Building His Testimony

Sunday was testimony meeting during church and there were so many little kids that got up to bear theirs. It was so cute and you could really feel the Spirit. It started by a little girl, about 5, who wanted to share that she prayed because she lost something and after she prayed she remembered where she put it. After that there were about 10-15 other little primary kids who got up to share their testimonies. Elijah saw the other kids getting up and he really wanted to go up and share his testimony too. He practically dragged Jed up to the stand. Of course, he got a little shy and when he did say something it came out in mumbles so you couldn't understand him at all. But I love that he was so excited to share what he knows about Heavenly Father and Jesus. Jed made a deal with him that he could practice at home with our microphone so that next month he can try again.  When we left church he was practicing what he was going to say all the way home and when Jed broke out the microphone he tried to remember what he had said. I love hearing it too. So far this is about what he said (I really wish I taped it but he got too nervous and quiet when I tried) "I love Heavenly Father and Jesus. I know that they love me too. I love my family. I like to read my scriptures. I know Joseph Smith is a prophet and he got the scriptures out of the hole and I know Thomas S. Monson is our prophet. I love primary. Jesus Christ, amen."

After he practiced his testimony he wanted to say a prayer so that he could find his phone that we had searched everywhere for. He made sure to yell it too, because he wanted "to make sure Heavenly Father could hear" him. Elijah (and Chloe) love saying prayers too. He always has to be the one to say the prayer. He's said prayers before to find things or for other people and it's always building his testimony when he realizes that Heavenly Father heard him. This time wasn't any different. As soon as he was finished with his prayer he said "Heavenly Father says my phone is in my bed!" Then ran to his room to search his room. It wasn't there. Then he said, " Heavenly Father says it's in the car!" So ran out to the car and searched it. (Those were places we had already searched and suggested it might be in) Shortly after he came back in and told me that "Heavenly Father says its in the snow." I sent Jed out to look for it and he was right. It was on a small patch of grass that was surrounded by snow. Elijah was so excited! He immediately sat back down to say another prayer to say thank you. It's always so amazing to see how close children are to the Spirit and how much faith they have. I love seeing and being able to teach him about how to get personal revelation and how he (we) can always depend on our Father above.