Lunch with Sister Marriott

Recently, Sister Janet Nelson, one of the Board Members from the Young Women General Presidency, came to visit our ward.  She attended our Young Women's class with us and talked to our presidency about the struggles we face.  So often the girls complain that those church leaders "off in Utah" have no idea what it's like to grow up in New York City, and then they were able to meet one of the presidency members who actually lives in Brooklyn.  It was a really neat experience.

At the end of church, Sister Nelson invited me to go to a lunch in the temple building two weeks later.  Sister Marriott, 2nd Counselor in the YW General Presidency, was coming, and she wanted to have a lunch with all stake YW presidents and ward YW presidents in the NYC area!  I was really excited to attend.  Living in New York can be so cool! :)

Panera for lunch.  Yum!

Sister Marriott basically did a Q&A. We submitted questions and topics, and she picked a few to discuss. She is an amazing person - so inspiring - and amazingly kind and sincere.

That's Sister Marriott in red, and our stake YW president, Nelly, is on the end, next to me, in polka dots. Sister Nelson was taking the picture.  (This was a quarter of the group at the lunch.)

The Sunday after this lunch, I was released.  It was a bitter sweet moment as YW is very busy and often incredibly stressful.  But I already miss being so involved with the girls on a weekly basis.