Service

I am grateful for many things, especially around Christmas. I am grateful that I have everything that I need. I am also grateful for the things that I do not need. It makes me more grateful when I see how some people do not have everything they need. It makes me feel really good when I serve people. Service is fun to do and it makes a person feel good.

Around Christmas last year or the year before we helped a family get Christmas. We helped them on family night. It started out as my dad giving us a little bit of money for us helping around the house. After that he pointed out that a family was not going to get Christmas. Before we knew it we were at the store buying some things that would be good for this family. Then around Christmas we put these in front of their door and doorbell ditched them. We ran away and heard some excited screams and the parents yelled thank you. It made me feel really good. It made me want to do it again.

We helped a family another time. We were going on a vacation in a couple weeks. This time I am not sure if it was during Christmas or another time. But we still met at family home evening. When we met my dad gave us money that would have been used for a vacation. It was a pretty big amount of money. My dad talked about another family that was in financial trouble. We stuffed some big socks with the money and my parents took the money to them. Helping someone made me feel very happy even though we just gave away our vacation. Service makes me very happy. It does not need to be around Christmas to do service.

Service is very fun to do. It does not need to be as big as this but it still can help someone out. For example when the teachers in the ward and I went to rake leaves I felt happy. When a person does service for someone other than his/herself it generally makes that person feel happy. Another great thing about service is that it is fun. Even though a person is working it seems fun. It is especially fun when a person does it with a group like their family or friends. Service is what a person needs when they are not feeling to good.