Grateful

     I am grateful for the gospel.  I am also grateful that I am able to attend a college in which we can freely speak about religion and our views.  This week in class one of our videos that we had to watch had tons of swearing in it.  I am not one that normally says anything.  My husband chooses to use words that I don't like.  So to say that I am immune would not have been that far off, or so I thought.  This guy used so many swear words, I found it hard to concentrate on anything else.  It was like he was using as a shock and awe formate.  He got his point across the first few times that he used it, but then continued using the language constantly throughout the video.  I had to turn it off when my kids got home and I eventually went out to my car and watched it on my phone away from sensitive ears.  Another person complained about the use of language and I agreed with her.  I now see that the video has been taken off of our reading / watching list.  I'm glad that our principles are of such that this can happen.  In a different college, I'm not sure that our voices would be heard, much less taken care of so quickly.  I pray that this will be taken off of the list permanently.  There is no need for that.  I can say that I have tried to forget what the video was about. 
     As far as the $100 project, I am still waiting to find out what the actual outcome of the sales were from the pumpkin patch.  They are now closed since Halloween is over.  They are going to try and get me the final numbers by next week.  Once I find out the numbers, then I will know if I need to start working on getting more made for the other place that said they will accept them.  They are not very busy, so I do not think they will sell very many.  I do not want to go to a lot of work until I know what is needed.  

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