Anna and the Seagulls

Chapter 8

After church last week Anna was telling me a little bit about what she learned in primary.  She told it so well that I wanted to get it on video.  Her second telling of the story for the camera wasn't nearly as thorough (of course), but still I thought she did a good job.  I tried to prompt her a few times to include details that she told me the first time around.  Scott and I both especially liked how she added "chapter 8" to the end of this story.  :)

FYI - the story she is telling is one from LDS church history, familiar to most Mormons, but probably not as familiar to the general public.  :)

Here is a link to the actual story from the church website - The Miracle of the Seagulls.

Here is a summary of the story (also from the church website):  In 1848, the year after the first Latter-day Saint pioneers entered Salt Lake valley in Utah, it was hoped that the harvest would be good. The people who had arrived and the many more who would be coming would all need food. Unfortunately, crickets began eating the crops, and the pioneers could not stop them. The pioneers fasted and prayed that the harvest would be saved. Seagulls came from the Great Salt Lake, ate the crickets, spit them out in nearby streams, and returned for more. After about three weeks, the crickets were gone and the crops were saved.