Chula Vista, CA—Recently returned missionary Elder Arnold
Cunningham has become very popular with his Valiant 11 class, particularly
with his knack for livening up lessons.
“It made a lot more sense to me,” said Micha Osborne, “when
he explained that the angel had a glowing lightsaber to keep Adam and Eve from
sneaking back into the garden.” Added Osborne, “oh and when he said that Adam
and Eve leaving the garden was like when Obi-Wan Kenobi died, and how it was
bad at the time but it ended up being for good—that explained it all.”
Comparisons with Star Wars are not the only ways that Arnold
has made the gospel easier to understand. One Sunday the class used Cunningham’s Minecraft
account and a projector to build the boats used by Noah, the Brother of Jared, and Nephi as well as Solomon’s temple and Jonah’s hut outside of Nineveh. He also promised
his class that if they “sang out” during the Primary program then as a class they
could “build the entire Salt Lake Temple out of diamond ore.”
Not all of the teachers seem as excited as the kids are
about how Arnold is getting the children interested in each lesson. Said one
teacher, “well, I’m just not sure if the debate between Jesus and the Pharisees should
be reenacted with Yugioh cards or whatever he was doing. It just seemed odd to me,” continued that teacher, “that when Jesus wrote in the sand that was Him played His ‘trap card.’”
Sister Natalie Belmont, Primary President of the Chula Vista
Second Ward, said that she is glad that students seem to be learning. “I admit
that some of what he says seems a little strange,” said Belmont, “but I can
tell you that he was very, very sincere when he told his class that because of
Christ everyone, no matter if they were good or bad, would one day respawn.”
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