CPR and Mouth to Mouth

Here’s an interesting side-note. Today in church, I had to sort of giggle a lot through the talks that were given. I didn’t actually hear the first one, due to some settling down of the kiddies, but the second talk that was given–the lady basically read a chapter out of a first aid book! Ummm...she kept going on and on about mouth to mouth and CPR and how to do it. My friend sat behind me and we kept wondering why these talks were being given. Why would we have a first aid course on CPR in the middle of church? This sounds to me more like a mid-week class activity or something. She talked about it for a good 20 minutes, though! Then, the last talk was on having good health. Now, really, this could have had some very good doctrinal points to it. Having good health is important to be able to lead a good life. This talk could have been based around the Word of Wisdom...that crazy doctrine that teaches us that we shouldn’t put anything into our bodies that would hurt us. We don’t drink coffee or tea because of the caffeine and harsh chemicals that bring on addictions and things of the sort. We don’t drink any type of alcohol because it hurts our bodies in many ways and impairs our minds...and again, is addictive and harmful. We don’t smoke or chew tobacco. We believe that our bodies are special gifts from a loving Heavenly Father; temples, if you will, as it says in the book of Corinthians in the Bible. Why would we want to damage something so special? We can’t get a new one! :) And then the talk could have gone on to talk more about the Word of Wisdom, how it’s not just about the things we shouldn’t take into our bodies, but the things we SHOULD! Like eating healthy grains, vegetables and fruits. Exercising. Just trying to follow those things, guides us towards good health and happy living. But, no. This talk centered around how if we have a fever or get sick, we should find a doctor. If we need some medicine, we should go to a pharmacy, and we’ll probably have to tell them about what our symptoms are so that we can get the right medicine. And he went on about hospitals and medicines and trying to avoid getting sick (like not walking in the rain so you don’t get malaria...what???) It was....really interesting to listen to. And from what I hear, they had the same topics last week. Now, I don’t know about anyone else, but if I even get the chance to listen to the talks in Sacrament meeting, I feel pretty lucky. With three active little munchkins, it can get rather difficult. And with our meetings being in French, there’s an added level of fun to actually getting anything out of it! Today, though, I felt pretty on top of things. I had my huge bag o’ fun stuff–and Josh and Claire stuck to coloring and cutting things out the whole entire time! I didn’t hear one peep out of them! Andrew ate cheerios and was as happy as could be! This was a once in a lifetime chance! I was really to hear some talks and feel the spirit and be uplifted! Instead, Devin, my friend behind me, and I, all wondered what they were thinking to give out topics like this when, quite frankly, it would probably be more spiritually beneficial to have some topics like ‘paying tithing’, ‘fasting and fast offerings’, ‘scripture study’, ‘meaningful prayer’, ‘heeding the prophet’...and a million others. Oh well. There’s always next week, I suppose. At least the kids aren’t screaming through the whole entire meeting as they used to do for the first 3 or 4 months after we got here. Now it’s rare, and so I’m grateful that I even got to hear how to give mouth to mouth and CPR...in French. He he he...