5 5 Newsletter

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Goal: Heavenly Father loves me and will help me as I am obedient and do my part. Joseph Smith was an example and diligent when he faced problems and challenges in protecting the gold plates..

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ADDITIONAL READING: Joseph Smith History 1:59-60

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CHALLENGE: In your journal, write about a time Heavenly

Father has helped you with your problems or difficulties.

Color and then cut the following pictures out. Paste them in the correct spaces on the Lesson 5 card.

Interesting Gold Plate Facts:
Each gold plate was six inches wide and eight inches long.
Joseph Smith described each plate as “not quite so thick as common tin.”
Three rings bound the book of plates together.
The whole book was about six inches thick.
The plates had small characters engraved on them.
A portion of the book was sealed and could not be translated.
Joseph Smith was told that the sealed part would be translated at a future time.

Joseph Protects the Gold Plates D E C A Y E D E I R U B E B

L P W S A F E T Y U S E R S

N E N I L L X N C T R E G H

C E R A C O U W E T A N N S

J U U R F O O A C S I E I Q

H T M J A R L E T T C C N S

X I Q O K B T P P D O A R E

S Q D S R O L M W A U L A N

L N H E R A O B O N N P W O

P O A P T R H S O G S E I T

P Z V E P D U T D E E R O S

L O F T B S G Q S R L I P N

T R A N S L A T I O N F U N

Barrel Beans Breastplate Buried Counsel Cumorah Danger Decayed

X O B N E D O O W I T J Q M

Fireplace Floorboards Hide Linen Loft Promptings Protect Safety

Steal Stones Translation Tree Warning Wooden Box Woods Workshop

What do these items have in common or why are they important?

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