Two weeks ago, we started a contest between our 3 older children...Joshua, Elisabeth, & Brenna. Our goal was to help them to memorize Bible verses in French and to help them to take advantage of their summer break. The contest is as follows:
-- Each day we would have a time in the evening for them to say any new verses that they have memorized.
-- They must be able to quote the verse in English first and then in French. (We were not allowed to help them with their french verses, only on the pronunciation of the french words.)
-- For each verse they memorize, they get one point and for each verse that is over 10 words they get 2 points. (This helps to offset the John "11:35 " kind of verses!)
-- At the final two days of our contest, they would receive 2 points for any & all verses that they could re-quote from all the ones that they had already said.
The winner would receive $12 on an item of their choosing from Ebay that we would order and have put into our box of this year's school materials that we are having shipped to us.
Kami and I both thought that we would have to prod them along and that it would be difficult for them to memorize many verses. However, all three of our children really put in the "2nd Mile" effort! We were amazed at the competition. It was a tight race up all the way through with the lead changing from each child.
On the final two days of our contest, Joshua was able to re-quote all 37 of the verses he had memorized, Elisabeth was able to re-quote all 36 verses she had memorized, and Brenna was able to re-quote all 32 verses she had memorized!
Wow, we were impressed that they could memorize that many verses in english and french in two weeks. Needless to say, since they all put in a true "2nd Mile" attitude and effort, we came up with a second and third place prize as well!
