Landon gave his first talk in Sacrament Meeting today and did a fantastic job! He prepared it completely on his own, practiced it for me once this morning and then gave it today in front of 400 people. He is light years ahead of where I was at age (13.5).
He used Elder Bednar's talk from the October 2009 General Conference entitled More Diligent and Concerned at Home as material for his talk about "love in the family". He highlighted Elder Bednar's 3 suggestions for strengthening the love in our homes.
1. Express love and show it
2. Bear testimony
3. Be Consistent
"I can remember a time when I was about five years old and I was playing with action figures on my mom and dad’s bed when my dad came in the room. He took me in his arms and told me that he loved me. He hugged me for a while until, being a five year old concentrated on nothing but my action figure; I told my dad that I already knew that he loved me. He then explained to me that he wanted to make sure that I really knew it. I think it is in times like these that we find that we really do love each other as a family."
He is currently serving as the President of the Deacon's Quorum (for about 2 months now) and takes his responsibilities seriously. He never complains about going to BYC or his weekly presidency meetings before church. He calls the rest of his presidency to remind them of their responsibilities and he sets a good example for them. I am humbled and amazed by his character and spirit.
**Thoughts??**
Comment Window Tidbit: Goodness, I had an unexpected meeting at 3:00 then a visiting teaching appointment at 4:00 and now we have a fireside at 7:00.
8 comments:
AWESOME!!! How exciting! Way to go!
You and Michelle are having the same parent payday today! What a great thing to see kids who recognize their potential and do something with it.
Woohoo! Landon is an exemplary young man for sure.
What are the odds that both our boys gave their first talk on the first day??
Sunday was no day of rest for you, was it? Landon is sure handsome, and quite mature and wonderful! That doesn't happen on accident, so give yourself a great big pat on the back Jill. Seriously.
wow! good job landon!
i am always surprised at how grown up and knowledgeable my teenagers are when they give talks. its a nice thing to hear that they have a testimony of certain aspects of the gospel and to see them "practicing" their missionary skills. :)
i'm glad to hear that he rehearsed his for you - mine refuse, so listening to them in sacrament meeting is a surprise for me too! :) thankfully, they haven't said or done anything too embarrassing so far.
Very cool.
PS - I cannot imagine the feelings (not nice ones) I would have had if one of my parents had thrown me under the bus on the speaking circuit.
This is So AWESOME!!
I can't believe how big Landon is?? what in the world?
GREAT kid!!!!!
He's a great kid, I wish I could have met him.
I hate meetings.
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