I have had an uneventful past month. School started again last month... I have 5 classes this semester. They're kind of boring, my favorite class has nothing to do with my field of study. It's called Musicology. I'm learning about the History of music in the Western Culture. The teacher is really great and the material is just interesting to me! Bill was suprised how much I like it, he's getting a degree in music and slept through that class. I don't know what it is about the class, but I really like it.
Bill started hosting a tuba quartet in our house. So every Sunday we have a group of guys come over and play their tuba/euphonium. I enjoy it for the most part; while they play I cook. Then we all eat together. I do enjoy cooking. Yesterday we had biscuits and gravy..Did you know that I make the best biscuits and gravy ever? Yeah, I know I'm bragging; but seriously it's heavenly...even better than my parents'. ;) Last Sunday we had pizza, and it was the best pizza I've made!! I am very proud of it. I've never had bacon on a pizza before, let's just say bacon on pizza is a new found love for me! What should I do next Sunday??
Next week is our fall break, my family is renting a cabin in the mountains. I'm really looking forward to visisting with them and relaxing.
This past Saturday my church had the General Relief Society Meeting broadcast. It was pretty good, mostly it talked about visiting sisters in the church. However, one talk focused on something that has been on my mind lately. Let me preface this, last week I was able to spend some time with a good friend of mine. We got into a discussion about judging others... which leads to the broadcast reference; I wish she could have heard the broadcast, especially what President Monson had to say. Basically we need to love one another and not make judgements. I like what he said when he referenced Mother Teresa:
Mother Teresa, a Catholic nun who worked among the poor in India most of her life, spoke this profound truth: “If you judge people, you have no time to love them.” The Savior has admonished, “This is my commandment, That ye love one another, as I have loved you.” I ask: Can we love one another, as the Savior has commanded, if we judge each other? And I answer—with Mother Teresa—“No; we cannot.”
-Thomas S. Monson, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
I want my friend to know that I love her and that she is a daughter of God and He loves and knows her too. No judgement from someone should ever make you feel less of a child of God; because those who judge do not know how to truly love one another.
I hope everyone is enjoying the beginning of fall; it's rainy here but it is also cooling down!!! The high for today was 66. :)
OH and in a year, we will be living in Tacoma, Washington.
