New Orleans??

Yesterday Brian talked to the HR person from Kiewet about the plans for December. Brian graduates in Dec but we didn't know when he would be starting his new job or where we would be relocated. We could go to anywhere in Texas to Florida. The last couple of weeks I have been thinking of places that I would be "ok" with going. Lubbock would be OK, Dallas would be OK, I was iffy on El Paso, Laredo and Miami. I was definetly NO on New Orleans. When Brian got off the phone with Kiewet he said that he will be starting Dec 18 and will probably be not going to Dallas FW for two months for training and would just go to the jobsite and be thrown in with the sharks! I asked him if she had mentioned where we would be going and Brian said that she mentioned that they are waiting on a big bid that they have in New Orleans working on I-10! I immediately told Brian, we are NOT living in New Orleans! I have been to NOLA and I feel that it is a great place to visit, but not necessarily a great place to live. I talked to my mother about it and she made me feel better IF we do end up in NOLA, she said that they need good members of the church there and that it doesn't matter where you go bc the church will always be there wherever you go. That is so true, I had immediately looked up on lds.org about ward locations. They told Brian that they would let him know next week what the plans are and where we would be going. I am both excited and nervous. I am ready for change but nervous just about change in general. I need to go, Avery is blowing bubbles out of her nose, poor things is still battling her cold!

But today I am grateful for:

• Brian graduating in Dec. and having a job to go to. It has been a long and exhausting and draining process, but we are finally seeing the light. I am so proud of him and all the hard work he has put forth.
• The gospel. It is reasssuring to know that wherever we do end up, there will be a church nearby and hopefully a temple nearby with faithful members who would be excited for new members in the ward.
• President Hinkley. I read yesterday that he is now the oldest living prophet we have had. We are so blessed to have such a wise prophet, he has such a sense of humour too. I have such a strong testimony/love for President Hinkley. He is really the only prophet I know, or remember. When you talk about developing a testimony for the prophets, my testimony is of him. He is such a loving man, I remember during a general conference talk when he talked about his late wife and how he could not wait to be with her and that he missed her dearly. I know that when Brian and I have been married for over 70 or so years that I will miss him dearly and want to join him again. A sorrow that I can not imagine, I miss him after being away for him for a couple of days and we haven't been married that long. I can not imagine the heartache he feels for his wife but at the same time aware of his mission on earth and knows that when it is time he will again be with her.