Enduring and Prayer

Ally, for awhile, has been really good about folding her arms when it comes time to pray. But, if you ask her to say the prayer, then it's like pulling teeth! She will not do it. Even if you whisper everything she needs to say to her. Well, yesterday for lunch I announced that we needed to pray first. Ally quickly turned her head to me and, in excitement, said, "I want to say the prayer!!" She started it out and then repeated everything I said to her, plus some of her own. I'm so glad she was excited to say the prayer! And...I think we might be starting to see the fruits of much coaxing and teaching. Although she is young, I do think she knows the importance of prayer to her parents as she knows what to do. Hopefully, as she grows, she will realize the importance it can be for herself as she says her own prayers.

Endurance

Sometimes it is easy to forget that we have to have faith, erpent, get baptized, receive the Holy Ghost and ENDURE TO THE END. But Endure we must! Viana came down with a harsh bug this afternoon and was out like a lamp. (Weird since Viana has never been a napper!) She was awake for scripture study but was still feeling very weak. I had thought that she would lay there feebly drifting in and out of dreamland. But as soon as I announced the word we would be listening for ("ye") she raised her hand about two inches and said "Ye" like we always do. Then for the rest of the scripture block every time I read "ye" I saw her pale and limp hand raise as high as she could muster it. It was so great to see her doing her very best to endure even though she could have had every excuse to be idle.