Once the treasure chest was full, my counselors and I planned an awesome Primary Activity for the 2016 Primary theme The Scripture are the Word of God. Every week if they completed the assignment, or otherwise read their scriptures by themselves or with their families, they put a small pom pom into our awesome treasure chest, and a larger pom pom if they did the homework, coming prepared with the answer. I gave a question that could only be answered by reading specific verses from the Scriptures. To help motivate the Primary children to read their scriptures this year, I began assigning weekly scripture chase homework. The good thing is that I love children and find joy in this calling. It can be a pretty overwhelming and stressful position to have, especially with a new baby, homeschooling, and a husband gone long hours with a PhD, oh, and working from home. There are somewhere between 35-50 children in this age bracket.
This means I’ve been responsible for overseeing the Sunday School, music, nursery, and sharing time of all children ages 18 months to 11 years old in our church. One year ago I became the Primary President in our local church congregation.