Sunday, October 02, 2005
We returned to the rented house where Balamban 1 and 2 Branches are meeting while their building is being renovated. Balamban 2 met first at 8:30 A.M. Bob taught the combined Sunday School classes on Signs of the True Church and Bible References to the Book of Mormon. The District President had come to greet us and to make sure we found the building. He is a very capable, hard-working young man- full of the spirit. He has been in Church leadership for 15 years and is truly a wonderful leader. I visited Primary and was so delighted with what I saw. Primary meets in a carport set up with a tape recorder, black board, chairs and a fan. The District Primary Secretary does double duty and also serves as a Counselor in the Branch Primary. Her friend, the District Primary President, who lives in the Branch, set up the recorder and fan and helped in many other small ways. The Counselor/Secretary did opening exercises and sharing time and did an excellent job. She had music, visual aids, a coloring activity where the children sat in a circle with the crayons on a chair in the middle for all to share. When it was class time, they separated into two groups and the Primary President took the younger children to the back of the carport and gathered them in their little chairs around her and taught and sang to them. The other counselor/teacher taught the older children a lesson on Priesthood Authority. She had good visual aids, learning activities, spoke directly to the children and involved each one of them. The Spirit was strong, the children attentive, and all in all, it was a very fine Primary. Testimony meeting was lovely with many sharing brief and simple testimonies. Just over 50 people were in attendance. The Branch President's wife - young, as is her husband - played the piano which really adds to much to the meeting.
