Our Family Home Evening

Last night Jessica was in charge of our Family Home Evening. She chose a story out of the New Era to do her lesson on. It was about being an example. She gave Hunter the assingment to read it. He did not want to read and so Jessica told him he could sing a solo instead. I bet you can guess what Hunter did. Yep, he read the story. Next week Hunter is in charge and he told Jessica she will be singing a solo. Do you think that is going to happen? I don't think so. We all had a good time though talking about being an example. You never know who is watching you no matter where you are, or what sitiuation you are in. For example, Doug and I were in Arizona last summer for two days and ran into a man who used to be in our ward out here. There family had just moved to Arizona. Also, just a month earlier we went to our nephew's wedding in the Washington D.C. Temple, and I ran into someone who was in my ward growing up. I also shared a story with my children. When I was in High School, I was 16 years old at the time, the sister missionaries came and knocked on our door. I answered it. They were there to ask me if I would speak at Patricia's baptism, on baptism. I was shocked and floored. I did not even know this girl was taking the discussions, or was interested in the church. In fact, I really did not even know this girl. I knew her through school only. We were just acquaintances. The sister missionaries told me Patricia, her mother, and sister we going to be baptized in two weeks and Patricia wanted me to speak at her baptism. They had been going to the Spanish branch, because her mother only spoke spanish. I accepted the request, and asked the missionaries why she wanted me to give the talk, I didn't even know her that well. They said that Patricia requested that I give the talk, because I was such a good example to her. She would see me at school and wanted to have what I had. Which was the gospel. I don't remember how my talk went or much about that day, but I learned a very valuable lesson. You need to always live the gospel, because you never know who is watching. That is one of the best ways to share the gospel. I hope that my children learned something from Jessica's lesson and my story. They are good examples to me each day.