Talk, talk, talk.

So, I have a kind of funny story. Well, I don't know if you'd say funny - definitely one of those stories that only seems to happen to me - but here goes:
My friend Emily and I (and our sisters) usually watch the kids of choir members after church each Sunday. So we were sitting there, enjoying the antics of crazy kids - running, dancing, leaking pee on my dress (another story for another day...) , when one of the brethren from the ward walks in. I was prepared for him to come to me, but he walks past and stands in front of Emily: "Hey, Emily, next Sunday, would you be willing to give a talk on..." and that's when I zoned out. She agreed whole-heartedly, until her sister pipes in, "We won't be here. We're going to Florida."
At this moment, I knew what was going to happen. Maybe it was intuition, maybe even that still small voice, but it happened. I see him - as if in slow motion - turn towards me, tilting his head, and smiling. He didn't have to say a word. So, I agreed, of course. I actually enjoy giving talks, which is kind of weird, if you know me, cause I really dislike public speaking. But speaking in church seems so much easier, and I know that I can attribute that directly to the Holy Ghost, and the fact that absolutely NO ONE would judge me, and even if it was awful, I'll get about 102 compliments on it by the end of the three-hour block.
So, here I am. Actually studying for this talk. I think this is the fourth or fifth one I've ever given in sacrament meeting, which isn't a lot, now that I think about it. But I have definitely been known to be that member that is up late Saturday night just starting it. I wanted this time to be different. So, I've been studying, and it's been awesome - seriously. There are so many general conference talks out there, just a click of a button away. I don't know why I haven't been using those resources more often, but I definitely plan to.
So, anyways, later that night, I realized I didn't even know what I was speaking on, having zoned out when I thought it wasn't going to be me. So, I found out and this Sunday, Feb 17, I am speaking on How Living our Standards Helps Missionary Work.
So, I am going to keep you updated on that, but if anyone has any ideas or experiences or any awesome talks that could help me, that'd be fantastic. Really. A huge help. Huge. Yeah. Bye!