Primary Moments

THE FIRST VISION

my week to teach was on the first vision.

rather than share the story, 

our lesson suggested showing the video

i was ecstatic

the portrayal

the setting 

the music

would be a powerful presentation 

in which the spirit could be felt

as we gathered around, 

the class was silent

my mind takes to thought

are they getting it?

one little girl said

"i didn't know Joseph has (had) blonde hair

i thought it was brown...he's cute...hey guess what?

my brothers are kind of twins...you know in how they are like cute boys"

refocus the class

we are near the sacred grove

when a someone touches the computer

"where did the sacred grove go?" i panic,

"what happened and how do i get it back?"

i ask questions

while fiddling around with a variety of buttons

"joseph and his family worked very hard. they all lived on..."

"AN ISLAND" shouts one little girl.

finally, i have the video to where joseph kneels,

the music plays "oh how lovely was the morning."

after the presentation

children were invited to write or draw what they were feeling

as the children shared their childlike images

i was touched

as i read their words in their childlike spelling

i melted

"they got it!"

i asked them if i had permission

to make a copy of their work

all were excited and proud.

it was time for the closing prayer,

"Dear Heavenly Father... please bless the superbowl

that wins can be happy and that we can have a good time..."

Amen

  *interesting family moment
parents and siblings come to watch their two sons coach
one son, head coach of the 49er's
one son, head coach of the ravens
that doesn't happen very often

TELL THEM YOU LOVE THEM

last week

the question was posed

"when was the last time you told your parents you loved them?"

the children yelped,

"last night, this morning, just a minute ago"

and

"i do it all the time."

there was immediate praise.

the following question

"when was the last time you said i love you to your brothers and sisters?'

before the question was even finished...a young boy piped up and in

a "roll your eyes, condescending kind of tone" said

"that'll never happen...that is so EIGHTIES"

i laughed and pondered

"what does you know about the eightities? you were born in  2007"

HEAVENLY FATHER

there has been a slight change

in my primary calling

i have moved from

the fourth grade children

to the

first grade children

i had forgotten their pure innocence

in the middle of the lesson

one of the little darlings

raised her hand

"who invented heavenly father"

the other teacher paused

then replied

"just like we will have opportunities

to become gods and goddesses

i am sure that heavinly father

had a heavenly father"

"and who invented that heavenly father?"

kind of deep for a 6 year old

then came the ctr shield to color

one of the boys

exclaimed

"coloring ! i love to color ! it is one of my

favorite hobbits !"

i love my primary class