Friday, March 7, 2014

Quiet Acts of Service

I have been trying to finish Personal Progress by November 23rd, and as part of this I just finished Good Works #1. (In case you don't know, Personal Progress is a program for LDS young women designed to help come unto Christ. To learn more, go here: https://www.lds.org/young-women/personal-progress?lang=eng )

Anyway, this particular experience started with reading a few scriptures and then says, "For two weeks record in your journal the quiet acts of service your family members and others perform. Acknowledge their service in some meaningful way.". Nothing that I have written was extraordinary, but I find it so beautiful that people serve others every day. There were many more acts that I could have written down, but remembering to do that is very difficult. Here is my list:
Mom took my brother out for some quality time.
Eli picked up some garbage that the dog dug up.
Grandma let me practice on her piano.
Ethan loaned me his quote book.
My teacher picked up a pen that one of the students dropped.
Caitlyn picked a song for the student who had devotional and didn't want to pick one.
Caitlyn came to hang out with me at a YW activity when everybody else was doing other stuff.
A leader talked to me.
Dallin told me to have a wonderful night when I was feeling down.
Sam held a door.
Erik helped me make dinner.
Eli made my family popcorn.
Mom took me to the library to hang out.
Dallin listens.
Mom gets up early to drive us to seminary, when she doesn't have to.
Erik got me a glass of water.
Jace let me color with him.
Susie gave me some oranges.
Julie came to work for Grandma.
Erik let the baby lay down in his seat.
Kelsey gave Mom a break by taking the baby for a while.
Mom babysits the baby every day.
Susie took me to the musical at our high school.
Nik bought Eli an Italian soda.
Eli and Raven brought in wood for Grandma.
Dad took the baby so Mom could eat breakfast.
Mom let Eli drive.
Eli took time out of his day to listen to something I wanted to show him.
Mom took Kelsey out.
Dad helped me with remembering how to do percentages.
My friend gave her bedroom away so her uncle could stay.
My friend's dad broke the pattern of how he drops people off after seminary in order to get my friend home on time to get to school.
My seminary teacher answered our really weird questions, like "are there going to be dinosaurs in heaven".
Ethan picked up the die our group dropped.
Mom gave me hugs.


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