The children wake up at 5:30 every morning for scripture study. We study scriptures in English and Chinese. Every day Pieter always wakes up first and helps the kids and me to drink some water. Then we start to read the scriptures. We already read the Book of Mormon, but we spent 3 and a half years to finish it.
That is not an easy job for us in the beginning, we never gave up. Now Amira knows quite a few words in English and Chinese. I am glad we have this wonderful tradition. Usually I don't have so much chance to study the scripture by myself. But every day I can read scripture with my kids, more or less I can learn some important things; that is a wonderful blessing to me. I am happy being a mother of four kids and I also have a diligent husband. Because I have them, I can continue to do my job and not feel tired.
但是晨間研讀就是中英文都讀,精通經文也是中英文都背,目前是在讀摩爾門經跟背信條。因為讀的很慢,第一次家庭研讀完摩爾門經就花三年半,每次都花三十分鐘研讀,這真是一場耐力賽。所幸我先生從小他父母就給他很多的晨間研讀經文的培養跟訓練,所以都是他起床倒水給大家喝,讓大家醒來,真是多謝他的勤奮。
起先會覺得這樣一句一字帶小孩讀真得很辛苦,小孩念一下就不念了,但是我們卻始終不放棄,到現在我可以看到Amira中英文的閱讀經文的字彙量逐漸增加,我相信我家Corban也可以鐵杵磨成繡花針。我也相信努力可以帶來效果,至少可以學耐力跟堅毅的生活態度。
我也感謝我這兩個小孩願意這樣起床配合讀經文,前些日子十分寒冷,他們依舊繼續早起讀經文,雖然偶有困難,但都能很快就能開始研讀,令我感到欣慰。
當媽媽之後,要好好研讀經文一直很挑戰,但是跟小孩一起讀,至少我都每天讀到一些神的話語,這些或多或少的祝福,多少我都有獲得一些,所以我能夠持續以恆的做下去,都是因為我有這四個小孩跟勤勞的先生,他們也都是我動力來源,所以媽媽辛苦一定有但是祝福也不會少。