Eternal Math

Yesterday, one of my 10-year-old piano students looked up at the picture of Jesus on my wall.  "How old is Jesus?" he asked.  I asked if he meant while Jesus was on earth, or how old He was from the beginning.  I explained that Jesus was about 33 or 34 when He died and was resurrected, but that He was probably millions of years old if you consider "eternal time."  Jared thought for a moment, and then said, "He's 99 million years old."  I asked how he came up with that number and he exclaimed: "I subtracted!"

Dena Simister
Coalville, Utah

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Stick to the Facts

Our junior high recently put on the play Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dream Coat.  One of the local elementary schools came to see the production.  When Pharaoh came out as Elvis, one of the little girls exclaimed: “That's not in the scriptures!”

Sandra Dominguez
Spanish Fork, Utah

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A Whale of a Tale

During a Sharing Time about life when Christ was on the earth, someone asked where people got their water. A chorus of children responded, “From a well.”  The teacher asked if anyone knew what a well was and one little boy said: “It's a large animal that lives in the ocean.”

Diane Meyer
Salt Lake City , Utah

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A Child's Interpretation

One Sunday during sacrament meeting, my 3-year-old son wasn't behaving so I took him out in the lobby and sat him on a table under a framed copy of the "The Family: A Proclamation to the World." He asked what it was, and I told him it was a letter about families. I then pointed to the words and said, "It says right here that you should go to church and sit quietly." He pointed to the words and said, "No, it doesn't; it says 'go to church and run around.'”

Debi Call
Kennewick, Washington

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Out of this World

Our 2-year-old twin grandsons seem to be learning new words daily. At times when the words sound similar, they get them confused. Yesterday as the boys and their parents went to sacrament meeting, they were greeted at the door by their bishop, who took his seat on the stand soon after saying hello to this family. Upon seeing the bishop on the stand, our grandson Lee excitedly called out, “Hi Spaceship.” 

Lee McDermott
West Point, Utah

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Dear Old Dad

While in our bishopric meeting Sunday morning, our bishop, who has six children, received a telephone call from his very energetic 6-year-old son, Malachi. Malachi speaks so loudly that we could hear their conversation over the bishop's cell phone. After saying hello, Malachi said to his father, “I am all dressed and ready to go, and I'm being nice to my sisters.”

"That's good son.  I'm proud of you."

"Daddy?”

"Yes, son?"

“Do you think my hair looks okay? Mommy said it did." 

Without skipping a beat, the bishop responded: "Yes, your hair looks absolutely wonderful Malachi. I'll see you at church." 

Steve Amen
Independence, Missouri