Primary

This semester I have had the wonderful opportunity of working in the primary as the sunbeam teacher. Funny story…

(during sharing time)

Sister Hoskin: How can we keep in touch with family that we may have back in America or other places?

(so she is looking for the answer “sending letters” for an object lesson)

Little girl: The internet!

Little boy: I like to skype my grandma.

Little boy: We can send them an email.

Sister Hoskin: But what else can we do?

Little girl: We can call them on the phone.

Sister Hoskin: But what can we send them?

…

Sister Hoskin: Letters! We can send them letters.

Kids: Oh.

Haha, it was so funny. Sending letters is like a foreign concept to kids now days.

One cool thing about being in primary in China is how instead of welcoming new kids with the song that goes, “hello, hello, hello, hello, we welcome you today, hello.” You know that one? We sing, “Ni hao, ni hao, ni hao, ni hao, we welcome you today, ni hao.” It’s great.

Today was the primary program and it was so beautiful and tender, and of course you have the kids that talk really loudly into the mic like they are going to eat it, and then you have the ones that stand there smiling for 1 minute before saying anything, and then you have the ones that stand there and don’t say anything. But the program was so sincere as the it was all centered around the scriptures and the kids bore a powerful testimony that they know the scriptures are true. After the program we went back to the primary room and each person in the primary got to stand up and bear their testimony and/or their favorite thing about the program. This little 4 year old boy with red hair in my class stands up at the front and says boldly,

“One day I’m going to be sealed in the temple with my future wife!”