"Penny of Time" Adventure: Cleaning the Church Building

 

After a Family Home Evening on service, my 6 year old decided to help serve our Bishop, a leader in our church, by cleaning the church.

 

I brought our smaller vacuum and cleaning wipes.  The boys were SOSOSOSO excited.

 

We first visited the Chapel.  The oldest vacuumed.  The rest of us (the 4 year old and me) picked up the larger trash and started cleaning the door handles.

 

 

 

In the end, the boys happily cleaned for 45 minutes.  45 minutes of vacuuming, wiping, scrubbing, and all done quietly.  That has never before happened in the history of doing their own chores at home.  I was amazed.  They knew that they were doing a special act of service in cleaning the church, and they respected that place in doing the service.

 

Later, my son dictated an email to our Bishop:

 

Dear Bishop,

We cleaned up the church building to help you out. We vacuumed the Chapel and the chairs. We wiped the door handles. We cleaned the water fountains.

Thank you for the service you do. Hope our cleaning helps you.

E* (the six year old)