Work Hard No Matter What

work, work, work. :) it's funny. one day you're working and working and people tell you you're doing it wrong. You just can't be doing it right, because 1) you didn't give them what they wanted when they wanted and 2) you're doing it DIFFERENT. you keep working. You don't change anything. The next day you see a bit of success. What happens? the SAME PEOPLE use the SAME CIRCUMSTANCES to tell you that you're doing it really well and that you're great. :) the IRONY. (maybe that's not the most uplifting perspective. maybe it seems cynical. Oh well.)

People have expectations for you. You won't fulfill them. You might exceed them. You might not. If you're a follower, do something you can be confident in, and be confident in it. If you're a leader, understand that the plants that grow fastest are called weeds and quickly become a nuiscance... and neither of you get caught up in the details. good week.

We had a Ward activity last week that I helped organize. Here’s what we did.

Opening Exercises
5-min class on prophets

game 1: TELEPHONE
compare the game to the confusion that there would be if we only went by the words of a prophet thousands of years ago. No wonder there are so many churches.. .  .

game 2: BLIND-FOLDED COURSE
have person 1 guide person 2 (who is blindfolded) through an obstacle course or something of the sort. compare person 1 to the prophet, and person 2 to, well, us.

game 3: PUZZLE

Puzzle used at Ward Activity

explanation: when christ was here, he established his church (efesians 2 20). the world rejected him and his doctrine. It fell and lost its form. nobody could fit all the pieces together.

game: give each person a part of the puzzle that my mom made, enos, captain moroni, alma, or any other. tell them that the first one to finish their puzzle wins.

explanation: each person will become competitive, eliminating the idea of a whole. they might start taking pieces from other puzzles, but will never be able to finish the puzzle.

After the people realize they can’t finish their puzzle, pull out the Book of Mormon portion of the puzzle and allow them to finish the puzzle.

explanation: the Book of Mormon is the key that pulls all other topics or ideas into one whole. it gives pattern and sense to the rest of the picture.