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From Mormon Life by Arie Van De Graaff

When my siblings and I were young we lived in a town where there was no LDS church. My mother held "church" in our living room to teach her four children the gospel. One Sunday's lesson was on the organization of the church into wards and so on. Posting paper cut out blocks onto a flannel board, she said to us, "Here is a branch. Here is a ward," as she put a second block on top of the first. Placing another block above the others she said, "Here is a stake. Now, what goes on top of the stake?" Excited to know the answer, my four year old sister shouted "Ketchup!" --Tara Bradley - Walla Walla, Washington USA

We had this young man in our ward who had a learn disability. One High Council Sunday my husband get a tap on his shoulder telling him he needed to check his Elders (He was the Elders quorum president at the time) My husband looks around the room and sees Thomas our young man reading the newspaper in Sacrament Meeting. (He had the paper fully open and was turning the pages, and making lots of noise) My husband gets up and walks out of the chapel. On his way out the door he tells the deacon that is standing there to go ask Thomas to meet him in the foyer. When Thomas comes out my husband ask him. What are you doing? He said "reading the paper", My husband told him "You can't read it in the chapel during Sacrament Meeting", Thomas said "Why not, it's boring"-Sue Curcio - West Covina, California, USA

Teaching my young son to pray, one night kneeling by the bed he began saying his prayers. He started very softly, "Heavenly Father", then his voice got softer and I could hardly hear him. Quietly I said, "Michael, I can't hear you." He promptly replied, "I'm not talking to you." --Barbara Axe - Phoenix, Arizona, USA

We were teaching our Primary class about Captain Moroni defeating Zarahemnah and decided to act out how the armies hid themselves. We had two boys in class that day, one Hispanic (Seth) and one Caucasian (Jared). When we told them what we were doing Jared looked at Seth and said, 'I'll be Moroni because I'm white, You can be Zarahemna because he was a lamanite.' I paused to see if this was okay when Seth jumped up and said, 'Okay that's a great idea.' The conversation continued and they discussed how next time Jared would probably be the bad guy because the Nephites weren't always righteous. --Carrie Gross - Orem, Utah, USA