Scripture Memory and Prayer
Dear Friends,
We could not have come this far without your faithful prayers and encouragement.
During this past month Hannah passed two significant milestones:
- Hannah can copy (write) her name!
- Hannah is reciting long verses and imitating prayers.
I thought it was significant in the past that she could memorize and recite anything and everything except Scripture. Then, one morning when the girls and I were doing our Scripture memory, a little gleam of light peered through the crack as she recited a short phrase aloud. Since then the crack has opened wider as she has begun to recite such things as, “Meekness — patience without anger. Titus 3:2: ‘To speak evil of no man, to be no brawlers, but gentle, showing all meekness unto all men.’ Titus 3:2.” Needless to say, we are thrilled!
As far as the praying goes, she had started to remind us before meals that it was time to pray. Since she hasn’t yet mastered her pronoun usage, she would say something like, “Hannah wants to pray?” meaning, “I’m ready to pray now.” So one day I looked at her and said, “OK, go ahead. You pray.” and she did! She recites phrases that she has heard us say in prayer, but she picks and chooses the ones she wants and strings them together with a definite “Amen” at the end 
Please continue to pray that the Scripture and prayer will make the journey from her head into her heart. I’m continuing to read Bible stories to her, though she is at the stage where she used to be with the Scripture memory — “anything but that.” She’ll sit quietly, but shows no interest. I figure as long as she’ll sit quietly, I’ll keep pumping God’s Word into her mind 
We’ve come a long way in the past ten months. Thanks for coming along with us.
