This week’s topic from the Come, Follow Me for Individuals and Families manual is Luke 2; Matthew 2. In the Latter Day Parables, Auggie and his dad go on a hiking trip! Unbeknownst to Auggie, there’s danger lurking. Thankfully, the Holy Ghost prompts Dad and he acts upon the prompting. This is a great teaching moment for Dad. He uses examples from the scriptures to explain to Auggie what had happened. Discuss as a family the story of Joseph being visited by an angel to flee to Egypt in order to protect his family. Have there been times in your life where you or your family have been protected by God’s guidance? What physical and spiritual dangers do families face? What can we do to be protected further by God?

What you need:

1. Cut-outs of Dad, Auggie, Hiking Trail, Rocks, and Rattlesnake for the “Protected by the Holy Ghost” story. Print (on cardstock), color, cut, and laminate the cut-outs and use them as you tell the story. Provided are cut-outs of a hiking trail, rocks, and a rattlesnake. If you haven’t yet, print out the Original Latter Day Parables Family so you can use Auggie and Dad in the story. You can store these cut outs in a Come, Follow Me 2019 Binder for later use.
2. “Protected by the Holy Ghost” story. Provided at the bottom are both PDF and Word files to print out and use.

For Dad and Auggie cut-outs, you’ll find the Original Latter Day Parables Family cut-outs, here

For more lesson ideas, click here to see The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints’ thoughts on this subject.