Scripture Reading

I started getting bored a few years ago after reading the Book of Mormon for the umpteenth time. Start to Finish, Start to Finish, blah, blah. So I have been reading with different things in mind. I heard about reading as if it was a novel, just for the story, and that was fun wanting to know what was next. But after that I started reading to look for a specific topic. First it was anything to do with the Godhead, highlighting in pink. Yep, I'm sure Heavenly Father won't mind having His name highlighted in pink. :) Then repentance (green), faith (yellow), prayer (blue), etc, any topic that I wanted to learn more about. But then I got new scriptures (travel size, the old ones were big print so I could read without my glasses), so I had to do all the topic stuff over again for the new scriptures.

Now I have a new calling as 1st Counselor in the Young Women. Normally the 1st C is over the Mia Maids (14-15 year olds), but ours are all inactive and we only have one Laurel (16-17 year olds) and her Mom is the YW Prez, so she asked if we could switch. The 2nd C is a new convert and doesn't really know the YW program, so the YW Prez figured she will help her out more. I love our only Laurel, she is a sweetie. We work on, or try to work on, Personal Progress every Sunday after the lesson. One Sunday she told me she wanted to focus on finishing the Virtue value. I got home and decided that Personal Progress has changed so much since I got my medallion that I needed to read it for myself. There are so many scriptures involved in each value experience now, that it has taken a while, I'm only up to Choice and Accountability. I really like the new Personal Progress, all the

experiences are applicable to the lives of the YW and will help them in the future. And everything is online now to make it easier for the girls when they loose their books, which happens frequently. Here is the new YW Theme too:

Young Woman Theme

WE ARE DAUGHTERS of our Heavenly Father,

who loves us, and we love Him.

WE WILL “STAND as witnesses of God

at all times and in all things, and in all

places” as we strive to live the

Young Women values, which are:

Faith • Divine Nature

Individual Worth • Knowledge

Choice and Accountability

Good Works • Integrity

and Virtue

WE BELIEVE as we come to accept and act

upon these values, WE WILL BE PREPARED

to strengthen home and family, make and

keep sacred covenants, receive

the ordinances of the temple, and enjoy

the blessings of exaltation.

Mosiah 18:9