Alma 7:23-24

After a snowstorm that cancelled most of the first week of school, I am finally attending Portland State University. I can tell that I have a lot of work to do in order to keep up in my classes, but I also know that I have the Lord's help in everything that I'm doing right now. A good example is my Calculus II class. I took Calculus I over seven years ago, and I have understandably forgotten much of what I learned. However, I find that much of what I have forgotten has come flooding back into my mind as I have humbly sought the Lord for his guidance.

In a crunch for time each day now, I also find that the Lord helps me to plan my days as effectively as possible, so that I am prepared for every task that I need to perform each day before the day comes. I have been inspired in school work, in chores at home, at work, and in the business (or the web page for it, at least) that my friends and I are still trying to start. My relationships with family members is improving, as are my social abilities.

I, of course, cannot say enough how much of this is the Lord and how little of it is me. Only as I have remembered the lessons I learned from being a missionary (especially the time I served as a District Leader) have I realized how utter reliance on His ability to answer prayers and to inspire once led me, and how that same reliance can lead me again now.

The Lord must be pleased with the effort; on Sunday, I will both speak in sacrament meeting and teach the Elders' Quorum, and I will speak again next Sunday. Serves me right for all the times I've complained about not being able to speak in Church very often.

Well, I'm off to my Institute class; I'll have to update again another day.

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