Sunday, July 31, 2011

I want to be a missionary now....

Last night, we had the opportunity to have the sister missionaries come to our home to teach a missionary lesson to a young man seeking the gospel. His name is Demarius and he's been meeting with the missionaries since March. The lesson was about following the prophet and the 10 commandments. It was such a good opportunity for us to teach our children about being missionaries now. We talked with them about what the sister missionaries had been doing and why it was important. And then we firmly stressed how important their good behavior was going to be! We didn't want them distracting Demarius from the Spirit. And they did a very good job of sitting quietly. Tate was the one who was the most distracting. He took this time to play with anything in reach and to babble loudly. Usually, he's a pretty quiet little guy, but not last night!  The sisters asked Spencer and I to share how following the prophet and the 10 commandments had helped us in our own lives. I hope the children listened as we bore our testimonies and shared our experiences. 
Spencer and I really enjoyed having the sister missionaries along with Demarius in our home. And it was really neat to see him in church and have him sit with our family. We are very grateful for this opportunity that helped us to teach our children about the importance of missionary work.

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