Yes! To Personal Progress

Sister Ross, Adelline Wiltshire, Janelle Burgess, Antonia Williams, Natalie Wiltshire, Linda Frankie

I am amazed how well the girls are doing with their Personal Progress. Three of the young women are reading the Book of Mormon to complete the project for the newest value, Virtue. Two of the girls have completed 6 value experiences already. They love the small journal books.

I ordered the YW torch pendants for each of them. When I gave them out on Tuesday, they said, “We all need to wear them on Sunday”, sure enough they did, hence the picture. We usually check on our families during the week to see how they are doing. I am thinking I will meet with them once a week during the summer and do Personal Progress activities to keep them motivated. It is good for them to have an opportunity to mingle with each other as much as possible.

I also ordered the Primary Faith in God booklets, which I have given to one of the boys and three of the girls. Isaac is so excited to have something similar to his sisters that he can work on. We dropped by his home on Saturday and helped him complete one of his requirements. He turns 12 this coming November and can’t wait to have the priesthood.

The youth are ready for the three hour block. We just need to find some leaders for them to soar.

Amanda Villafana is on the right. She is turning 11 soon.

Natalie Williams is 10.

Isaac Wiltshire and Nikita Williams are both 11.

Attendance at our two hour block is so erratic. Last week we had 20 people in attendance and 40 people this week. Last week (for the first time) we had no children in attendance that were Primary age. So we didn’t hold Primary and Lesa and I attended the Sunday school class. This week, we had 12 children Primary age and two wandering around who were under three. We have no facility for a nursery, so they are supposed to stay with their parents.

It was an interesting fast and testimony meeting. Everyone doesn’t quite understand the purpose and content of a testimony yet. We had someone say how thankful she was for fast offerings, then sing us a song that wasn’t in the hymn book. We had three people get up and tell faith promoting stories and/or stories that were funny, but not a real testimony. There were some real testimonies sprinkled in that should help them understand the true meaning of a testimony. We are now seeing the Primary children getting up and sharing a brief but, excellent testimony. We actually ran over today because two people decided they needed to speak even though Elder Ross was in the process of announcing the closing hymn.