Sister Sahar Qumsiyeh

Our guest post is from Samantha B. who shared this link and message with her family:

"This is the story of our District Relief Society Leader. She is one of the most amazing women I have ever met. I will never take the opportunity to go to church for granted again."

http://www.mormonwomen.com/2010/11/17/peace-through-conflict/

This spotlight of "Sister Sahar Qumsiyeh" is done by The Mormon Women Project.  The Mormon Women Project is a continuously expanding digital library of interviews with Latter-day Saint women from around the world.  You may be interested in the other posts on their site.

Enjoy reading!

Happy New Year of New Knowledge!

Literacy Ideas for that Kindle, iPad or iPod that You Received for Christmas!

1.              Try an Audible Book

Is there a long car trip in your future?  How about just making the drive around town or doing the dishes more interesting? Try an audible book.  For a guaranteed good title, download one recognized with an Audie Award.  The link is under the Literacy Links in the right sidebar of the Literacy and Lifelong Learning page.  Check out http://www.theaudies.com .

2.            Share a Book/Borrow an eBook

Swap e-books through http://ebookfling.com .  This site allows Nook and Kindle users to lend or borrow titles for a 14-day “fling.”  The link is under the Literacy Links in the right sidebar of the Literacy and Lifelong Learning page.

TRY A NEW SOURCE FOR eBOOKS

Again all of these links are in the right sidebar of the Literacy and Lifelong Learning page.

3.            eBooks at Deseret Book

If you download the Deseret Book Company’s e-reader app for free, you get 8 free books from their Deseret Bookshelf site: http://deseretbook.com/bookshelf.

4.            Your local library

The home page of the local library, http://www.cobbcat.org/e-library.html lends books as well as gives a list of FIVE more sources of eBooks.

5.            Try a New Read

I have added the Pulitzer (http://www.pulitzer.org/) and National Book (http://www.nationalbook.org/) sites to the right side bar as well of the Literacy and Lifelong Learning page.  Find a new favorite by checking out their award winning books.

Bookmark your Literacy and Lifelong Learning page today (http://literacyandlifelonglearning.blogspot.com/) and use it to link to valuable resources! 

Happy New Year of New Knowledge!

If you missed Fires of Faith on BYUtv.  You may still see it from their archives.  Search for "Fires of Faith."  Choose "See the Good | Watch all three episodes of Fires of Faith."  The link is: 
http://byutv.org/seethegood/post/Watch-all-three-episodes-of-Fires-of-Faith.aspx
Enjoy learning about the Bible!