Sleep Deprivation

I know all of you practice this regularly and function just fine.  I, however, am NOT practiced at this and don't function well when it happens.  And I performed this activity to a new extreme for me this week.  I got up early on Wednesday in China and had long meetings at the factory of Ruking.  After 6 hrs of meetings I traveled to the airport to fly home.  I began to work on the flight and spent most of that time on working on pressing items for work.  It did not do well for resting.  I tried, I really did, but at best I had short of two hours.  It was an uneventful flight but I was really tired.  I got home around 11:30 and got to bed around 12:30.  Up for work the next day at 6.  So another short night for me.  Then after a long day at work (but needed since I left again the next day for youth conference) I did stuff at home and we went to bed around 10:30.  Seems great, except I woke up at 2:30 and could not go back to sleep.  I tried and tried but finally got up and worked on some church stuff, then mapped out how to get to youth conference.  I drive for many hours, stayed up until lights out, did my personal study, and at 11:30 went to sleep.  A fitful night due tot he heat and noise next door and back up at 5:30 and another day at youth conference.  By the time we got home it was 10 PM and I was plastered.  Up at 6 for bishopric meeting and I was grateful this week we didn't start at 6.  A great day at church, BYD, and now I am ready to CRASH.

How do you do this????????????

We had a great day at church, sacrament was all about the music of the gospel.  I had a missionary from the ward suggest that it was an important topic and after counseling with the ward council, we used it for sacrament meeting and will have a lesson day on it also.  Thanks Gavin!

Tonight's BYD was answering more of the youth questions and they helped to answer them.  They sure are smarter than I am.  It was an uplifting night of goodness.

Youth conference was wonderful.  We went to Kirtland and toured there plus had other activities.  I really liked the school of the prophets and the spirit there.  I did think of Kieren because the last time I was there, we met Kieren on her school tour and her group.

I love you all, so does He.

Dad

3 John 1:4