Kimberly, my almost-12-year-old, recently completed Bible Drill competitions. Bible Drill requires the kids to memorize the order of all of the books of the Bible, many Bible verses and many references. During the competition the kids are tested in four seperate ways. In the first round the "caller" announces a specific verse by Book, Chapter and Verse (or Verses). The kids have to recite the entire Verse from memory. The second round is called the "Completion Drill". They are given the first few words of a Verse and have to recite the entire Verse and reference from memory. The third round is locating the books in the Bible. They have 10 seconds to locate the "called" Book and then also have to recite the Book before and the Book after the one called. The fourth round is called the "Key Passage Drill". The caller announces the title of a specific Key Passage. The kids have ten seconds to locate it in the Bible.
This is the third year Kimberly has participated in this program and she gets better every time. The scoring is done by "mistakes", which is any time they don't know what has been called or think they do but get it wrong. This year Kimberly had !!!ZERO MISTAKES!!! for all three competitions (Church, Association and State) What an accomplishment!!!
I love seeing her up there, but she hates being in front of people. I am so proud of all the time and effort she puts into learning her way around her Bible. And I'm emberassed to say that I often have to ask her where to find something in my Bible!
Congratulations Kimberly! I am SO PROUD of you!!!!
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