Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Happy Birthday, President Monson!

Did you know that President Monson's birthday is Friday, August 21st? Last year (2008) on the occasion of his 81st birthday, President Thomas S. Monson was asked to describe his ideal birthday gift. Without hesitating he said "Do something for someone else on that day to make his or her life better. Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely and do something for them. That's all I would ask."

This week we had a really fun FHE from this site. Even though Monday has passed, Friday is not here yet! There is plenty of time to share this short message and encourage your friends and family to think of someone else on Friday as a small gift to the prophet. This same idea is featured in the August issue of "The Friend".

2 comments:

Carrie said...

What a fabulous idea. I am on board!

Krista said...

excellent. Thanks for sharing. ps is this possibly why Mary called me out of no where today to babysit my kids?