Matt and Mandy  Matt and Mandy(click to view larger)
Illustrated by Shauna Mooney Kawasaki    1. 1.      These
clothes are sure dirty!      You should know, my dear. You wore
them.    2. 2.      Will they ever get clean?      According to
the TV commercial, they’ll soon be “snowy white” and “rainbow
bright.”    3. 3.      Daddy said in family home evening last
night that people need to repent to get clean. Is doing the wash
like repenting?      Yes, in a way. When we’re baptized, our
sins are washed away, and then we stay clean by repenting each
time we make a mistake.    4. 4.      But all the repenting in
the world wouldn’t make us clean without another very special
ingredient.      What’s that, Mom?    5. 5.      The Atonement.
Jesus paid the price for our sins so that we could repent and be
forgiven. Without Him, our spirits would just have to stay
dirty.    6. 6.      Later …      Thanks, Mom. I’ll try my best
to keep it clean this time, but I might goof up.      I know.