i actually cannot believe this day has come. i finally completed my young women personal progress. only 17 years too late, but i finished. when i was in young womens all those years ago i made a pretty good effort initially, then decided it really wasn't that important and it got pushed to the side for other less important things.
at the end of last year - it was announced that a new youth program would be introduced in 2020 and that personal progress would be discontinued at the end of 2019. so what happened next? i got fomo and decided that i needed to get it done before the cut off. now. cramming what is meant to take 6 years into one year? a lot to do. when you decide in july you want to do it all? even crazier. but i decided i would get it done - and got to work.
i found an amazing website dedicated to completing it all in a twelve week period, so i followed that and oh was it a blessing. all the readings, the book of mormon broken up into sections to know how much to read each week and even suggestions for how to complete each task and what you might like to make as your goals. someone give this girl a medal!
so, i got it done. even my 10 hour projects! thankfully as a leader you only have to complete three value projects, including the one for virtue - but i did five! so proud, let me have this.
for faith i grew a strawberry garden in the backyard. for divine nature, i stitched a sampler of the scripture d&c 88:119 for a friends future home, to give as a wedding gift. here's a pic! took me ages, but i think the final product looked amazing!
knowledge had me learning about the proper care, repairing and altering of clothing. i had worked on this a lot over time, so i focused on doing it better and doing it for others. good works was nice for my family. many home cooked meals, some new recipes - to ensure i'm going to be a good homemaker one day. haha. and finally - virtue - to read the entire book of mormon. i have done this many times, but it was nice to complete that along with this program.
i am just so proud to have done it! i made sure to print all my journal and put it in a display folder, and said to my mother - "this this is for madeline. so that one day when she comes to me and says something is too hard and she doesn't want to do it, i will show her this folder and tell her, i did this! with 3 small children! and you can do much harder things than this!" hopefully it works haha.
now onto my honour bee! i have just enough time to get that done too, so here we gooooooo!
