Ammon And The King's Flocks

July 1, 2012

Ammon was tending the King's flocks when the Lamanites decided to scatter the sheep today in Sunday School.

Needless to say, chaos ensued, but we all learned a lesson about being a good missionary....gaining people's trust, setting a good example, not being prideful or bragging, and then taking the opportunity to teach gospel principles.

Jordan, Cooper, and Austin are Lamanites.  Maddy is a servant sent to tend the flocks with Ammon.

Ammon and the King's Servants are wearing the floor length costumes.

Arms are flying everywhere.....

some of the Lamanites have an extra arm if you look closely.

The sheeps are the ones with the white capes, and yes, I am a sheep....but I'm still teaching the lesson.

Austin, Dallas, Slade as Lamanites, and Jaren as Ammon

The Lamanites are tending to band together once they started loosing arms!  Austin used his sword to sharpen his fingernails.....in the heat of battle....really Austin!

Then we gathered up the arms, and the servants took them back to the King while Ammon went to take the sheep back into the pasture, and tend the King's chariot and horses.

We talked about how serving people, gaining their confidence, setting a good example all help people to be more receptive to our message as missionaries.

I told them that this isn't just a blood and guts kind of story from the scriptures, but that it has revelance for us today....reminding them that the Book of Mormon was written anciently for us today.  We talked about our influence as missionaries, and how our actions can influence people to listen to our message.  How gaining someone's trust can greatly influence their ability to believe what we have to tell them.  Then we talked about how the King Lamoni had taken Ammon to see his father, the King in the Land of Nephi and how he had believed what Ammon had to say, and had Ammon teach his people.  I'm not to sure that the kids had thought about this being a missionary story before...there were some looks of amazement during my explanation.  So in the end, several hundred people accepted the gospel because of one man's ability to use his spiritual power in a way that touched their hearts.

Just as a side note....they were posting photos of class on Instagram before church was even over today......One more point for the crazy Sunday School teacher....Just saying!

Next week is the Anti-Nephi-Lehi's....do you suppose the Bishop would let me bury construction paper weapons in the church flower bed?  Just a thought......