EPPP

Well I took the EPPP this morning. I feel very good about my performance on this test this time. I will get the official results in a week or so. I hope to be able to sit for the oral boards the middle of June. This is where I am probably strongest (people tell me I talk a lot). Thank you for all of the prayers, positive thoughts, and encouraging words. This time I did not have the same issues as last time. I felt like I understood all of the questions even if I did not definitively know the correct answer. I left the testing center today feeling calm and collected. I know I will feel some anxiety this week, but I expect it to be less this time as well. I could feel the help of the spirit while studying for and taking this test. During my preparation for this I received a blessing from my home teacher (also a psychologist who is preparing for the EPPP) and was asked by the father of one of the families that Jim and I home teach (our Elder's Quorum President and my home teacher) for a Priesthood blessing to help prepare for this same test. While thoroughly understanding a situation is not required to give an effective Priesthood blessing, sometimes it can help make the blessing more meaningful (lesson here is get to know those families that you home teach. I was also set apart as the Young Men's President last Sunday and the Branch President, as part of the blessing, mentioned my test. I also know that there have been many who have added me to their prayers. I want to say again thank you, without the Lord's help I couldn't have done any of this. Without your help I couldn't have made it here to this point either. Thank you. -- Drew