Faith FHE

This month we are focusing on building faith and testimony.  I found a picture of Mt. Everest and then printed off a mountain climber.  I took a picture but can't find it on my computer now.  Anyway, we just cut the climber out and read a scripture about faith.  Then we told the boys about climbing Mt. Everest and how the climbers have to first work up to being able to get to the top.  They have to have proper tools and have climbed other high mountains first.  Then, when they get to the mountain they also have make stops along the climb to acclimate their bodies to the climb.  We explained that they have experienced climbing before, thus giving them confidence that they can do it again.  We also explained that some people have a spiritual gift of faith and others have to work harder for it.

With that, we made up scenarios that would build or hinder our faith.  An example we used, "You are sick and your daddy gives you a blessing that you will get better the next day.  The next day you are no longer sick."  The boys had to guess if that example would help build their faith or not.  We talked to them about how our experiences can help build (or hinder) our faith.  Then, if it was a scenario that built faith, they got to move the mountain climber up the mountain until he was at the top.  We explained that just as the climbers do things to prepare them to climb the mountain, we needed to do things to help build our faith--reading our scriptures, looking for faith building experiences, listening to other's testimonies, etc.

(this picture is from June, not Monday..we didn't take our camera this time)

Then, for our activity, we went hiking at Garden of the Gods.  The boys wanted a real hike, not a paved trail so we found one and they loved that.  It was such a beautiful day that it was the perfect chance to get them out and go for a hike and tie it into our lesson.  It was good too because the trails are hard to follow sometimes we we got "lost" once and then had a good discussion about faith and how it could help us get back on the correct trail.

The boys have been making up their own games since then--playing tag and running around this wall in our house and saying, "I can't see you but I can hear you so I have faith you are there!"  They call it their faith game and it cracks me up.  I'm glad they are understanding more about faith.