Tender Mercies....

Hello folks,

First I have to say HAPPY MOTHER'S DAY! I'm sure grateful for the women in my life. I wouldn't have made it without my mom, I have been taught and loved by my aunts, loved by grandmothers, and accepted by my friends mom's. I'm sure grateful! I hope you guys all know how much I love you! I'm grateful for your example, love, faith, and fun personalities!

I had a couple experiences this week that were a sweet reminder of God's love for me. It's easy to get down on myself because I'm always being told by customers that I messed up and then I'm corrected by managers and it's easy to feel forgotten and unloved up here. I had one lady especially upset with me this week and I was trying to explain that an full RV hook-up does not include cable and wi-fi. As she had already told me that I didn't know anything, one of the older men that work here stepped in and took the heat for me. As he walked by me to go explain to this lady he winked at me and gave a little smile. Afterwards when she left a nasty comment card and he took the time to take me to the RV site and show me around so I could explain to future employees. When he dropped me back at the resort he said, "To hell with that lady!" It meant a lot to me that he would step in and take her heat and then take the time to show me what an RV site looked like. There really are some amazing people in this world! Yes, I've had quite a few jerks, but it has made me more grateful for the nice people.

The other tender mercy came today. I'm faced again with my future. I would rather not got back to BYU-I but I don't know what else to do. I've looked at different schools, traveling :), working, but nothing seems to be right. I try not to let it consume me, but it's still hard to have that weight on my back. I've also struggled with fitting in here. I work the opposite schedule from everyone else, so I don't get to go to hardly any staff activities. That's hard for me because that is the main reason I came down here. So with those two things I had a heavy heart as I went to church today. Well for those of you who don't know, my bishop is my uncle Eric and today he called me in to talk with him. I was called to be the FHE rep. for our resort along with another guy from our resort. It was a blessing from my Heavenly Father. He knew I wanted to be included and making friend so he put me in charge of getting the activities together. As I was being set apart by my uncle, after he mentioned my calling he said that my prayers would be answered in concerns with my career, family, and my future. That was directly from my Heavenly Father, my uncle/bishop didn't know my heart was worrying about those things but he was inspired and directed to give me a message from my Heavenly Father. All the way home from church I had an overwhelming feeling of my Heavenly Father's love and mindfulness of me. Sometimes I forget and get down, but today I was reminded that I am not just left on my own power. He is mindful of me and what I am going through and it's all in His hands.

I would say to all of you, don't forget about God's love. Life's hard and it's easy to forget and get down. I'm going to try to find the good in people and the blessing each day I'm here.

The gospel is sweet! I want you all to know I have a testimony of the truthfulness of the the gospel. I know God is mindful of each one of us. Our individual trials are to strengthen and teach us, if we let them. Prayer, scriptures study, and other gospel principles are a necessity.

Look for God's tender mercies in your lives! I love you!

Love Stace