First Sunday at Ward

Sunday, 6 May 2007

I don't want to miss church. This is where Heavenly Father wants me to be. This is where I should be on Sundays and this is where I want to be.

I like the church building. Mike and me went to the 5th ward. The 3rd and 9th ward are sharing this building as well.

Block meetings was from 9:00 am to 12:00 noon. Same time as the Miri branch. Instead of individual chairs joined together, there are 2 rows of long soft benches. Mike and me arrived about 8:40 am. We were probably the earliest birds. I didn't see anyone else apart from the Bishop, the counselors. Members started coming in after 8:50 am.

The first person who greeted us was the 2nd counselor in the ward presidency. It feels good to be back in my Heavenly Father's house. It doesn't matter whether it is in Miri, Kota Kinabalu, Kuala Lumpur, Penang or in Yuma, it is the Lord's house. To be able to take the sacrament, to sing the hymns, to feel the spirit of God and to know that He loves me.

Seeing that there are many people in the congregation, I assumed that people would be lining up to bear their testimonies. It wasn't so. I didn't go up because I was shy. People are the same everywhere. Here, they are shy too and sometimes it took quite a few minutes before the next person walk up to the pulpit.

The gospel doctrine teacher impressed me with her knowledge and so is the Relief Society 3rd counselor who gave us the lesson on scriptures. Being fast and testimony Sunday, I took the invitation to the class, in the last 10 minutes, and bore my testimony that I know that the scriptures are true and a blessing to me.