Good-Bye Fallbrook 5th Ward

We have loved living in the Fallbrook 5th Ward! When we lived in Woodland, we lived in a smaller ward and had the opportunity to serve in a few different capacities while we were there. When we moved to the San Diego area and we attended church in our new ward, we realized it was a really strong and large ward. We wondered if we would have opportunities to serve. We did! Joseph served in the Young Men's Presidency and then also as Ward Mission Leader. I have served in the Primary Presidency the entire time we've been here. I served under two presidents, both of whom were amazing! I learned so much from them. It was hard work, but it always feels so good to give it everything you've got. I was given the assignment of writing the Primary Sacrament Meeting script. It took many hours and some sleepless nights, but my testimony of the Gospel from being able to help the primary children children share their testimonies though their speaking parts and their personal experiences. I love serving in Primary. It's my favorite place to be...right now anyway, I love being where my children are and learning what they are learning and seeing them in a gospel learning setting.

I was also assigned to be over Cub Scouts. Wow! I knew nothing about Cub Scouts and so I dove in and learned all I could through the online training that Boy Scouts of America provides as well as the world wide web. We called a pack committee chairman to help get our pack functioning and communicating a little better, and had a great year. I'll now have an idea of what my boys are getting into in a few years. I've loved the people that I've been able to get to know through church service.

One challenge of being in the Fallbrook 5th ward was the distance to church. We had to drive 3o minutes each way! There were buildings closer to us geographically, but the church here goes by school boundaries and we were in a Bonsall School District, so we were in the ward with Bonsall and Fallbrook, even though we lived in Oceanside. It was so worth it though! The drive to church was beautiful and the people even more so. It was also a drive to get to "Faith In God" activities for Brynn, but again, there were so many wonderful girls for her to associate with, it was worth every minute spent in the car and every dollar spent on gasoline. :)

One thing I think Isaac will miss is the year-round outdoor/indoor Nursery. There are probably few places where you can have nursery outside all throughout the year, but in San Diego County, you can! It's really never too hot nor too cold to have nursery outside. It was heaven for the kids and I'm sure it was for the leaders too! Good-Bye Fallbrook 5th Ward! We'll miss you, but we hope to visit as often as we can!