Team Teacher

Did I mention that after an entire year of teaching nearly every Sunday by myself, another person has been called as a Sunday School Gospel Doctrine Teacher. I am now a team teacher and I'm super excited about it! It has taken a load of stress off my shoulders. This coming Sunday will be the first Sunday in a year that I feel I will be able to go to church without the heavy feeling like I am going to mess something up while teaching. I can just go and enjoy the three hour block of time and soak in all of the instruction! Yay!

That said, I am really hoping only to take a break from this calling when the baby is born (due in 11 weeks). As much as this calling makes me extremely nervous and uncomfortable, it has been very rewarding. The knowledge (whether a 'refresher' or new knowledge) that I have picked up on in the last year has really helped me to understand the gospel better. At this point, I don't want any other calling. Not in Primary, Young Women, or Relief Society, or anything otherwise. I am surprised to hear myself saying those words, but it is true.

I have received some very genuine compliments on my ability to teach (from members of my ward who regularly attend the class and from complete strangers that have visited my class) and find it to be most rewarding. It is nice to feel appreciated and to know that you are reaching someone that was there to hear the message that was prepared for them (with the help of the Holy Ghost, of course--I am certainly not taking all the credit). I just haven't had that affirmation in a calling (or in day to day life) for a while and I find it refreshing. Must be doing something right.