A come from behind victory by the underdog!

People come to play on Sundays. I'm not talking about the Little League World Series going on right now, the Super Bowl, or even the final round of the latest PGA event. I'm talking about going to church here at the BYU singles wards. Both the males and the females agree that Sunday is your day to shine: wear your new suave tie, show off your new hair-do, etc. On any given Sunday, any given sister and any given brother can make it happen. When the Spirit is strong, miraculous things come to pass. This is the kind of hope that inspires the exhausted college student to be fueled with energy for early morning church. Needless to say, that energy is multiplied when it is the first Sunday of a new semester. All the girls wear their favorite dresses and all the boys wear their favorite ties. The first Sunday is when first impressions are made, so you can't afford to not show-up (and showing up entails more than just coming, if you are picking up what I'm putting down).

Today was just that--the first Sunday of the new semester. Having only a few days to recover from the natural disaster of having our EQP hesitate when asked about the pool of ladies in the ward, we were unsure of what to expect when 9:00 am came our way. As we arrived at our seats a little bit early, we were blessed to watch probably 3/4 of the ward walk-in as we gathered for a joint EQ/RS meeting. To our surprise, attractive girls seemed to be in abundance! Could this really be happening? We thought it might be too good to true. Maybe we were only seeing what we wanted to see, and as a result, our eyes were fooling us. Although there were numerous sisters in our sunday school hour as well, we sat in the front row and didn't have an adequate opportunity to reassess the situation. Yet, as we all came together for the final hour that would be our sacrament meeting, it was reminiscent of the first hour: attractive girl after attractive girl came walking in. Renewed with hope and ambition, we sang the hymns with vigor like never before. As if to confirm to us that yes, we were being blessed, the Spirit was strong thoughout the meeting. Our prayers had been answered.

Welcome the ward gentlemen. It's going to be a good semester!