FHE Samuel the Lamanite

Family Home Evening: try and knock Samuel the Lamanite off the edible rice krispy treat wall with edible stones & arrows.

For a Wall: make your own rice krispy treats or buy the bars from Costco, use frosting to hold your wall together, (we didn't need to use any bc the rice krispys were plenty sticky.
For Stones: use m&ms or peanut m&m's / skittles will work too.
For Arrows: (we came up with a last minute idea): cut out swedish fish in the shape of an arrowhead and stick it on a toothpick.

Seriously SO fun!!! A lady from BYU-HI (Sister Tu) shared this idea & I've always wanted to do it. Her version used a rice krispy treat wall that you squirted Hersheys syrup all over and then threw m&m's at it hoping they would stick. . .but anyone that knows me, knows that I overthink when it comes to stuff like this, so I am always looking for ways to improve or change it to work for our family. (plus i didnt like the idea of having hersheys syrup on a rice krispy treat, and having the leftovers get soggy) I noticed deseretbook.com sells a variety of figures from the Book of Mormon so I ordered a Samuel a few weeks ago and thought he would be perfect for this activity. Whipped up some rice krispy treats, and the boys cut out shapes to make a wall. We put together some arrows and started at it!!! The kids even got Leena involved. WARNING: there will be m&m's all over the floor, just don't eat em like my kids did, well . . . one of them did, anyways. Here are some excerpts from the scriptures about Samuel. . .

Helaman 13: 2 And it came to pass that in this year there was one ^aSamuel, a ^bLamanite, came into the land of Zarahemla, and began to preach unto the people. And it came to pass that he did preach, many days, repentance unto the people, and they did ^ccast him out, and he was about to ^dreturn to his own land.

3 But behold, the ^avoice of the Lord came unto him, that he should return again, and prophesy unto the people whatsoever things should come into his ^bheart.

4 And it came to pass that they would not suffer that he should enter into the city; therefore he went and got upon the ^awall thereof, and stretched forth his hand and cried with a loud voice, and ^bprophesied unto the people whatsoever things the Lord put into his heart.

Helaman 14:1 And now it came to pass that ^aSamuel, the Lamanite, did prophesy a great many more things which cannot be written.

2 And behold, he said unto them: Behold, I give unto you a sign; for ^afive years more cometh, and behold, then cometh the Son of God to redeem all those who shall believe on his name.

3 And behold, this will I give unto you for a ^asign at the time of his coming; for behold, there shall be great lights in heaven, insomuch that in the night before he cometh there shall be no darkness, insomuch that it shall appear unto man as if it was day.

4 Therefore, there shall be one ^aday and a night and a day, as if it were one day and there were no night; and this shall be unto you for a sign; for ye shall know of the rising of the sun and also of its setting; therefore they shall know of a surety that there shall be two days and a night; nevertheless the night shall not be darkened; and it shall be the night before he is ^bborn.

5 And behold, there shall a new ^astar arise, such an one as ye never have beheld; and this also shall be a sign unto you.

6 And behold this is not all, there shall be many ^asigns and wonders in heaven.

7 And it shall come to pass that ye shall all be amazed, and wonder, insomuch that ye shall ^afall to the earth.

8 And it shall come to pass that whosoever shall ^abelieve on the Son of God, the same shall have everlasting life.

Helaman 16:1 And now, it came to pass that there were many who heard the words of Samuel, the Lamanite, which he spake upon the ^awalls of the city. And as many as believed on his word went forth and sought for Nephi; and when they had come forth and found him they confessed unto him their sins and denied not, desiring that they might be ^bbaptized unto the Lord.

2 But as many as there were who did not believe in the words of Samuel were ^aangry with him; and they cast stones at him upon the wall, and also many shot arrows at him as he stood upon the wall; but the Spirit of the Lord was with him, insomuch that they could not hit him with their stones neither with their arrows.

3 Now when they saw that they could not hit him, there were many more who did believe on his words, insomuch that they went away unto Nephi to be baptized.

7 And as they went forth to lay their hands on him, behold, he did cast himself down from the wall, and did flee out of their lands, yea, even unto his own country, and began to preach and to prophesy ^aamong his own people.

8 And behold, he was never heard of more among the Nephites; and thus were the affairs of the people.