It's over . . . for now

First of all, thank you all so much for your kind words, calls, and prayers. The bar experience was that much more pleasant because I knew I had such great people holding me up throughout.

The bar was amazing, not in the sense that I did amazingly well on it, but in the sense what it was incredibly intense.

We got to Roanoke, a four hour drive from Williamsburg, the night before the event. The next morning, we reported at 8:00 AM to get instructions on how to set up our laptops for the essay portion of the exam. After an hour and a half of waiting and instruction, they passed out the questions. Five questions each in the morning and afternoon, three hours per set. It may not seem like a lot, but each question generally has three sub-parts, and the questions are incredibly difficult to parse through. Not to mention they can ask you any question embodied in 23 different subject areas.

Day two was multiple choice day: Two sessions of three hours to answer 100 questions each session. I don't know if that sounds like a lot but it was.

Anyway, this is getting much longer than I expected, but it was an amazingly humble experience and it actually gave me a great chance to reflect on my relationship with Heavenly Father, how he blesses us, and our role in receiving those blessings. I was tremendously blessed by faith and the prayers of others and myself. I am so grateful for a Heavenly Father that loves us, all of us, 6 billion of us, and I am so grateful that he smiles upon us when we are righteous.

Thanks again, Greg