BrendaB -- please don't despair. I'll be the first to admit that paper piecing can be challenging. It took me a long time to wrap my brain around the concept and I've been quilting since 1974. I can't tell you the number of times I got the fabric & pattern backwards from each other. There are times I still can't put the fabric right so that when flipped it covers the whole area. It just takes perseverance.
Because I still have problems paper piecing, I chose to applique my blocks. Do you know how to applique? That might be easier for you to do while you master the art of paper piecing.
There are a lot of tutorials online. Plus we're here to help each other. I think it's safe to say we all have digital cameras now and can post photos. So any time you get stuck on something post a photo of where you are on the block and then, what do I do now, what did I do wrong, why is it doing such 'n' such, etc. One or more of us will be able to explain and then walk you through it.
First you need to decide which method you want to do -- applique or paper pieced. Once you make that decision then comes the tutorials and questions.