Challenge Completed

Back in the summer I talked about the challenge we were given to read the Book of Mormon by the end of the year.  Well, this morning I completed the book and thus, the challenge.  I have to say that it was really enjoyable to just read it straight through.  I'd been studying topics and such for a long time, so it had been a while since I read it cover to cover.  It gave me a broad scope of the magnitude and over-arching themes that run through out the book, and renewed my love for these scriptures.
Joel and I are also on the verge of finishing the Old Testament together.  We should be done by the first of the year.  It's the first time we've read it together, and even though it's taken us a while to get through it, I feel like I've learned a lot.  We're moving on to the Doctrine and Covenants next- that shouldn't take anywhere near as long. :)