Testimony

Karen is my sweet, sensitive little girl. Since she turned 7 she has been getting more and more excited to be baptized and we have been talking to her more about Jesus and the gospel so that she can understand more what being baptized means. She has such a sweet spirit, she loves church and she loves learning all the scripture stories.

Yesterday was fast Sunday and therefore testimony meeting. Our stake has asked that children should only get up to say there testimony if they can do it themselves because they want it to be their testimony and not mommy or daddy's testimony. We've talked with our children about that and Karen has been too shy to get up by herself until yesterday. She leaned over to me and said, "Mom, I want to bear my testimony." I quietly reminded her that she needed to do it herself and she looked unsure, so I told her we could write it down and then she could just read it when she got up there. I got out a paper and she told me what she wanted to say and I wrote it down on the paper for her. It was short and sweet and to the point. She was so excited and went up to the stand. She did a wonderful job. She came back down and sat next to me and she told me she felt really good and happy and knew it was the Spirit.

It made me feel the Spirit too. I'm so pleased that my little girl is growing in the gospel. What a precious gift children are to us. I'm proud of you Karen.