today at church was testimony meeting & about 3/4 of the way through, fantasia leaned over to me & said, "i wanna go up." my first thought was ABSOLUTELY NOT. but then i tried to relax & asked her what she would speak about.
she said: "i dunno. i guess i thought i'd get up an' start talkin' some jesus."
my eyebrows shot up: "talking some jesus? what does that mean?"
fantasia: "well i been listenin to what everbody else is sayin & they just be talkin some jesus. you know, like they love him an stuff. thought i'd just do that. will you go up with me?"
me: "sure."
so we go up there & she did a fantastic job. she said that she was currently living in our home & that she was grateful for family home evenings & that she has the chance to see the missionaries so much (thank heavens she didn't say anything about how she thinks they are "FINE" as she puts it) so that we can talk about jesus. she then said she was grateful for jesus & said amen & we went to sit down.
i now have a glimpse of what it might feel like as a parent to be proud of your kids & surprised at what they actually listen to & let sink in. most of the time during FHE's or while the missionaries are here she is more concerned about her fake ponytail or making a fool of herself by screaming & crying about how she didn't get a second cookie. but today i was really proud of her & she got a lot of compliments on how well she did.
and this was her response to me: "well, i figured i need some practice speaking to an audience if i'm ever gonna be a star in hollywood."
Sunday, May 4, 2008
talkin' some jesus
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6 comments:
That is awesome, way to be a proud "mom"! And so funny how she can be sincere one minute and then play it off like a practice for stardom! haha
Hooray for a little glimpse of normal!
How funny!! Glad you had a "normal" moment in church and it didn't turn out to be a big scene! :)
That's awesome. You two should be proud of yourselves. I would be totally inactive at this point if I were in your shoes.
I LOVE her. I don't know her and I LOVE her! Hilarious!
You know that secretly these teens are internalizing those FHEs and missionary dinners...and someday when they become introspective (maybe not in this life, albeit), they'll reflect on how those evenings felt. Bless your souls for sharing that with them!
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