Primary Program

   Even though Emma is six years old, and has been in Primary for three years, today was her first Primary Program.

People don’t believe me when I tell them how shy she is.  Emma shy?!  As outgoing as she is, Emma has a terrible case of stage fright.  She generally won’t get up in front of anybody to do anything unless they are family. 

Emma’s first program she got up on the stand with her class and sat.  She didn’t sing, she didn’t her part, I don’t think she even made it through the whole time.  Her second program she didn’t even get up on the stand.  Today she shined.

  The program started with the children walking from the back of the church up to the stand while singing “I am a Builder”.   The primary theme this year is My Eternal Family, and each child had a small part to recite about  the roles they fulfill in building their eternal families.  After they said their part, they went over to a very large house (that I think our bishop built) and added their family’s brick to the house.

  Emma sang all the songs, and she had her part memorized:

 “Each member of a family has important jobs.  I like to help take care of my little brothers.”

  After all the songs had been sung, and all the children had put their family bricks in the house, our sweet primary president called the names of each child or set of siblings, and when she did the family of those children in the congregation stood up.  It was one of the simplest, most moving things I have ever seen. And as if that weren’t enough to get me teary, then our Bishop shared a few thoughts, and at one point he turned to the children and spoke to them. The program closed with first the children then the rest of the ward singing “Families are Forever”

   In all our years of going to church, I can honestly say this was the most wonderful Primary program I have ever seen. Thanks so much to our wonderful presidency for working so hard to put it together, and to Emma’s teachers for encouraging her.   But mostly, thanks so much to Emma, who practiced so hard and made Mommy so proud today.