Last Sunday Donaven received a brand spanking new pack of crayons and a conference packet from his primary leaders. His favorite part was that the crayons were boldly labeled Donaven’s Conference Crayons. He would proudly show them to me daily and we would talk about conference. He couldn’t wait to use them.
After a yummy breakfast of chocolate chip muffins, yogurt, bacon, and strawberries this morning; the time finally arrived to gather in the living room and tune in to conference as a family. It was so sweet to see Donaven carefully lay out his special crayons and begin to work on his packet. With each speaker we would talk about each one’s name and he would excitedly find their picture and color their tie. He also listened for key words that we had talked about before hand. The words he chose were; Jesus, Prayer, Faith, Temple, Honor, and Scriptures. He even shared his crayons with his brother to color a picture of the First Presidency.
Funny how a small thing like a box of crayons could bring about such eagerness in a 4 year old boy to participate and hear revelation from the General Authorities of the church. I am grateful to Donaven’s Primary leaders for influencing him for good, planting the seed of faith and enabling me to continue to cultivate it here at home.
At the end of Donaven’s packet their was a section to write down a goal based upon what was learned during conference. We decided to make a goal as a family and follow the prophets council to focus more on the good in the world and less on the negative.
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We are going to start a sort of gratitude journal to record our blessings and good things that happen to us individually and as a family.
I so enjoyed the talks today and I am looking forward to hearing the others that I missed. I am grateful for the spirit that was felt in our home today and hope to continue to grow and learn form these inspired words given to us by the righteous leaders of our church.
What was your favorite part of conference that you got the most from?
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When Emerson and I caught up to Donaven we found him waiting patiently for his turn to meet the jolly big guy. He was was kind of excited when he finally notice we were there.
