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Speaking From the Heart
Last week in Primary, our granddaughter's teacher taught a lesson on bearing testimony.  After explaining what a testimony was, she asked the Sunbeams if any of them would like to bear their testimony.  All the little children stood up and took turns.  When it was Grace's turn, she timidly turned to her teacher and said, "I don't know what to say."  Her teacher put her arm around her and whispered, "Just say what's in your heart."  Grace looked down at her chest and said: "What do you want me to say, heart?" 

Ruth E

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In the Dark
A couple of weeks ago we were starting family home evening with a prayer. I reminded our 3-year-old son to close his eyes during the prayer. He replied very matter-of-factly, “I don’t want to. It’s dark in there.” My wife and I asked what he meant. He closed his eyes hard, wrinkling his nose, and responded, pointing to his still-closed eyes: “It’s too dark in there. I don’t like it.”

Nathan Taylor

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Preaching to the Choir
Our 3-year-old granddaughter was saying the evening family prayer and asked Heavenly Father to “bless the Prophet, President ….“  She paused, not being able to remember his name, and said: "Oh, you know who he is," and then went on with her prayer.

Jan Hathaway
Riverton, Utah

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Overheard in the Scout Room
I was chatting with another Scout leader while our boys made puppets for their showman badge.  She told me that she had just finished making a dress for her granddaughter, but it was too small so she had to let out all the seams and take out the darts.  One of the boys looked up in amazement.  He asked, “You put DARTS in dresses?”

Kathleen Arrington
North Ogden, Utah

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General Conference Challenge
In Primary we give our kids a General Conference challenge question so they will listen to conference.  For Junior Primary the question was “What is the closing song of the Sunday morning Session?”  One of the kids tried to convince us it was Once There Was a Snowman.

Jan Ostler

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A Light in the Darkness
Just as we were leaving for Church this morning, the power went off all over town. As a result, we spent most of our meetings in the dark. At one point, someone announced that we would be out of power for at least several hours, and if it was the main transformer that blew, we could be out of power for days!  We got through all of Priesthood, Relief Society, and Sunday School with only the light from the windows, and then with the help of a makeshift microphone and speaker brought in by the bishop, we had our testimony meeting. The choir then filed to the stand in the semi-dark to sing the closing song, entitled In This Very Room. And then -- and I'm not kidding – just as we were singing the line “and in this very room … there’s quite enough … power,” the lights came back on!  It was unreal and we all erupted into laughter.   

Norman and April Love
Oak City, Utah

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