I have hit a gold mine as the Primary Pianist. Never in my life have I had a calling where almost every week people are thanking me, telling me how wonderful I am, and just so happy to have me here.........................and I do pretty much next to nothing.
I mean really? Spending 20-30 min plucking out a few tunes and then off I go to Relief Society. No obligations during the week, no meetings to attend, no lesson to plan, it's the best.
Leaders love me, parents love me, even the kids love me because of it. And the best part of all, I don't have to worry about what the kids do. I was telling Casey, if the kids aren't paying attention, or climbing the walls, who cares! I am supposed to focus on the piano. That's somebody else's job.
But the climax of it all happened today. There was a family I had never seen in our barrio today and they were from Venezuela. I don't know if they were visiting or are a refugee family (country is kind of in turmoil right now). Anyway, I was standing next to Johel who was talking to the parents. The little girl, who I am guess is about 6 or 7, looked up at me and said in Spanish, "You play the piano very beautifully."
Oh I was tickled pink! I knelt down and asked her if she enjoyed singing time. She said she did and then I said I hoped she would be able to come back and sing with us again.
Really, does it get any better than this?
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