Essay

I wanted to thank you for having this confirmation class for both 1st year and 2nd year. I want to thank you for having all these classes even for the other youth groups who are younger and still take classes in church. They may not realize that this is helping them and its great they take classes too, I know I didn’t when I was a child like them. I thank you for that. Also what I’ve learned from this past years being in this program well is plenty to know now that I know it’s made a difference in my life since from when I started. When I first started the confirmation program, excuse me but I got to admit that I hated coming to church every Sunday, getting up so early and having to stay at church for hours would always get me in the worst of modes. But then I realized something one day that the church and everyone in it really did care of what I did and that I can make a difference here even if I don’t realize it. My teacher for first year, Lupe, she was also my 1st year communion teacher too. I remember she would always call my name for reading or I’d always be asked the questions that no one else in the classroom didn’t know, sure I got to admit that I wouldn’t be quiet for a few seconds or anything. I know she’d call my name for that reason but also because I knew te answer by heart but didn’t want to accept the fact I did or didn’t even realize that I did. Well any who, Lupe taught me that no matter where I go I’ll always have Jesus with me in my heart. That year I changed a little not that much but still did. But then 2nd year came I had gotten Mr. White and Ms.Yvonne. I wasn’t used to their teachings at all and I remember that I never liked Ms.Yvonne because she would always pick on me, and I remember I would always believe she hated me or didn’t like me that’s why she would pick on me so much. Well I remember she would talk to us in class once about kids who had cancer or had some illness they didn’t want in them and I remember that I was thinking about myself and how I had a illness as well, that same day I asked her if I could talk to her after class and she said yes I could. I had told her I’ve been diagnosed with Multiple Sclerosis (MS) for 6 years now. She hugged me and said she was glad that I shared that with her and I felt like crying when she held me because I felt something I’ve never felt before. She told me I could go to her for anything and after that day I felt closer to my teacher and she had asked me to help her with this mountain building in the church and well I volunteered to help and so did like 25 other people but out of those 25 people it was only like 6 of us that stayed and helped. But I remember one of those days we were helping out I over heard my teacher had gotten a job and couldn’t teach us anymore, when I finally got close to my teacher she had to go and leave. Imagine me, I was pretty bummed out but I realized that I had gotten close to the church because when I had nowhere else to go I would go to church and it would help me feel better no matter how bad I had it, because I knew Jesus was with me. Confirmation will help me in my life later on and still does now even though I haven’t been confirmed. This will be in me for the rest of my life so will Jesus Christ and I’m glad I took this for two whole years otherwise I wouldn’t have met the people I did and I wouldn’t have learned something in this for me for the rest if my life. I want to thank you once again Bishop Ochoa, Thank you for everything.