Primary Temple Trip

This past Saturday our Primary (children 3-12) from our church headed over to the Raleigh, NC Temple to visit and tour the grounds. 

We met up at the church and car pooled over together. Each child received a packet of Temple themed worksheets to do in the car on the way there. 

We kept busy working on connect the dot worksheets, coloring sheets, a word search, a Temple quiz, and more! 

Once we arrived we took a few photos on the ground. 

Then we were able to meet up with a member of the Temple Presidency. He talked with the children about Temples and gave us some fun facts about our own Temple and it's construction. He even gave each child a picture of the Temple to take home. 

The children were then allowed to ask questions. Finley was so cute he wanted to ask a question so bad. He asked "Why do they have to wear white inside the Temple?" 

After our little lesson each child had a scavenger sheet with things they could see on the Temple grounds, and things they could touch on the Temple grounds. 

We touched the walls, flowers, benches,

the doors, and the gates. 

We saw the Angel Moroni, Temple workers, the dedication date, and "Holiness to the Lord, The House of the Lord."

After our scavenger hunt we headed over to a nearby park for snacks and running around! 

This is our Primary Presidency! If only Bouathong could have been there too! 

The kids had a lot of energy to get out after being so reverent. 

We were so lucky that the weather was so nice! 

We had a really good turn out too. I think we had 28 children there! 

Pretty soon it was time to head home for dinner. It was a really special experience to take our little ones to the Temple, let them touch the walls, feel the spirit so strongly, and hear them say they want to come back here someday. We are so very blessed to have a Temple so close to home. I think the children really felt the importance of Temples and just how special they are.