Tuesday, March 2, 2010

One of those moments

I just had one of those parenting moments that makes it all worthwhile! Last night, Bryson finished reading the entire Book of Mormon by himself. He came and told Bryce and I and we talked to him about Moroni's promise and encouraged him to do it. Well, tonight for FHE, yes we had it a day late, long story, anyway, he taught the lesson on scripture study. He read a portion of Elder Hollands talk from Conference that bears a powerful testimony of the Book of Mormon. We then asked him to bear his testimony of the Book of Mormon. He couldn't even talk because he was so choked up! He got teary and looked at me and said, "I don't want to". We explained to everyone that sometimes when you feel the spirit it makes you cry and it is hard to talk. He finally did it, although short it was sweet. It was such a wonderful teaching moment. For those that don't know Bryson well, this was VERY unusual. He never cries, or even admits to feeling the spirit. I hope it is something he always remembers!!!