It takes a village

Cooper had an opportunity to share his feelings with a classmate about believing in Jesus.

As per Cooper, it went down like this...

Cooper: "A kid in my class said that he doesn't care about Jesus."

Mom: "Did you say anything to him?"

Cooper: "Oh yeah! I told him that you shouldn't say things like that. Because it's like your soul is salt. It is white and pure but when you say things like you don't care about Jesus then it starts to get dirty like when you put pepper in the salt. And pretty soon your soul is black."

Whoa!! That was good and I was not prepared.

Stunned for a nano second, I didn't say anything in reply.

I was soaking in the object lesson he had just shared with me.

And then I said something like...

"That was so brave of you! Do you realize you were sharing your testimony with that boy?"

Cooper said in a very *it's no big deal* kind of way,

"I just told him what I learned in Primary on Sunday."

So THANK YOU Brother Ostergaard for your salt and pepper object lesson.

It left a lasting impression on my little boy.

And thank you to all those that rally around me and help me raise my children.

You probably don't even realize what you all are doing.

Brent and I are aware and we are very grateful!