Something nice happened yesterday.
I decided to go to my home ward since I was sick (and not up to a 1 hour drive to Tuscaloosa for church). After the short meeting (it was only Sacrament since they were announcing they were moving another ward into our building) I went home to sleep. I couldn't sleep and it felt like I needed to go back to church.
I'm laying in bed, ticking off all the wards/branches I know of and they had all already met or were too far and then Altadena pops into my head. I drag myself out of the house and drive to the Birmingham Stake Center (about 15 minutes from my apartment).
I'm sitting in the back of the room, not really understanding why I was there. I was having a hard enough time with English, I didn't understand why I was prompted to go to a Spanish branch.
Presidente Cuenca opens the meeting and announces the opening hymn (only thing I understood was the hymn number) and the congregation starts to sing. And then I understood why I had been sent there. I was feeling really alone and Heavenly Father wanted to remind me that I was not alone. The opening hymn was "Que Firmes Cimientos" (How Firm a Foundation). This is my favorite hymn and every time I hear the third verse in Spanish, I'm transported back to the day of my baptism. I felt warm and so loved in that moment.
The odds that they would choose that particular hymn on the day I randomly show up... Heavenly Father truly is aware of me and wanted me to know it. I am grateful I followed that prompting to go.
Mi Padre Celestial me ama!
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