learning the hard way

We learned an interesting lesson yesterday while building our house. Our group has always prided itself on how fast we work and how quickly we are getting our houses done. We learned yesterday that just because something is done fast doesn't mean it is done right. We spent ALL DAY yesterday fixing mistakes that had been made on our houses because we did things the fast way, not the right way. Our foreman had told us from the begining that when we are doing walls, we need to put in the studs, make sure it's "square" and then sheet it so that it stays square when we stand it. We did that on the first house, but on the next several, they decided to stand the walls without sheeting because it was "faster to put the sheeting on afterwards." So we resquared walls all day yesterday. It would have taken mere moments longer, perhaps, to sheet the walls before we stood them, and maybe it would have taken a little more muscle to stand the walls. but it wouldn't have taken the hours and effort that it took us yesterday to fix our mistakes.
On a lighter note, We ate dinner last night with William's mom and dad and family, and the missionaries were there as well. I was touched by the comment of one of the missionaries as he gave the lesson. He shared the scripture in 3 Nephi 5:12-13 where it says,

" 12 And behold, I am called Mormon, being called after the ^bland of Mormon, the land in which Alma did establish the church among the people, yea, the first church which was established among them after their transgression.

13 Behold, I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been ^acalled of him to declare his word among his people, that they might have everlasting life."

The Elder then asked us to think about how we would leave our introduction for people to remember us by. Would I say, "I am Kylie, being called by my grandmother, and I am a nurse and have been blessed by the best husband in the world?" or would I say "I am Kylie, and I am a disciple of Jesus Christ." I would hope for the latter. It inspired me to think more about who I am and the kind of person I want people to remember me as.