"Called to Serve"

Saturday, my presidency and I put on a fun missionary themed primary activity for the children in our ward. It turned out so much fun and had to share the details. A week before the activity we gave out "mission calls" to all of the children individually at church. We took a real mission call and revamped it to fit our activity. (click on the pic to enlarge)

We started with a coloring activity while everyone got there. Katie made these cute little suitcases and we had little coloring pages of things to "pack". We also made tags for each of them (see above picture) that said Member Missionary.

First up, a ride on the Missionary Airplane to the MTC! Katie and Sarah did an awesome job as flight attendants, showing where the emergency exits were with the official hand gestures, oxygen masks, and seatbelts! Sarah brought a recording of a real airplane take off that the kids loved. We got on the airplane in between each activity.

The M.T.C.! The Elders in our ward were teachers at our makeshift MTC teaching how to do a door to door contact. There were 5 steps:
1. Introduce yourself as a Member Missionary from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
2. Smile
3. Make eye contact
4. Give a firm handshake
5. Bear your testimony
They were awesome and really got them excited to go door knocking! We had Welcome signs around the building with members in the classrooms. Some of them were inviting, some of them were "too busy" and didn't want to hear the message and some nobody was home! The kids really loved this part and were great at it!

Back on the plane and off to South Africa and Chile to their "missions". We had a Sister in our ward and Jordan talk a little bit about their missions with visuals. They both did a great job and had some great stories.

After the missions we had Pday! We set up a relay: lay down in the beds, alarm goes off, get up, make your bed, do 5 jumping jacks, put on a shirt a tie, eat 2 cheerios and say "I belong to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints", and run back. Again alot of fun!

We got back on the plane one more time after Pday and served beverages and snacks on the rolling cart down the plane aisle on the way home to their parents. We had all of the parents go to the primary room to pick their children up with a big Welcome Home! sign. They all clapped and cheered as we brought them in! It was a great ending to a fun activity!

My presidency is awesome and I love all of them. Alot of prep for this activity but it turned out great and we had a great time right along with the kids! Now off to plan the next one!