This is Eliza! She is a Laurel who lives in
Utah, who likes reading and debating.
She also loves Personal Progress so
much that she created a website
called 12 Weeks of Progress to help
Young Women in need of organizing or
finishing up their Personal Progress.
Here’s what Eliza has to say about it:
How has Personal Progress blessed your life?
I started Young Women’s about the same
time that Virtue was added as a value.
When I was still a Beehive, I was
surrounded by all this excitement because
the Personal Progress program was being
revitalized. I started the program energized
by this excitement, and I soon knew that it
was worth being excited about. I was able
to learn practical skills and make eternal
commitments. I have developed daily
habits that have blessed my life, and I’ve
gained a lot more confidence in myself
as a member of the Church, my family,
and my community. The Spirit is very
strong in this program, and I’ve been
blessed to watch my younger sister
complete it alongside me as well. The
opportunities that Personal Progress
provided for me as I started out middle
school have benefitted me all throughout
high school, and I am so grateful for it.
What made you create “12 Weeks of Progress” and it’s website?
I completed Personal Progress fairy early,
and it was one of the best experiences of
my life. I really felt like I had learned and
grown, and I loved it so much that I
decided to do it all again. As I went through
the second time, I noticed that I was
working on the same habits a few times, or
reading the same scripture twice. That isn’t
to say that there were redundancies, just
that there was repetition. I also looked
around at the other girls in my ward and
saw some of them struggling to finish on
time. As I thought about it, I realized that I
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