Memorize Monday - Temple Week - T-6 weeks

I'm giving the Girl Child a week off. Partly because she isn't really playing along; it's just me encouraging her by hanging stuff on the wall in the hall. (I really should write Dr. Seuss books.) And partly because she has a TON of reading to do this week so her time is better spent elsewhere. She'll be going to the temple for the first time this week. Pretty exciting stuff.

Memorize Monday - T-7.1

Current Passage: James 1:5

If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, that giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not; and it shall be given him. But let him ask in faith, nothing wavering. For he that wavereth is like a wave of the sea driven with the wind and tossed.

Y si alguno de vosotros tiene falta de sabiduría, pídala a Dios, quien da a todos abundantemente y sin reproche, y le será dada. Pero pida con fe, no dudando nada, porque el que duda es semejante a la ola del mar, que es movida por el viento y echada de una parte a otra.

Memorize Monday - T-8.1

 This week we are learning Spanish prayer words.

Luke 11:1-13 is a great passage about prayer; how to pray and what to pray for. It includes the Lord's Prayer as well as a comforting invitation to pray:

Luke 11:9 Ask, and it shall be given you; seek, and ye shall find; knock, and it shall be opened unto you.
Lucas 11:9 Pedid, y se os dará; buscad, y hallaréis; llamad, y se os abrirá,

Memorize Monday T-9.1

Current Passage: Moroni 10:3-5

 Behold, I would exhort you that when ye shall read these things, if it be wisdom in God that ye should read them, that ye would remember how merciful the Lord hath been unto the children of men, from the creation of Adam even down until the time that ye shall receive these things, and ponder it in your hearts.

  And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having  faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.

  And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.

Memorize Monday T-10.2

Wow! that week went by fast! OK so the last MM post sat unpublished for a couple of days so I'm playing a little catch-up. I know it makes all you rabid readers crazy when I slack off. (Insert rolling eyes here.)

Current Passage: I saw a pillar of light directly over my head, above the brightness of the sun, which descended gradually until it fell upon me.... When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other -  This is my Beloved Son, Hear him!  Joseph Smith - History 1:16-17

WMD - Memorize Monday T-10.1

Blog surfing. It comes naturally to someone as "open-minded " (ie: scatterbrained) as I am. It starts innocently enough, usually on Pinterest. You find a recipe, or craft idea, or card or scrapbook page you want to pin. But of course you have to make sure the link actually works (many don't). Then you have to check out the whole site because... uh... because that's the way I roll. Eventually you find a link to some other blog, and Click! another hour gone. Eventually, inevitably, I find something I think I need to incorporate in my life NOW. That is how I found Memorize Monday.


The Girl Child is leaving on her mission in ten weeks and she feels like she doesn't really know how to teach in English, much less in Spanish. So we are going to start Memorize Monday.  Each Monday we will select a much loved scripture or quote  to memorize. We are calling it Memorize Monday but we are hoping to memorize at least two a week so I may have to add a midweek episode or something. We will memorize it "Primary style". That is to say it will be posted on the fridge on Monday and each day we'll delete parts of it until we can say it all without prompts. We will also throw in some MTC style learning as we write it on a 3x5 card, only the first letters of each word, to carry with us and refer to often. And for added excitement we will review it aloud in Spanish until it can roll off the tongue.

It sounds like a good plan. But that's only part one. Part two is getting the Girl Child to buy in. (note: The entire paragraph above was written using the Royal We.)

Current Passage: My purpose  as a missionary: Invite others to come unto Christ by helping them receive the restored Gospel through faith in Jesus Christ and His atonement, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the Holy Ghost and enduring to the end. - Preach My Gospel ch1