Articles of Faith

I'm so proud of my Emma. At the beginning of the year our primary gave all of the children the challenge to memorize the Articles of Faith. This is something we've worked on here and there throughout the years as a family and Emma is VERY good at memorizing stuff. So, it was not very surprising when she had them all memorized around the second week of January. But I was very pleased with her desire and ability nonetheless. Then she had to pass them off to the Bishop in order to receive her reward, which I believe was recognition and a certificate.
We had ward conference yesterday and the Bishop spoke. And truly, he based his talk around the Articles of Faith because he had been so impressed with Emma's accomplishment. Although he didn't mention her name in the talk, he did retell the experience he had had with "this young primary girl" and how it had really made an impact on him. He realized that he wouldn't have been able to do it and it inspired him to put new focus on the Articles of Faith and rememorize them himself. His talk was powerful and the Spirit was present there and touched many hearts (perhaps especially mine). It was a testimony to me that the postive actions of one child can turn into something that can strengthen the testimonies of many.
Lauren has been working on this goal also. She's taking it much slower. Memorization is a much more difficult task for her. But I'm so proud of her desire and that she continues to work on it when it is obviously a struggle. I just love my kids.