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So in primary today they talked about what President Monson said at conference, and mentioned that he told us to prepare for missions… so Zach and Emma came home ready to get started.  They got name-tags, a world map for the classic MTC photo (of course they are going to Brazil), and spent the afternoon reading "Preach My Gospel" and making lists of our neighbors that they wanted to walk around giving pass-along cards to.  (None of this, I might add, was suggested by Nate and I, who took a lovely Sunday nap with Carter…)  In the end, we compromised their missionary zeal with our desire to remain on good terms with said neighbors (some of whom want nothing to do with the church) and went for a family walk, "talking to everyone" as it says to do in the missionary manual.  Still on fire, Zach gave away 2 pass along cards the next day at school, and he and Emma spent a few days on the bus reading "Preach My Gospel" and waiting for someone to ask them about it.  Oh, that I was so diligent about following the prophet…