In late October, Bishop Dennis Bledsoe, the current leader of our ward (our church group) in Kaysville, Utah, issued a challenge to the ward to read 10,000 chapters (collectively) of the Book of Mormon by the end of the year. Our family took on the challenge, reading as often as we could over the past two months. We achieved the goal, but more importantly, it was wonderful for all of us to spend so much time in that holy book. Without a doubt, we were blessed for our efforts.
During the weeks I was away for work, I would often read 10-20 chapters each day. It felt good to be continuously lifted by the words in the Book of Mormon instead of being continuously depressed by the words expressed in social media, and the media in general. Now the challenge has ended, but I'm determined not to go back to spending more time immersing myself in the news and social media, than I do in the scriptures, General Conference talks, service, and other, more eternal things.
Two weeks ago, we noticed our ward still had quite a way to go to achieve our goal of 10,000 chapters before the end of the year. So, we decided to set a family goal to read 200 chapters by today, December 31st. We were so intent on achieving the ward's goal that we ended up reading 300 chapters by today. Our children were just as excited as we were to contribute to the overall effort. Douglas read a significant number of those 300 chapters. Penny and Diana read at least one chapter each day.
What a neat experience!
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