Today it was announced in primary that
one family has left us already and that another family will be moving
Thursday. We knew the stay for both
families being in this ward was only temporary.
But when the first accepted a calling in the bishopric, I was truly
excited believing that his family would be living in Oregon for a while - not
just only one month more! What's up with
that! They didn't even say good-bye - I
think it was just announced: Oh, by the way.
Two weeks ago there were 15 children in
our combined class of valiants. Most of them were visitors. The amount of all classes combined totaled
almost 30. Today we had 5 in class and
10 in sharing time - and that was with two of the children who are leaving. Not counting the visitors from two weeks ago,
our primary has decreased by a third with the two families that are/will be
gone. And there are at least three
vacant positions within our ward now - nursery, primary counselor and bishopric
counselor. We will be able to combine
the valiant classes again - though I think Thomas and I would enjoy the
one-on-one. I really don't wish to be
called to nursery. But I guess that
would free up more time once a month to focus on the newsletters. I also take role in choir.
Roland says I should not accept a
second calling if I don't want it - but most of the active people in this ward
have several callings. One RS counselor
also conducts the ward choir, the other leads the music in Sacrament
meeting. Our primary pianist teaches
Sunday School. Primary teachers (especially nursery) are
really hard to come by. And there are
only four classes (including the nursery).
But as the number of children have decreased, Danny can probably go back
to teaching all the valiants without my assistance. Guess we'll see what the near future holds
for us.
