"I KNOW THAT MY SAVIOR LIVES"

Primary is such a wonderful place to be. Our stake has started our primary programs and is about half way through. My testimony is strengthened each time I go to a ward and listen to their testimonies and songs about the Savior. How neat it is! This year, the Primary theme is "I Know that My Savior Lives!"



Today, I had the opportunity to go to 2 programs that really stood out to me, so I thought that I would share them with you.

One had a really neat spirit there. It was a rather large primary, so they had a few group recitations of articles of faith and scriptures. There was a piano duet with a violin and a piano solo all by the primary children. They also did a fun, neat duet of "The Holy Ghost" and a President Monson verse of Follow the Prophet. At the end, what really stood out to me is that they were closing talking about testimonies. One child shared their personal testimony. Then another girl said the scripture, "And now, this is the testimony last of all, which we give of him ..." And then together as a primary, the said very loud and clear "I know that my savior lives" and sang the chorus of "I Know that My Savior Loves Me." (They sang the whole song at the very beginning of the program as well.) I definitely felt the spirit and those children bearing testimony to me that he lives and loves us!

The other program was just brilliantly written. First, as the kids came up, they were humming the song, "I Know that My Savior Loves Me." This meant that they couldn't talk to each other because their mouths were busy. (Brilliant idea.) Sister Gugelman started the program and said something like this, "Every year, we have a program. Each program is broken up to monthly themes with weekly principles. Some principles are easy to explain and other are harder. Our leaders and teachers try to make it as understandable as possible, as easy as abc's."

Then, the kids did their program with the abc's. Here's the alphabet:
A - Articles of Faith
B - Baptism
C - Children of our Heavenly Father
D - Doctrine of Covenants
E - Eternity
F - Families
G - Goodly Parents
H - Holy Ghost
I - Invite (member missionaries)
J - Jesus
K - Knowledge
L - Love (reasons why I love Jesus)
M - Miracles
N - New Testament
O - Ordinances
P - Prophet
Q - Quiet (to hear answers to our prayers)
R - Redeemer
S - Service
T - Temple
U - Understanding
V - Virtue
W - Wisdom
X - Example
Y - You (You can be a good example and do good)
Z - Zion

They put in songs with it, testimonies, personal experiences, etc. Then, at the end, they shared the same testimony from the scriptures. The final child said something like this, "And so we say thank you to our leaders, teachers, and parents for teaching us the gospel and strengthening our testimonies. And if we ever forget, just bring us back to the basics, the abc's."

How sweet and strong the testimonies of children really are. I know the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the true church on earth today. I, too, know that my Savior lives, loves us, and knows us by name. President Monson is a true prophet who leads and guides the church. The Book of Mormon was translated by Joseph Smith and is true scripture. I know our prayers and heard and answered by a loving Heavenly Father. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.