This couple of weeks has been one of discovery and affirmation of the path the Lord has set for me.

The Facebook and Twitter aspect of social media was not my favorite part of the last couple of weeks and they will be my resource of last resort. However I did love using FamilySearch Community and have shared that with others that are working on Family History.

I have learned so much about ways to search and an anxious to try them on breaking through some of my brick walls. I have also appreciated the help I have gotten from my classmates. I would have been lost without them, their help and feedback.

Doing the final project was a great learning experience in using RootsMagic and also in searching for a family. It was fun and showed me that I really do have a love of family history and the Lord knows me and helps me to figure out what I am to focus on.

This has been an interesting week. I started out hopeful that I would be able to accomplish the assignments that were due and be successful. As I a have brought up before Family History is not a passion for me, or at least that is what I always thought. This week has shown me that I do have a love of researching. Of course knowing that the information was out there was a big help but the search was fun and time passed so quickly that my day was done before I knew it!

I was also able to learn how to use the tools available to me. I loved getting more familiar with RootsMagic and will be putting more of my family history into my database.

I guess the Lord does work in miraculous ways and is telling me why He has directed me to this path. I really look forward to helping others on their journey of reuniting families forever.

This week was hard for me.  I did learn a lot about FamilySearch Community and for that I am grateful and will have fun with the resources available to me. I have already put a couple of Swedish sites on my watchlist and joined one. I also joined GenelogyWise and look forward to using that resource. Facebook and Twitter are not my friends and would be the last resort to finding information.
Since this is a gospel reflection post I am not sure the Lord would be pleased with my attitude this week and I will have to do some repenting. I know it is important to learn new things and be prepared for them to be hard. I struggle with the hard so hope I have learned a valuable lesson in being kind and patient with myself.

I have not spent much time this week thinking of finding family. I celebrated Thanksgiving with my in-laws. It was great to spend time with them, but also difficult. My father-in-law has Alzheimer's and my mother-in-law is 89 and struggling. It made me appreciate family and the ways that we can take care of them to the best of our ability. I hope to find ways to help those on the other side of the veil.