Wonderful Day

• This Friday, Jan 28, was a wonderful day, but it didn't start out that way. 
•  It started out being a stress and a concern all week.  
• Thomas's wrestling tournament was that night.
• President Uchtdorf was also speaking in the tabernacle that night and we had an invitation to go!
• The talk would be broadcast world wide to all church education teachers and support. 
• I was invited with my spouse because I am a seminary substitute.  
• The invitation included dinner afterwards in the conference center, and we were so excited to go.  
• I had Thomas's tournament on my calendar for Saturday.
• Then, at the beginning of the week, we found out that it was two days, Friday and Saturday.  
• Conflict!!!
• We prayed a lot for help.
• We also called my sister who lives about  fifteen minutes from the tournament to help us if we needed it.  
• On Friday, Thomas and I drove to the tournament.
• We were unsure how it all was going to work out.  
• We brought a skirt for me to change into and clothes to sleep over at my sister's if it came to that.  
• I watched Thomas's first match. 
• He was amazing!   
• He wrestled a boy much more experienced than he was, but he would not let himself be pinned. 
• He always gives every match all he’s got.
• It was wonderful to watch him.  
• He did get pinned in the end, however. 
• After that, I wasn’t sure what to do.
•  It was time to go hear President Uchtdorf. 
• We had no idea when Thomas's next matches would be or what the outcome would be.
• If Thomas lost one more match, he’d be out of the tournament for good and would need a place to go.  
• I gave him a phone and told him to call my sister if he finished with the tournament before we finished. 
• I left him sitting quite happily with members of his wrestling team.
• I drove 45 minutes to the conference center and parked.
• I changed into my skirt and boots, and walked to the tabernacle.
• Brian met me there.
• He had driven up after work.
• He also came prepared to stay over with us at my sister's if we needed to.
•  President Uchtdorf’s talk was wonderful!
• The spirit of the Holy Ghost was very strong.
•  It was so nice to be sitting next to my husband in the historic tabernacle listening to a prophet of God.  
• Afterwards, we called Thomas.
• He hadn’t wrestled yet.
• He didn't know when he'd wrestle again.
• We walked to the dinner at the conference center. 
• It was wonderful food, especially the fruit. 
• I know that sound weird.  
• Now days all fruit, no matter how nice looking is totally tasteless.
• This fruit was delicious.  
• After the meal, we hurried to back to the tournament.
• Ten minutes after we arrived, we got to watch Thomas's second match!
• He fought at tenaciously as he could, but ended up losing in the end.  
• That ended the tournament for Thomas's.  
• We let my sister know that we wouldn’t be staying over after all. 
• She and her family were so sweet to be “on call” for us like that.
• Especially because her husband flew in from a business trip that evening.  
• They were very kind to be there when we needed them.
• I hope we can be as helpful to people in need as they were to us.  
• We then made the long drive home, arriving before eleven o clock.   
• Whew, what a day! 
• What a wonderful, wonderful, day.