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YW M3 L29 A Change of Heart handout

I had a lot of fun making these. I used the same tutorial as for the heart in the post below, but I changed the dimensions of the paper ever so slightly to a 8x4 cm rectangle. I made 2 different handouts, haven't quite decided which one to use yet. Instructions can be found here.

The first handout has a quote by Marvin J Ashton:
"An honest heart will lead to a change of heart. Spiritually speaking, a change of heart is not only desirable, but essential for eternal life. The Book of Mormon describes the conversion experience, which all of us must have, as a "mighty change in us, or in our hearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to good continually (Mosiah 5:2)"

The second handout has a quote by elder Dallin H Oaks: "Testimony is to know and to feel. Conversion is to do and to become"

YW M3 L 30 Scripture study

I have been looking forward to teaching this lesson for ages. If there is one thing I would love for my YW to have, it would be a love of the scriptures - to have them come alive and to be a source of testimony, knowledge, guidance, strength and comfort.

My focus in the lesson will be on Feasting on the Word -  I will be bringing in some truly scrumptious triple choc fudge brownies to illustrate as well as this cartoon by Snoopy - someone who seems to do 'feasting' really well! I am planning to discuss ways to get the most out of scripture study, questions to ask ourselves while reading so that we truly understand and liken the scriptures to ourselves.

Still pondering  the details...

For another handout I will use the one above (from LDS Handouts). Quite a few of the girls have notebooks where they are gluing in the handouts from the lesson to save them so I am happy to provide.

Waffle Ninjas and Heart Attacks

(hmm... still haven't quite worked out the knack of photgraphy in the dark with my new fancy camera....)

I'm trying to instill a love of service to others in the kids. A good time to do a little service project is FHE,  so one Monday a month is dedicated to this. Last night the "waffle ninjas" sprung into action, and armed with a rainbow of hearts and a plate of waffles, they very excitedly but quietly decorated someone's garden and left a plate on their doorstep which would hopefully cheer that person's heart and feel the love that we were trying to share.

 I love this origami heart..... learned to make it here

Thoughtful Friday

monkeying around

 Little Possum turned 9 and what better way to celebrate than to go to the TreeTop Adventure Park?

 (no words required..... face said it all!)

 sometimes a helping hand was required

 the Big Boys were on the more advanced tracks

 Peter coming down the zipline of the "Black course"

A fantastic day out!

We talk of Christ, we rejoice in Christ!

October's Ensign will be dedicated exclusively to the Book of Mormon, its origin and its purpose.
I have been wondering and pondering what to do with my blog and when I stumbled across this blog and the above inspired forum coming up in the month of October, I have decided that I will participate. Will you?