Enoch just finished the last piece of paperwork for his Eagle project. So now he can turn it in and have his board of review next month! As with you, Mom was amazing at keeping him focused on the task and helping him to complete it.
Enoch had 3 basketball games on Saturday and was victorious in all of them. He put an exclamation point on his day's performance by getting a massive swat near the end of his last game. He was grinning from ear to ear afterwards. I've been teaching him footwork and moves in the paint and he is blocking out and starting to rebound so much better. He is also getting more confident in his post up moves.
Natalie's team continues to win. She had a sweet outside shot in her last game that swooshed in and she later made both her free throws. So now she's starting to add solid offense to her already solid defense. On Wednesday Mom and the younger girls and I enjoyed a trip to Temple Square to watch Natalie perform with the Chamber Singers in the Church History Museum, the North Visitor's Center, and then with the Concert Choir in the Assembly Hall. They did great. It brought back memories of you singing there. You'll have to ask her about her fun spin move in the Camry on the icy roads on the way to school the next morning.
Miriam also had a victory in her futsal game on Saturday. She is playing city basketball as well.
Auriana and her roommates came over for dinner tonight. We played games with them after dinner. Auriana has finals until Wednesday and then she's done and will most likely take a trip to California with her friends for a few days to blow off steam.
Ellie's song won the district Reflections award and will now go on to Regionals. I guess the next logical step is to audition her for The Voice or something. :)
Isaac suggested we read Ether 12 and our Gospel Doctrine lesson was on that today and I've been pondering the phrases that talk about weakness (not weaknesses). The Lord says in verse 27 that if men come unto him he "will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble." To me, that weakness simply means "mortality" and a recognition that there's no possible way for us to bring about our own salvation and that it is only through the Atonement of Christ that we can overcome sin and the world and the natural man and become what we were designed to become. It is at that point that his sufficient grace can begin to take effect in our lives, and through faith and humility he "will make weak things become strong." And then later in verse 37 he says to Moroni "And because thou hast seen thy weakness thou shalt be made strong." How do I "see my weakness" as Moroni was able to do? I think it must mean total and complete submission of our will to God's. It is at that point of complete humility that our broken heart and contrite spirit is rebuilt by the Lord into a more godly form that is made strong and able to do God's work through "power in the priesthood" and unshaken faith powerful enough to bring about miracles. "Then shall thy confidence wax strong in the presence of God . . ."
