The Gwilliam Fam: Phil and Sister Gill

Bryn Bryn's letter from May 10, 2021

We've been teaching the kids in the Grey family for a couple of weeks now and it's kinda my favorite.

Chance is 9 years old and is very diligent about taking notes. He is always making us bracelets or coloring pictures for us - he's getting baptized this next week!

5 year old Reese can't pronounce my name, so he calls me "Sister Gill" which is almost as cute as Sister Guacamole so I'm okay with it.

He also calls Sister Maycock "Phil" because he thinks it's hilarious (which it kinda is😂😂) So we're Phil and Sister Gill - kinda the ultimate dynamic duo.

Sophie is 7 and she is always very excited to know the answers to our questions.

We talked about modesty and respecting our bodies this past week, and she politely raised her hand and asked if she could give an example.

Sophie: "Sister Gwilliam can I hug you?"

Me: Yes!!!

Sophie: "...You were supposed to say no"

Me: "oh...I mean, no"

She proceeded to hug me anyway and then explain how that wasn't very nice of her to hug without permission. Then she gave a "good example" where she only hugged me when I gave her permission to hug me.

They're pretty much my favorite humans right now😆 they are so excited to learn!

We invited them to read the scriptures on their own this past week, and Chance brought his Book of Mormon to school and read it in his free time all morning.

Sophie found her dad's Holy Bible this week and asked us to show her which chapter talked about Jesus being born - when we showed her she ran to her mom and said "Look!! This Book has my very favorite story!"

There's a quote I read this week that reminds me of the Grey kids

"We could remember that Jesus found special joy and happiness in children and said all of us should be more like them - guiltless and pure, quick to laugh and to love and to forgive, slow to remember any offense"

I want to be more like the Grey kids.

Giving gifts more freely, even if they are just homemade ones that I'm self conscious about.

Making my very favorite stories and experiences the ones with Jesus in them.

Finding ways to laugh, even when it gets hard...even if that means calling Sister Maycock "Phil" from now on;)

We have so much to learn from little kids!!

I heard this week that the average child laughs 300 times a day

The average adult laughs 15 times a day

Yikes😂

Life may be short, but it's way too long to not be laughing at LEAST 16 times a day

My invitation this week is to find a way to be more like a child this week - laugh more, judge less, and make life fun!!

Love you all!

-Sister Gill