Birthday gift for the Prophet

In the last conference issue of the Ensign, there was a little article in the back about Pres. Monson's birthday.  Someone asked him what he wanted for his birthday.  He said that he wanted children to do acts of service for other people.  So the Friend magazine has asked children to write about and take pictures of acts of service they have done for the Prophets birthday.  They will put some of the experiences into the August 2009 Friend for the Prophet.  

Our family decided to go to the church building and do some weeding.  It was really fun.  We spent a few hours, and  worked as fast as we could.  We did this during Christmas vacation, so the weather was really nice.  One thing that was really amazing was that 90% of the weeds were baby palm trees.  The TV station next door has some, and we think they had seeds that blew over and under the trees at church.  It was moist, shady, and perfect for baby palm trees.  I never thought palm trees could be a weed.  They were everywhere on the west side of the parking lot.  They are really strong and a little hard to pull out.  We took out a lot. 

The kids did a great job.  They worked really hard and had a lot of fun.  If anyone else is interested in doing something for the Prophet for his birthday, you just need to email your letter, photo, and permission to print both to friend@ldschurch.org.  And it has to be in before Feb 27th, 2009.  The original article says mid December, but the time has been extended.  Also, it is for children 3 and older.  For more information check the back of Nov 08 conference issue.  It gives more details.  It says look for someone in need and serve them.  I guess we thought the church looked like it was in need of help with the weeds.