2011
Guide to the Friend
January 2011

“Guide to the Friend,” Friend, Jan. 2011, 48

Guide to the Friend

Possible Ideas for Family Home Evening

  1. Read President Monson’s conference spotlight card (page 14). Discuss the importance of being a missionary now. Then read “Where Is Isabelle? (pages 8–9). As a family, decide whom you would like to share a copy of the Book of Mormon with. Highlight your favorite scriptures and write your testimony on the inside cover. Make a plan for when you can deliver the book.

  2. Read “Missionary to the Rescue” (pages 16–17). How was Elder Seibold able to rescue all the missionaries? Sing “The Still Small Voice” (Children’s Songbook, 106–7) and discuss the importance of listening to the Spirit.

  3. Why is it important to keep a personal journal? Read “Little Women from Massachusetts” (pages 18–19). Have each member of your family decorate his or her own journal jar and fill it with ideas of things to write about. Try to write about one idea from your journal jar every day for a week.

  4. Use the “Bringing Primary Home” lesson and activity to learn more about this month’s Primary theme (pages 40–41).

  5. Read “Going the Extra Mile” (pages 20–21). Discuss the different ways the family in the story went the extra mile. What can you do? Challenge each person to find at least one way to go the extra mile during the next week. Talk about what everyone did at your next family home evening.