Judy Nelson Ward learned to love teaching children at age 14, when she was called as the Primary pianist in her Twin Falls, Idaho, ward. This mother of seven, who now lives in Mesa, Arizona, was named by America Mothers, Inc. as the “mother of the year” for her state.
“Teaching taught me that you have to love children,” Sister Ward told the Church News. “They can see that even though you’re making a lot of mistakes that you love them.”