For Heaven's Sake, Read the Book!!

Okay, why wouldn't anybody who has the Book of Mormon want to READ IT!!???   That's what we've been trying to get the members of the branch to do for the past year.  We know it will make all the difference in their lives.  Being a Christian in a Muslim country isn't easy for them.  They need to be strong and truly converted to the gospel.

In January we set a goal for the branch members to read the Book of Mormon this year.  We gave them bookmarks.  We gave them reading charts.  We gave them pencils and we gave each family a copy of the Book of Mormon Sunday School lessons in Arabic.  The Relief Society and Priesthood lessons are from the manual they were given.

Nine months later, we're starting to see some progress.  Hawazen made a large tree representing the Tree of Life for the bulletin board.  Every time someone reads a chapter from the Book of Mormon we give them a white piece of "fruit" to tape on the tree.  It took way too long to get this started, but Friday we put 9 pieces of fruit on the tree.  Hurray!

Note from Myrna:
This is what I do to obtain a greater understanding of what I'm reading in the Book of Mormon:

I read every page with the thought, "what can I learn from this?"  Sometimes I have to search back through the page and ponder for a while.  Then write my "gospel principle" at the bottom of the page.  For instance,  in Alma 57 (page 352) I wrote, "Remember to give credit and thanks to God."

I love being able to write my thoughts in my Book of Mormon.  I'm amazed to find a gospel principle on every page--even the ones describing the great battles.