But since being in the Primary Presidency, it has really grown on me. I get a better understanding of the scriptures from 3 Nephi 17 when the savior blesses the children and then angels come to minister to them. There's a reason why angels ministered to the children. Children need angels to teach them. They need people who have firm testimonies of the gospel to help them. How many other times in the scriptures has the Savior himself prayed for angels to come down and minister to a group of people? I think this says something about the importance nursery and primary play.
I'm not saying parents can slack off. One of my favorite non-missionary lesson scriptures I memorized on my mission is from Doctrine and Covenants 68:25 where it explicity discusses the responsibility parents have in regards to teaching their children the gospel from an early age. But I feel very strongly that the best teachers in the ward need to be in Primary.
Recently our ward's Primary, nursery, Young Men, and Young Women were combined with the Spanish ward's. I thought it amusing that the people with the biggest hesitancies in ward counsel were those not directly affected by it. But it's completely understandable; it's difficult to embrace something you are unexperienced with. I was kept as the primary president of the two wards and both bishops stressed that what changes I wanted to make they would support. I felt a bit of hesitancy and relief at the same time. So I began on my knees, as I should have, and asked for some divine intervention. I felt a bit stumped for a few days not sure where to keep people. Because I wasn't asked to stay the primary president until two weeks because we combined, I was under a deadline of sorts getting names to the bishops. Luckily, when my deadline came I was at church and the callings I wanted people to be issued came to me very quickly. This made sense. When Elder Bednar came to speak in January he said that if we want revelation about something it helps to be in the place directly related to it. So I went and sat in the Primary room and came up with my lists and for once my ideas of where to put everyone made complete sense. So away the lists went to the bishops. I felt a little hesitency with where I was putting people but felt very strongly about them going where I had written their names.
When we finally combined the wards our small primary of 14 kids on a good day when everyone was there jumped to 40+! It was amazing! My heart was very full that day. I scrapped the lesson I was supposed to teach and decided to teach about Enoch and Zion. I think it went okay. We ended sharing time making a big banner (it's amazing the random things you find in Primary rooms) to hang in the Primary room about being Zion and I had the kids all come and decorate it. It was a great Sunday! Not to be outdone, the next week we had even more kids. I'm not complaining at all. I think it's great to have a huge primary like this. I'm so grateful for the teachers in Primary and nursery. They truly are angels. I feel in something of a predicament because we still need Primary workers and yet the people I ask for are shot down or other auxiliaries are taking the people we have. Am I off for my thoughts concerning who should be teaching in Primary? Does a medium-sized ward need 8 Visiting Teaching Supervisors?
