Rachel and Andy

I taught my favorite chapter in all the standards works today - 3 Nephi 17!! This is where the Savior shows so much compassion on the Nephites, he stays, he prays with them and for them, he heals them and then he calls the little children up and one by one blesses them, then the angels cannot be held back - they encircle them about like fire. I started off my lesson by asking for the students to think of someone who they admire because of the way they treat people. I got the usual blank stare. I talked about Arloa Whitaker who brought me flowers because I turned down the lead at the high school (after the lead had broken her leg) to be true to my commitment of being in the roadshow. (That is me in the above picture - Mrs. Noah) While I was telling that story this picture came into my mind. Then I realized that I actually have a picture of me standing next to Dr. Andrew Skinner - just released Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University - and we were Mr. and Mrs. Noah. Just a little bit of Sue Cornwall trivia. (P.S. - Cindy Walker is the girl behind Andy's hand/sleeve). I then asked the class if they would share the person they were thinking of. Lauren Miramontes raised her hand - the only hand to be raised - and said "Your Daughter." Now I have three nice daughters - I imagined that it could have been any one of them. She then elaborated that Rachel is the kindest person that she knows. She is a friend to everyone and then she said that she has never heard her say anything bad about anyone. (Sarah Fiore chimed in with the same sentiment) Rachel tries hard at this and I am thankful she is like that and that she is part of our family!!!