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Charlotte is giving the talk in Primary next Sunday and her topic is the Restoration.  They have been talking about the Restoration all month in primary (and her brother gave 2 talks early in the month about it), anyway, I thought I ‘d ask her what she knew and have her write her own talk.  I just asked questions like tell me what Joseph Smith did when he wanted to know what church to join and what did the angel Moroni do?

This is what she came up with:

Joseph Smith restored the true church by getting the missing pieces back on the earth and helping Jesus fix it.

He went to all the churches in the world and asked which one is true and they all said “I am.” So he read the scriptures and he went into the closest forest to his house and he prayed and Heavenly Father and Jesus came to him and he asked which church to join and they said None.

The angel Moroni was the one who hid the golden plates and that’s how he knows they were on a hill.  He told Joseph Smith that they were on a hill and maybe he told him it was a heavy box.  Joseph Smith translated them into the Book of Mormon into words that everyone could understand, even kids who can read, like Isaac.  So you can understand because you’re a mom that knows English.

So, do I have her give this talk the way she told it to me or do I take out the speculations and inaccuracies (I don’t think Moroni told him it was heavy and he didn’t go to every church in the world) and maybe polish it off a little?

Another option would be to compose a list of questions and practice having her answer them a few times then present her talk in a question in answer format (so I’m not whispering her talk in her ear, but she’s sharing what she knows).  Does that make sense?