are, it's so conviently awesome!! You should see the logs stacks they have here, it's amazing how many there are. We've been told that in the next few months there's TONS more, so it should be interesting to see. Well, that's all for now. I'll ge