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Toddlers process what they learn at church in interesting ways. One spring day, Erik, my two-year-old son, went for a walk with me.

"Mama, what are those?" Erik asked, pointing at the familiar yellow weeds blooming amid the tulips.

"Dandelions," I answered.

"Oh," he said. Minutes later, his newfound knowledge couldn't be contained as he pointed to a yellow patch in a neighbor's lawn and proclaimed, "Look Mama, more Daniel and the lions!"

—Susan A. J. Lyttek
Alexandria, Virginia

Billy, my seven-year-old grandson, was putting on a pair of new pants when he discovered an extra pocket. "What's this pocket for?" he asked.

"For a watch," explained his father.

"I want one," demanded Billy.

"You can have one when you grow up," promised his father.

After a moment of silence, Billy replied, "But I won't be wearing these pants when I grow up."

—Thomas LaMance
Prewitt, New Mexico

We were trying to stretch our budget while my husband, Kent, and I were in Bible school. One night, Kent was in charge of dinner and served "shepherd's pie"—much to the dismay of our seven-year-old, Stephanie.

I tried to persuade Stephanie to eat. "Let's pretend we're missionaries and someone invited us to their home for dinner. We must eat whatever they give to us, so we don't offend them."

Stephanie wasn't convinced. She looked at her plate, then at us, and said, "Then let's pretend I ate it!"

—Diane Kesecker
Indianapolis, Indiana

In our church's Vacation Bible school, one of the four-year-old boys rushed jubilantly to his father at the close of the evening's activities and announced proudly that he had learned his Bible verse—Psalm 46:1.

"That's great, Jacob! Say it for me," replied his father, Harry.

Jacob beamed as he said, "God is our refuge and strength, and our President's in trouble."

—Lucille King
Mifflinburg, Pennsylvania

During one Sunday school lesson, my daughter, Susan, and her assistant, Readah, were dramatically portraying Moses' three miracles for their class of four- to eight-year-olds.

While Susan narrated, Moses (Readah) first threw down his staff on cue, and with impressive sleight of hand, a plastic snake materialized. Next Moses slipped his hand into his robe. Amazingly, a "leprous" hand emerged—realistically depicted on a white sock. For the finale, Moses turned a pitcher of water into blood with the help of hidden ketchup.

At the end of class, Susan reviewed the lesson. "What was the first miracle?" she asked.

"Snakes!" came the enthusiastic reply.

"The second?" she inquired.

"Rotten hand!" one boy gleefully shouted.

"And the third?" she asked.

After a momentary pause, one little girl jumped up waving her hand and shouted, "Ketchup!"

—Judi Edwards
Chehalis, Washington

My eight-year-old daughter, Teairra, came home from church one Sunday and asked me what "gospel" meant.

"The gospel is the good news of Jesus Christ and how he came to save us," I explained.

"Oh, that's good," she replied, "'cause my friends at school are always gospeling."

—Daylan Tiogangco
Kapolei, Hawaii

When our daughter Cassie turned two, my husband, Andy, and I wanted to teach her responsibility so we be-gan adopting orphaned lambs. Cassie and I would bottle-feed each lamb until they were big enough to eat on their own.

One summer, when Cassie was four, Andy brought home a dozen lambs. Three times a day, we would feed warm bottles of milk to the baby sheep.

Many weeks went by. Finally, it was time to wean the lambs.

"It's time for the sheep to go to pasture," I told Cassie. Without hesitation, Cassie said, "And pastor will take good care of them, too."

—Jeanette Walters
Rigby, Idaho

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