Faith R.E. #1 & Project

Hello! My name is Amy. Welcome to our blog. I hope you enjoy reading and following us on our journey as we complete experiences of 8 values through the Personal Progress Program. I also completed the Personal Progress program as a youth between the ages of 12-18. I had been thinking about going through the Personal Progress book again and working on some experiences when Jessica and Tiffani started this blog, so it worked out perfect to join in with friends and share our experiences with each other and you! I encourage you to join us in the things we learn and experience. As we share these with you, I ask that you be respectful of the experiences and lessons that are learned by each of us along the way.


I decided to start with an experience in Faith. Here’s the description:

Faith Required Experience #1

The first principle of the gospel is faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Learn about faith from the scriptures and living prophets. Read Hebrews 11; Alma 32:17–43; Ether 12:6–22; and Joseph Smith—History 1:11–20. Read two general conference talks on faith. Exercise your own faith by establishing a habit of prayer in your life. Begin by regularly saying your morning and evening prayers. After three weeks of following this pattern, discuss with a parent or leader what you have learned about faith and how daily personal prayer has strengthened your faith. In your journal express your feelings about faith and prayer.

If you click on each of the scripture references, it should take you to the scriptures for you to read if you like.

Here is a link to the 2 general conference talks I read:

https://lds.org/general-conference/2010/10/faith-the-choice-is-yours?lang=eng&query=faith

https://lds.org/general-conference/2009/04/faith-in-the-lord-jesus-christ?lang=eng&query=Faith

Along with each value, a project that will take at least 10 hours to complete, is required.

I have been taking an Institute class this semester on the Atonement. Our teacher presented us with a poem titled, Gethsemane and encouraged us to have it memorized by the end of class, which is December 7th. As I started memorizing the poem the value of Faith came to mind as the place to begin my Personal Progress journey. So as I work on the experiences for Faith, memorizing this poem will be my project for this value. I’m hoping to have the poem memorized in 32 days (which will be ~Dec. 3rd)—that’s one line a day! My memorization skills aren’t anything to brag about, but as I exercise Faith, it may just happen!

I will report back in three weeks with my experiences.

Good Works: R.E. #3

I've decided to start on good works (required experience #3) because I've been extremely self-absorbed recently and I need to focus on someone else. Tonight at mutual (the activity for the young men and women of our church) I was talking to another leader, Anna. I talked to her earlier this week and she had mentioned how stressed and busy she was. She looked completely worn out tonight. What better time to experience good works? Tomorrow I've planned to go to her house and help her with preschool, and with cleaning her house. For those of you who don't have a personal progress book, you can follow along with this description of the experience requirements:
Read Mosiah 18:7–10, and in your journal list three ways you can comfort others or help them bear their burdens. Do the things on your list, and tell a family member or leader about the experience and how your attitude and understanding have changed.
I'll report back to you after a few acts of good works :)
Thank you for making this journey of my personal progress with me! I appreciate your support.

Hey!

Hi Everybody! I'm Tiffani! I can not tell you how excited I am for the opportunity to be able to do personal progress again, and this time to share it with all of you!
I remember doing this as a youth and I remember the boost I always seemed to feel. Not to mention the amount of pride I felt in my work as I shared my projects with leaders and the other girls.
Lets see... I am single but I am loving it. I am finsihing up my General Associates degree this fall and I have a nanny job that has changed my life is so many ways. I have a huge family that I love more than anything and things are going reallly well right now.
Jess and I have been friends since I was in the 3rd grade- it seems like FOREVER ago! We go together like Dr Pepper and .... well anything! (Hey Jess I got my humor back - although I couldn't seem to find your jokes! haha)
Anyways, I'll stop with the inside jokes now and let you enjoy the rest of this post. Like Jess I don't mind if you disagree but I would ask that you be respectful and understand that we are just doing the best we can to be the best that we know how to be!
Love you- Mean it <3

Purpose

Hello, world. My name is Jess. I'm LDS. I've been married for nearly 5 years, and have recently moved to Albuquerque for my husband's job opportunity. In our new LDS ward, I have been called to serve with the young women as secretary. Part of my calling is to work with the young women on a program called Personal Progress. It is designed to help them draw closer to Heavenly Father, and to help them learn valuable life skills. I went through this program when I was in that age group, and have decided to go at it again. This blog is meant to be a personal journal. I don't mind if you don't agree with what I say, but I do mind if you're rude about it. Please be kind and respectful, and I will do the same.

I've invited my friend, Tiffani, to accompany me on this journey, so this blog will also be her journal. If you would like to participate in our project here, feel free to leave a comment. Hopefully this will be a spiritually uplifting place for all :)