For the next 7 weeks we will be having our FHE lesson revolve around the people in the Nativity. We each drew one out of a hat and Auriana started us off by teaching a lesson about the ANGEL. She went through the Christmas story with us and we talked about some of the different reactions people had to their visits from angels: Zacharias, Mary, Joseph, and the Shepherds. Mary, Joseph, and the Shepherds all believed, but Zacharias didn't. The results of their reactions was a good lesson to us. Like Zacharias when we don't believe or heed the spiritual promptings that we get, we are left feeling "dumb".
It was a wonderful lesson and a great reminder to know that there are those on the other side who are helping us and rooting for us. It was also a wonderful reminder of the angels we have all around us in each other. We can also be reminded to be supportive angels for each other. We went to Auriana's concert the next day together as a family as our activity for the week. We supported her like Angels. She played the mandolin beautifully with the Bluegrass group at BYU. It was a proud moment for us as parents as people around us in the crowd were obviously amazed at her talent. We went to the creamery afterward and overheard someone say, "that mandolin player is a freshmen and she's only 18."
