From the First Presidency
The Holy Ghost
Adapted from “Friend to Friend: Following Jesus” (video), Gospel Library.
My Grandma Chasty was the oldest of her Olsen brothers and sisters, and she often took care of them. In the summertime, they played in a dry riverbed near their home in Castle Dale, Utah, USA. One day Chasty heard a voice. Get the children out of the riverbed. But Chasty didn’t listen. They were having fun.
Then she heard the voice again. Still, she kept playing. Then the voice spoke a third time. Get out of the riverbed!
This time Chasty hurried the children out. Suddenly, they heard a roaring sound. A great wall of water came down from the mountains. Because Chasty listened to the Holy Ghost, she saved all of their lives.
The Holy Ghost can warn us when there’s trouble ahead. Your Heavenly Father loves you. He knows of your righteous, loving actions, and He will bless you in them.
Prompting Puzzler
A prompting is a thought or feeling from the Holy Ghost to do something. In President Oaks’s story, the Holy Ghost prompted Chasty to get the children out of the riverbed. What did the Holy Ghost prompt each of these children to do? To find out, draw a line between the matching colored boxes. Don’t cross any other lines!