For today’s reading I asked the kids to read 1 Nephi 13: 19-29, 40; 1 Nephi 14:23 and Mormon 7:8–9. Our discussion today was on whether the Bible was inferior scripture or not. They’ve heard all their lives that “plain…
Plan of Salvation Part Deux and Education the Key to Opportunity
GREAT NEWS!!! The county transportation department was able to find transportation on a bus for our kids, and now the Seminary students will be able to ride the bus from my house to school each morning! Now all the mommies…
Plan of Salvation
Today was plan of salvation. When I was planning for the lesson today, it became apparent that we were not going to be able to cover the plan in any depth in just one day. Guess the lesson pacing schedule…
Second day of Seminary
I’m not as tired as I was yesterday — slept a lot better. I kept waking up during the night sure I was going to miss my alarm. Hopefully I will be able to sleep even better tonight. I didn’t…
First Day of Seminary
Well, it’s over. All the preparing and fretting and lack of sleep culminated in a slightly rocky first day of Seminary. I’m so relieved to be finally teaching! Several of the kids arrived right at 6:00 am, which astonished me.…
My heart is racing….
Tomorow’s the big day — Seminary starts. My stomach is churning and I’ve not been able to sleep well this past week. We are having some trouble with DS, and when compounded with my anxiety about Seminary and the shoulder…
DragonCon 2011
William Shatner and Leonard Nimoy are 80 this year — EIGHTY — and I decided I better fulfill a lifelong wish of mine to see them in person. The big Star Trek convention in Las Vegas was coming up, but…
I Met with all My Students
Church met only the first hour Sunday due to the hurricane. Several people didn’t show and we didn’t have enough for Primary to operate, so I spent the rest of the day visiting my students and their families. It was…
Seminary Materials
I’m a little less than four weeks out. Collecting and organizing materials has been the main emphasis this week. Today I spent a good bit of time adding some of the handouts I’ve been given to my manual. This experience…
Collecting Seminary Ideas
Well, I’m continuing my hunt for Seminary ideas and have greatly expanded the Seminary articles on the site. I’ve added the following: Seminary structure – for classroom organizational type stuff, how to assign a devotional, choose a prayer, integrate scripture…