March 29, 2010

"Burying" our Testimonies

So yesterday was Fast and Testimony meeting in our ward in lieu (is that the right word?) of General Conference this next weekend. The meeting had been going for a while, and there was a lull in the testimony bearer's, so I turned to Lincoln and asked him if he would like to bear his testimony! We have never prepped him for this or anything, so he didn't know what to do, so naturally I thought that he would probably decline. NOPE! He looked right at me and said "SURE MOM!" Then he hopped right up- but I had to explain to him that we had to wait until the person that was bearing their testimony to be finished. as soon as she was finished, he hopped right up out of his seat and we strolled up to the front! He was REALLY excited to get to sit next to his daddy if only for a minute during the meeting, and as soon as it was his turn, Cole took him up there and he bore his cute little testimony! He was really confused for a second, and didn't know what to do, and turned to Cole and said "Oh no! I forgot what to say!" That elicited a bunch of chuckles from the congregation, but then Cole whispered in his ear a little bit about what to say and it took some coaxing, but he finally started! He said that he was glad that Ammon was his favorite protector...of sheep. He said that he was grateful for the dinosaurs (to which our bishop thought he said that his mom (me) was older than the dinosaurs!) he said that he was grateful for his family, for his friends, and a few other things that I can't remember, and then finished and sat back down! It was seriously the cutest thing EVER! What a stud! Then, of course, because I couldn't be shown up by my 4 year old, I stood up and bore my testimony. While I was bearing mine, Lincoln turned to Cole- who of course is sitting on the stand and asked if everyone out there (pointing to the audience) could hear him when he talked into that little thing (the microphone). He was pretty excited for what he just did.
Then when we were sitting down at dinner, we were talking about how proud we were of Link for bearing his testimony, and he said..."I know! I really love burying my testimony! But I forgot to talk about Nephi!" Next time buddy, next time! Childrens testimonies are the sweetest things on the entire earth. I love my little boy, but he isn't so little anymore ! He is growing right up! STOP IT!!!

4 comments:

Justin & Ashlee said...

I don't have your address either but you can email me at wardju@onid.orst.edu

Jen said...

It was the cutest thing ever! What a proud parent moment. I was having a tough time hearing him because of my noisy little monster, but I thought he said he was thankful for the "people that lived in old times with the dinosaurs". In any case it was so adorable.

Laura said...

He IS a total stud! Way to go Lincoln! He's got some pretty awesome parents too!

Jessica said...

I love that! You've got some pretty special little ones, you know? Nice work.