From the mouth of babes

A couple weeks ago I had the pleasure of observing one our 4th/5th teachers with her group of students. She was presenting the gospel and helping them grasp the death of Christ and also his resurrection and what new life means. It was the first sunny day in Portland that we'd had in awhile and it was even warm. So after they had read scripture and had a discussion she took them outside and gave each one a journal. She asked them to write a poem or thoughts about new life. Here are some of my favorites:

- Life is full with many things to love the world with

1. She used a lot of verses to say what she means
2. Life gives life to other life
3. Life is not painless
4. Christ has power
5. John the baptist preaches about Messiah
6. No fear in love
7. We hide in pain and sin
8. He sends invitations to receive
9. Look in the face of Christ
10. Christ will shine in our darkness

New Life, by Haiden
You'll have a new life when you die. You'll either go to heaven or hell, it all depends on what you believe in. Whether you believe in Christ or not. You make the decision.

New Life! by Annie
Some of the signs of new life is like new grown baby trees. But Satan will want to destroy the new life of that tree and have it look like the leaves that are on brown and on the sidewalk getting stepped on day after day. But Jesus will destroy Satan and have that leaf blow into acres of new dirt. And Jesus will make the wind blow the dirt onto the leaf and Jesus will have it rain and that leaf will grow into a tree that has flowers all over it and will produce fruit. The end.