My talk & temple reccomends

My talk went really well last week. Even though I was nervous prior to the talk I did okay. I think that it really just involved getting into the run of things again.

GREAT NEWS!!!! Ofelia and I just got our temple recommends for the first time in about 5 years. It feels so good and we will be going to the temple this Saturday with the youth to do baptisms for the dead. This will be exciting!

Court martial

I went into the court martial that I have been selected for as a juror member with a thought that most things like this would be fairly black or white. Boy was I in for a surprise. This is anything but black and white and is quite grey. It is easy to here both sides of the argument and want to side with both. Once the court martial is over I think I will be able to expound a bit more.

Can good people do illegal things?

I have been a panel member (jury member) for a special court martial these last 2 days. One of the qualifying questions that the judge asked us was "can a good person do illegal things?" It took a while for some of the other members to think about. For me it was fairly easy. Is some one bad just because they go 5 miles over the speed limit? Back in the 50s and 60s was a person bad for going against laws that were discriminatory against other races? The answer to both of these questions is no. Some of the juror members were adamant that a good person could not do illegal things. Interesting.

Talk in sacrament meeting

This week I am busy preparing a talk on the Atonement. I will be talking next week in sacrament meeting and this is the first time I have done this is a long time. I am nervous but am excited to be doing this.

One of my troops LDS but has been inactive for a while. It is interesting how I have various different hats when it comes down to it. I his boss, his confidant, the closest thing he has to a church leader, and it is hard to juggle everything at the same time. I was able to talk to him and give him a blessing at work. Hopefully he is able to straighten things out. I know how hard it is to come back once you have strayed from the path.