Erika the bookworm

The other night, I walked into Erika's room and I found her exactly like this:  

     She is a very deep sleeper so she didn't even wake up when I took the picture.   (And I know she was sleeping- I could hear her snoring!)  I showed it to her the next morning and she laughed.  Erika LOVES to read!   Often at night I will go downstairs to her room and make her turn out the light and go to bed because she is so into her book.  She has set a goal to read the Book of Mormon before she is baptized in July.  She is already in Alma, so  I think she will make it without too much pressure.  There have been a few nights when it has been late and I have said, "You don't need to read it tonight..." but she is adamant that she has to read her chapter in the scriptures.  We are reading it with her, of course, to help her understand it, but she also likes to sneak in a bit on her own.  I have been amazed at her ability to understand the meaning of things.   I am thankful for her example to me and hope I can teach her something.  Sometimes you wonder if you were sent here to teach them or if it is the other way around.