I introduced the first scripture mastery scripture today. It's 1 Nephi 3:7 - "And it came to pass, that I, Nephi, said unto my father, "I will go and do the things which the Lord hath commanded. For I know that the Lord giveth no commandments unto the children of men, save he shall prepare a way to accomplish the thing which he hath commanded." Ha! I just checked, and I got it wrong. I was trying to type it from memory. Darn! See if you can recognize my mistake...
I brought in muffins and juice from Sister Costco so they could nibble (stay awake) while listening to a brief clip from John Bytheway's talk, "Get an Attitude". I have to say that this part of the day went well because I actually saw some of the students smiling as they listened! This is progress! I'm going to have use some Bytheway bits again. He's a lot more entertaining than I am.
Later I tried to have a discussion with the students about applying Nephi's obedient example in their own lives. It was like pulling teeth to get some of them to respond. Ho hum. I tried to share some examples from my life (i.e. accepting this calling despite feeling totally incapable)...
On another positive note, everyone stayed to help me set the room back up for Primary. They're good kids, just sleepy. They deserve this nice long weekend, and so do I!
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John Bytheway is ALWAYS a good enrichment resource. He is so appealing to these kids. Hang in there with the Scripture Mastery -- once they are fairly comfortable with at least key words and phrases, and the references, you can do a lot more activities and games with them. Most of them perk up for games!
ReplyDeleteIsn't there a "them" at the end of that scripture? I didn't look it up, but I think that's the slight error you made. Anyways, I'll be those kids love you more than you think they do, they are just good at hiding it :)
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