A talk given by 13-year-old Camilla in the same sacrament meeting in which Michael reported his mission in the Bountiful Twentieth Ward on Sunday, August 21, 1994. Her talk was printed in the August 29, 1994, Family Journal. Camilla at the time was just about to begin the seventh grade at Mueller Park Junior High School.
We all can be missionaries no matter how old we are. And all the little things that we do can change a person’s life. Here are some things that you can do to help your nonmember friends learn the gospel.
You should study the gospel so you are ready to teach anybody who wants to hear, and be a good friend to your nonmember friends, and help them and invite them over, and take them to any Church activities or meetings, and just be really nice to them, and try to bear your testimony to them, and ask if they want to hear the discussions from the missionaries, and just be a good example, and don't ever give up.
It's really a good feeling when you see your friend get baptized.
In Alma 29:1–2 it says, "O that I were an angel, and could have the wish of mine heart, that I might go forth and speak with the trump of God, with a voice to shake the earth, and cry repentance unto every people!
"Yea, I would declare unto every soul, as with the voice of thunder, repentance and the plan of redemption, that they should repent and come unto our God, that there might not be more sorrow upon all the face of the earth."
When my sister [Rachael] goes to college she has some friends, and they ask her about the Church, and two of them already got baptized. She says it is really, really neat when they get baptized.
I hope that we can all be missionaries, and I say this in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen.
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Thursday, August 28, 2008
66. Easter
A talk given by eight-year-old Camilla in the Primary of the Bountiful Twentieth Ward on the morning of Easter Sunday, April 15, 1990. The talk was printed on the cover of the Family Journal on Monday, April 16, 1990. Camilla at the time was a second grader at Bountiful Elementary.
When Jesus was being crucified in Jerusalem, there were many things happening in America. There were floods and earthquakes and storms, and it was dark for three whole days. The people could not see the sun or light candles, and they were scared.
After three days the darkness was gone, and then they could see. They looked around and saw that many people had died.
Then they heard a voice. It was Heavenly Father. He said, “Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name—hear ye him” (3 Nephi 11:7).
And then they looked up and saw a bright light and saw a man coming down from the light. He said:
“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world.
“And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning” (3 Nephi 11:10–11).
He showed the people his hands and his feet. He taught them many things. And he blessed the children. It was a very happy time.
I know that Jesus lives and loves us and wants us to keep His commandments. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
When Jesus was being crucified in Jerusalem, there were many things happening in America. There were floods and earthquakes and storms, and it was dark for three whole days. The people could not see the sun or light candles, and they were scared.
After three days the darkness was gone, and then they could see. They looked around and saw that many people had died.
Then they heard a voice. It was Heavenly Father. He said, “Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased, in whom I have glorified my name—hear ye him” (3 Nephi 11:7).
And then they looked up and saw a bright light and saw a man coming down from the light. He said:
“Behold, I am Jesus Christ, whom the prophets testified shall come into the world.
“And behold, I am the light and the life of the world; and I have drunk out of that bitter cup which the Father hath given me, and have glorified the Father in taking upon me the sins of the world, in the which I have suffered the will of the Father in all things from the beginning” (3 Nephi 11:10–11).
He showed the people his hands and his feet. He taught them many things. And he blessed the children. It was a very happy time.
I know that Jesus lives and loves us and wants us to keep His commandments. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Saturday, August 23, 2008
59. He Just Said "No!"
A talk given by six-year-old Camilla Cleverly on Sunday, March 20, 1988, in the Primary of the Bountiful Twentieth Ward, Bountiful Utah South Stake. Camilla at the time was in Kindergarten.
Once there was a boy, and his name was Michael. He had a cold. He wanted to go out and play in the snow. He went and asked his mom. She said no.
He remembered what he learned in Primary about Heavenly Father answering prayers. He prayed to Heavenly Father that Mom would change her mind.
Then his friend came over and wanted him to play outside in the snow. Michael said, “No, my mom said I can’t. But come back after lunch because I prayed to Heavenly Father that she’d change her mind.”
He came back after lunch, and Michael asked, “Mom, can I go outside and play?” She still said no.
His friend said, “I guess Heavenly Father didn’t answer your prayer.”
“Yes, he answered, but he just said no.”
Heavenly Father always hears our prayers and answers them but sometimes not in the way we want. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Once there was a boy, and his name was Michael. He had a cold. He wanted to go out and play in the snow. He went and asked his mom. She said no.
He remembered what he learned in Primary about Heavenly Father answering prayers. He prayed to Heavenly Father that Mom would change her mind.
Then his friend came over and wanted him to play outside in the snow. Michael said, “No, my mom said I can’t. But come back after lunch because I prayed to Heavenly Father that she’d change her mind.”
He came back after lunch, and Michael asked, “Mom, can I go outside and play?” She still said no.
His friend said, “I guess Heavenly Father didn’t answer your prayer.”
“Yes, he answered, but he just said no.”
Heavenly Father always hears our prayers and answers them but sometimes not in the way we want. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
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