We learned that it took many days to cross the ocean. At first, everyone got along well, but Laman and Lemuel grew tired of the journey and started being unkind and singing rude songs. Nephi asked them to behave better, but they grew angry and tied him up. The children were outraged! We learned that the consequence of the big brothers' wickedness was that the Liahona stopped working and a big storm came and frightened everyone for three days. One of the children suggested that if Laman and Lemuel had been smart, they would have untied Nephi on the first day, and then they wouldn't have been scared for so long. Unfortunately, Laman and Lemuel were not as smart as the average six-year-old, so it was not until the third day, when they thought they were about to die, that they decided to untie Nephi. At that point, the Liahona started working again. Nephi said a prayer and Heavenly Father calmed the winds and the seas, and Nephi was able to steer the boat safely to the promised land.
We talked about times when we can pray--when we need help, when we are going to bed, before a meal, or any time we want to communicate with Heavenly Father. We learned about a boy named Romney who prayed for help when his neighbor's alpacas ran amok. Then we answered review questions on the backs of cute little alpacas. The children enjoyed coloring their alpacas in every shade of the rainbow, and some of them also took home a page of children praying.