Visiting Teachers, where would you be without them!

When we lived up at the student housing at the U, I always thought that Visiting Teaching was funny. Because in a place like that, I felt like, basically, you are being assigned to be this persons friend. Now, don't get me wrong, I went faithfully and my visiting teachers came to me faithfully. Up there, it was a big thing, and I always felt guilty if I didn't go! I appreciated all my visiting teachers sooooo much. I was very glad that they were assigned to be my friends!

When we moved to our home, the second week here, I was approached by my new visiting teachers. I was very excited that they were both someone younger, since we moved into a kind of older ward. I loved when they would come, we would chat for hours, I mean most of the time, they were here for a minimum of 3 hours! Our kids would play and we would chat, great fun!

Then, Jenna, one of my visiting teachers, and I were asked to be partners. At first, I have to admit, I was a little sad to be her partner, just because then she wouldn't be coming over to my house to hang out! And just a side note, since Jenna stopped being my visiting teacher, I have not had visiting teachers since, well, I have them, they just never come to visit me. We have been partners for almost a year now, and I have only had 1 visit in that time.
Well, Jenna has been a great example to me of strength, compassion, service, and friendship. She is always willing to help anyone out of any situation, and so many people call on her for help, because she is always offering it. Yesterday, my phone rang and it was a neighbor friend Jenny, calling to ask if we were going to the Ward Dinner. I told her no, because I was without a babysitter. She told me that Jenna was watching her kids, and had offered if Jenny could find someone else without a babysitter, that she would watch their kids to, because her husband was out of town and she didn't want to go to the party alone, and she was providing a service so someone else could go to the party, then she would feel better about not going. So, Jenny took 4 of her kids, I took 3 of mine, we both took our babies to the party and Jenna watched 10 kids last night so we could go and enjoy. I felt guilty at first, I wasn't sure about leaving her with so many kids, not because she couldn't handle it, just because of guilt! But, all the kids had a great time, and so did we. When we went to pick up our kids, Jenna went did you leave early, I hope you didn't because we were fine. We had not left early, in fact we were some of the last people to leave. It was a lot of fun and I totally appreciate Jenna for watching my kids and Jenny for thinking of me and inviting me! We had a really great time. We don't often go to ward activities, and we really don't know very many people in our ward. So, it was great to be able to mingle and get to know people better.
Thanks Jenna for being someone who is always willing to give of yourself and for being such a great example to me. I sometimes focus so much on what I have going on in my own life, that I forget to take the time to think about other people. I often feel overwhelmed by my own kids, and forget to think that maybe other people need help with their kids to, and sometimes having other peoples kids over helps you with your own kids!!! I just appreciate all that you do for me and for everyone else, I am often amazed!