Fire Fire Fire

Fire Safety, are you ever to young to learn it?  No,  you should educate yourself and those you care about on FIRES and the danger they are.

 

For Activity Days we visited the local fire station.  I called on Sunday and explained to the firefighter we wanted to come and have them teach us a thing or two about fire.  Then, on Tuesday we took the girls and went to the fire house.  The fire fighter's met us at the door and let us know they had a special presentation for us!

 

We went out back to a little house (they use for drills).  It was small but the fire fighter explained what these girls could do to  keep themselves and their families safe in case of a fire.

 

At one point we started noticing smoke coming down the stairs.  Within minutes the whole house was filled with smoke (white vapors like they use in haunted houses) but it certainly gave the effect.

 

Previously he told us the mailbox was our meeting place.  The girls all ran out to the mailbox and he showed us how to account for each family member.  Then a fire fighter came over and fully geared up then crawled in the way the do in a real fire. 

This activity was not only amazing, but very educational to the girls as well as the leaders.  The fire fighters were more than happy to talk to us and then gave us a tour of the fire truck, that thing is full of stuff (no wonder it's so big).  To send us off they turned on the whistle and let the girls squirm a minute.  What a valuable lesson we learned that day!

A few tips we learned:
                                 1.  Have a meeting plan.  Do drills and talk about how and where you would
                                      meet in case of a fire in your home.
                                 2.  Change the batteries on your fire alarm once every 6 months rather you need
                                      them or not.  And test periodically to make sure it is working.
                                3.  Be careful when you are in the kitchen cooking or using fire.  NEVER play
                                      with matches.  If someone else is let an adult know.
                               4.  Keep your bedroom doors closed at night.  If your fire alarm goes off  do not
                                    open the door feel to see if it's hot and then escape through a window.
Call your local fire station, these fighters are trained and willing to share their info with you.  It could save your life!
                              

BeeYOUtiful

I am the Faith in God (Activity Days) leader in our ward. I love it. I love the girls, I love their excitement, and I love the blooming testimonies they are developing and already have. These girls are wise beyond their years (8-11 years old). I learn from them and I hope they are learning from me. Tween's (as society says) are at a very crucial and influential age. They are making decisions that could really effect the rest of their lives. I hope as they attend Activity Days they will know: 1 "I am a daughter of God, he created me and has a purpose for me.(Love yourself), 2 Everyone I meet is also a Child of God and I should treat them with kindness and love (Love others) 3 My Heavenly Father loves me (And I love him). I decided it was time to do an activity that hits those 3 things. We have a young married sister in our ward that is beautiful. The first time I met her she stood out to me as someone who knew where she was going. I got to know a little about her and she is equally as beautiful on the inside. She is currently serving on as queen on a royalty at the local University. So after a lot of thought and prayer I decided she was the one I wanted to speak to the girls. She accepted and went right to work on her talk. I was so excited when she sent me a link of ideas and I began to love her even more! It made me so happy to know as she was preparing her presentation she was helping me with ideas (see she is amazing). Here is the link she sent me:   http://ldsactivitydayideas.blogspot.com/2013/03/what-makes-you-beautiful-activity.html?m=1
I LOVED this what a great idea to incorporate the 13th article of faith into it. (The girls need to memorize all 13 articles of faith to earn the Faith in God award, so we might as well dive into the longest one). The girls LOVED this activity. We began with our special guest speaker and she gave the girls such valuable information about how they are daughters of God and should love and take care of themselves, but also love and be kind to those around them. She taught them what beautiful meant and how important it is to love yourself and not be ashamed to say it (confidence not cocky). She was the perfect speaker for this and I was grateful the Lord allowed me to see she was the right resource. Next the girls made crowns (Thank you to the very kind and generous ladies at Burger King I asked for 20 and they gave me 22 and insisted I not pay). I came home spray painted them gold and then bought stickers and jewels to decorate the crowns. The girls loved it, and the best part was our sweet speaker right down on the floor in her cute white pants and crown, helping and working with these girls. I hope the importance of this topic will resignate with these young sisters because every one of them is a Bee YOU tiful child of God!