In these classes, we would learn different strategies and theories for keeping kids’ attention.

We’d also talk about how to handle behavioral issues.

However, when I stepped into a fifth-grade classroom for my student teaching…

I realized I still had a lot to learn about managing a group of kids!

I felt like I had forgotten everything.

I wanted to go back to my professors and ask for their advice, but that wasn’t an option.

I just needed to give it a try and figure it out.

And after a few weeks…

Things started to click!

I grew my knowledge exponentially by just giving things a try.

The Lord taught the Saints, who had all officially been Church members for less than a year, that:

“He that receiveth my law and doeth it, the same is my disciple.” (D&C 41:5)

Yes, these Saints needed to prepare to receive the law.

But they also needed to be ready to just do it.

Can you imagine if all those new converts waited until they felt completely ready before serving missions?

Certainly, they needed to learn gospel truths.

But they also needed to just get to work.

How do we get more faith?

By doing things that require a lot of faith.

The older I get, the more I realize I don’t usually feel “totally qualified” to do the things I’m doing.

But that’s kind of the fun of it!

We get to learn, figure things out, and grow as we just try.

Learning gospel truths is so important.

But when we pair that learning with just getting out there and doing good stuff, I think we can be unstoppable.

“We should not expect to understand everything before we act.” – Elder Uchtdorf

Happy Studying!

-Cali Black

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