Primary is a pretty special time of the week for me. I feel a little more at home there than when I was teaching Gospel Doctrine in Armenian. Wouldn't you??? I bribed the branch president to let me be the Primary pianist by agreeing to direct the Vanadzor Tabernacle Choir and it's been a good thing. This particular Primary day was extra special--- six almost perfectly behaved children. They were good little lambs.
Last Sunday we had twelve, which, with our resources, was like having 150 at home. Terrifying. Nuneh, our friend who had been buried alive for two days after the earthquake, was teaching for the first time. She had prepared the lesson with Seda and me on Tuesday, and then went home and made a visual aid and had notes from the manual. I silently prayed for her the whole time and it all worked out fine. The way things do.
Seda wanted the children to learn "If You're Happy and You Know It" in English. So we sang the lesson version which is: "help your friends", "say your prayers", "tell the truth" and "share your toys" in English, and it held their attention for almost forty five minutes. They did so well that I told them I'm going to record it and give a DVD to our General Primary and YW visitors in November. I'm also going to record the VTab singing "I Know My Savior Loves Me". My inner stage mother is just popping.