Reflections this week...

This week we continued our study of the GPS (Genealogical Proof Standard) as well as some of the useful features in Roots Magic 7. Honesty, I did have a few thoughts of dropping the class when I got frustrated with the technology aspects of the class more than Roots Magic itself. But, I persevered, I contacted the teacher, contacted I-Learn, got the help I needed and successfully turned in the assignment. Turns out it was just the user (me) and not the technology. I appreciated this quote from Henry B. Eyring "You will be tempted to stop and leave the hard work of finding to others who are more expert or to another time in your life. But you will also feel a tug on your heart to go on in the work, hard as it will be." Even though I havn't even started any research, the preliminary work of learning the correct way to use the technology, organize and be efficient, and most important learn the steps of accurate research, sources and citations so that the work can be shared with others, is very important. I do feel the tug to do family history and my friend even asked if I could help her with her family when I told her I was taking a few classes. So, yes that would be fun to help someone that doesn't have their family history already have a lot of people working in it. We also listened to conference this week, and there were a few speakers on temple and family history, I probably would have not been interested in those talks had I not been feeling the push to do this work. I pray the Lord and His angels will attend me and help me exceed my own expectations as I continue learning the proper way to do this important work.