Scripture Study

As mentioned before, when we read scriptures we always pick a key word to listen for and have the children raise their hands when they hear it. It goes something like this: "Let's listen for the worrrrrrrrrddddd....life." I always draw out the word 'word' as I skim the passage for a repeated or important word. Tonight when I said, "Let's listen for the word..." CharlyAnn looked at me and raised her hand high in the air! I was touched and amazed at how she has noticed and learned our pattern. "Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it." Proverbs 22:6

Missionary Work

Clearly, I've been in a blogging funk. Well, here's to kicking off a more successful blogging drive!

Tonight we had the missionaries over for dinner. They are both relatively new to the ward, so our kids really have had no interactions with them. They whole hour they were over Ally talked and talked and talked to them like they were her best friends. As they got up to leave, Daniel said, "Bye! I love you!" and then they ran to the door to watch them leave. As they walked down the driveway, Ally shouted out, "I love you SO much!" I gotta think that the only reason they were so open and receptive to the missionaries is because of the spirit that they bring with them....either that or Ally has a crush on Elder Carpenter.

Humility

We were driving home from somewhere yesterday and Brooke made a choice that upset me. I don't even remember what it was now, but at the time I told her she had time-out as soon as we got home. Well I forgot about it, but when we got home she went right to time-out and sat there until eventually she asked if she could get out. I've been thinking about that trying to decide why she didn't forget or see that I had forgot and just gone to play. I've decided it's humility. The Lord chastens his people to humble them, or we can choose to be humble. Brooke showed me that she was willing to be humble.