Aaronic Priesthood

Blast from the past. This picture was taken Jan. 2008 on the day Kieran was ordained a Deacon in the Aaronic Priesthood. Kerry's Mom, Mavanee, joined us in Arco for the nice event.

Well, today Kieran gave his first talk in sacrament meeting and his topic was the Aaronic Priesthood. He prepared ahead and gave us his talk last night, mostly reading from his paper. I suggested that he should read it again a few times to get it down good.

He started out his talk well and read a scripture then he was silent for a moment as he looked through his scripturs and said, "well, I can't find my paper" and I could hear a hint of panic in his voice. Very quickly he regained his composure and gave a great talk. He got many compliments afterward on the fine job he did "winging it". I felt the spirit so strongly during his talk. This will be the first of many speaking opportunities at the pulpit for him. And he has already survived one of the the really dreadful things that can happen to you during a talk. Oh, he found his paper right as he sat down. It had slid under the podium.

This has been a growing year for him, he is now about 2 inches taller than Kerry.