Coincidence?

Maybe this is a coincidence....maybe it's not.

On the morning of November 8, I felt the strong impression to begin the Book of Mormon reading challenge.  I thought about waiting until the next day....to see if anyone wanted to join.  But 'something' told me, No, start today.

So I had to just shake my head and smile yesterday when I saw that the December 7 reading included Alma 33:23.  My scriptures are full of notes from my mission...specifically the favorite verses of elders/sisters and members and investigators.

In my scriptures, Alma 33:23 is circled and marked.  Imagine how my heart lept when next to that verse, I saw the name of my amazing convert, Gwan Soo Yeon, we called her Jessie.  She was 17 years old when we met her.  When we were teaching her, we asked her to read a few verses in the Book of Mormon each week before we'd meet again.  One time, she came to her appointment and told us she had been so touched by the verses she read, that she had kept reading and ended up reading one third of the entire book in one night.  She told us that this verse in Alma was her favorite.  Our sweet Jessie was baptized on December 7, 2002.

I plan to do this November 8 - December 31 read every year from now on.  I'm grateful that I will have this sweet reminder each year of one of my most special Korea memories. What a beautiful tender mercy from my Heavenly Father.