"Thank You for Primary"

Last Sunday Hope gave her first prayer in primary! She was very excited about it. When her teacher handed me the slip notifying me that Hope was scheduled to say the prayer I got a little worried because she has refused to say the family prayer for a couple of months now. But, she told me she was going to do it and said the family prayer every night last week to "practice".

The sister announced that the kids would open with a song and then the prayer would be given by Hope. It took the chorister a few extra seconds to get up there and Hope started to get up like she thought she was supposed to go, but I motioned for her to sit back down. She looked a little embarrassed but quickly got over it. I was impressed that she actually knew what was going on. It means that she's been paying attention in past weeks which I am grateful for. I thought I had been doing a good job just getting her to be and stay there, but here it turns out she's been paying attention all along!

Finally, when it really was Hope's turn she got a big smile on her face and went to the little pulpit, climbed on top of the stool and waved for me to come over (I was keeping a little distance because she had told me a couple of times that she didn't want me to help her). I was glad she did want my help though. I only had to help her once, I told her to say, "Thank you for Primary." That got her started and she also said thank you for her friends and her family and then she said "thank you for primary" again. I cued her to say "in the name of..." and she took it from there. She did awesome and was very proud of herself.

I almost got teary watching her pray in primary and doing it HAPPILY, but I didn't. Which is kind of a big deal for me, because I cry over everything. And I do mean everything. I am so pleased that she has taken to primary so well and seems to look forward to it every Sunday. We love you Hopie and are so proud of you and your choices!!!