On Sunday evening we were out for a walk when we saw throngs of young adults in church clothes walking to the spectrum. We realized we heard something several weeks ago about Elder Christofferson coming to speak to young adults, but we hadn’t heard any announcements recently. We looked up the institute events online and sure enough it was about to start! We dropped Flynn off at home and rushed over! We were tempted to stay home since we were tired and weren’t planning on it, but we’re glad we went!
Sister Christofferson talked about how joy comes when we focus on the Savior, no matter the circumstances. Elder Christofferson talked about some beliefs that Gen Z has (since most people at the event were born after 1996). That really aged us because we’re considered millennials haha! Most people in their late twenty’s don’t go to young adult events anymore, but you can go until you turn thirty so we figure we should take advantage of them! He talked about how many people in Gen Z believe truth is relative. He said truth is eternal and not up to us to decide.
Mark started his last year of school!!! It’s going to be a very busy one, but it’s exciting (and a little terrifying) to see the light at the end of the tunnel. We’re hoping and praying he will find a good job in the spring, and really hope he can find a job near here.
I wanted to make Mark a special breakfast for the first day of school. It was kind of perfect that I couldn’t teach vipkid because I got to sleep in until 6:00, go for a jog, and still had time to make breakfast! I thought apple pancakes seemed appropriate for the first day of school!
I didn’t get to teach Vipkid on Monday or Tuesday, but was able to begin again on September 1. I am fully booked next week, but the week street is booking more slowly than usual. It will be interesting to see what happens. I hope I can teach until the end of this year, or maybe even next Spring when Mark graduates, but I guess we’ll see what it dies off.
Mark and I are taking an institute class this semester (another amazing resource most people stop using by our age). Our very favorite teacher, Brother Jacobs was supposed to retire last year, but is still here so we signed up for his class! It’s a special topics class he designed about repentance, forgiveness, and the Atonement. Mark actually already did this class once, but I haven’t taken it and Mark was happy to take it again. The class is once a week on Tuesday evening which is perfect for our schedules!
Saturday Morning, Mark went to the shooting range with a friend from school. He had a great time and is proud of how much better he’s getting!
Saturday afternoon we went to Blackfoot for our niece, Cassidee’s baptism. It was great to be there and to see how excited Cassidee was! I was asked to play piano which was fun too. I’m out of practice after almost five years without a piano in my home, so I’m excited for the day we have room for one!
We also have had some red bell peppers this year! We’ve never had peppers turn red before!
Some of the young squirrels in the cemetery aren’t scared of Flynn and they seem quite curious about each other.
I gave Flynn a haircut this week and you can’t really see the spot that got shaved for his allergy test anymore! Yay!
Our Story: The Bell Family 