Home Teaching Sunday

We hadn’t made Chow Mein in quite sometime. While at church, I made a list of the process. Chop onions, grate carrots & cabbage, boil pasta (spaghetti noodles), and bake ham with mandarin oranges. The boys, John and Seth, Brooki and myself agreed. Seth offered to chop the onions while I grated the carrots and cabbage. John had cereal and milk – he was hungry. About half way through the onions, Seth couldn’t handle it anymore. So John took over. He could only go so far when he decided he couldn’t take the emotional trauma of chopping onions. He decided to take a bath. Seth took over.

          Chow Mein is done and the boys are hungry!

          We were watching a movie & my new home teachers arrive unexpectantly. Embarrassed, we scramble to pick up the living room. Boys went into the kitchen for some cereal. One of their white shirt and ties was scrunched to the edge of the couch. It so reminded me of a scene from the movie, “Home Teachers.” We watched it that evening because after all, in LDS culture, the last Sunday of the month is “Home Teacher’s Day.” This is the last day of the month to do that last minute, forgotten visits to the ward families. It is not allowed on Mondays. Mondays nights are reserved solely to the family which one reside or lays claims on.

          The kid’s dad picks them up at 7:15. He’s late getting there being held up by his own home teacher. Johnny gets in the car & his dad announces that he and Dalen are going home teaching at 7:30.

Kelli McDonald 5/26/12