I was reading a book titled Profiles of the President by Emerson R. West. and in the very front when I opened the page is says "What is a Prophet". I thought I would share it with you. Hopefully you will find something helpful in here that you may want to share with your primary.

A prophet is a human just like you and I. He has eyes that see as we do. Arms that give hugs. A body that likes hugs. Feet that walk, a stomach that needs food. He has emotions just like you. He can be happy, sad, confused, excited...etc.... He was once a child just like you and I. And he also learned about Joseph Smith and Jesus just like we do.

A Prophet is a man who holds the Priesthood. He is a man of unshakeable faith in God. He holds all the keys of Priesthood Authority. He bears witness that he knows by personal revelation from the he Holy Ghost that God lives and that Jesus Christ is the son of God.

A prophet is ordained of God. He is called as a prophet by God himself. He is called to act as Gods messenger and as an interpreter of Gods will to man. He learns the desires of God under inspiration of the Holy Ghost.

A prophet teaches us the character of God. He has the right the power and authority to speak the mind and will of God to his people.

A prophet is a foreteller (seer) of future events. Although he warns of things to come. He offers hope and a way to salvation for those who repent.

A prophet is a preacher of Righteousness. He calls men to repentance and declares his message courageously. His mission is to fellowship people. To purify their minds and souls and to direct them back to God. He shows the offender that he is still loved by the Lord. He enjoys teaching righteousness to the righteous.

A prophet is an interpreter of the scriptures. He declares their meaning and application. His own teachings are in strict harmony with scripture. His words and his writings may become scripture when he speaks under the influence of the Holy Ghost.

A prophet is an instructor in Church Policy. He is well versed in such policy and directs and instructs others in it.

A prophet is humble. He readily admits his limitations. He is human, with imperfections common to mankind in general.

A prophet is charismatic, He has a special spiritual endowment and holds special powers.

A prophet is self-denying, to the point of enduring great suffering or even death for the message. When these trials come, he is loyal, courageous, and faithful.

President Kimball said "to be a prophet of the Lord, one does not need to "be everything to all men." He does not need to be youthful and athletic, and industrialist, a financier, nor an agriculturist; he does not need to be a musician, a poet, an entertainer, nor a banker, a physician, nor a college president, a military general, nor a scientist. He does not need to be a linguist to speak French and Japanese, German and Spanish, but he must understand the divine language and be able to receive messages from heaven. He need not be an orator, for God can make His own. The Lord can Present His divine messages through weak men made strong. He substituted a strong voice for the quiet, timid one of Moses, and gave to the young man Enoch power which made men tremble in his presence. (Church News, May 8, 1971 p.14).

And finally, a prophet is unique in his own individual fashion. As Elder Talmage said: "The true prophet is no imitator, blindly following stop-by-step the footprints of a predecessor; he is perforce, pathfinder and path maker himself; for though he travels as others have done, as yet others will do, toward destination fixed and known, his special duties often lead him over ground before untrodden. The prophet of God is without predecessor or successor in his own particular mission; yet his words and his works must be consistent with those of the prophets before him, and of assured agreement with the he prophecies that shall appear as the scroll of futurity unrolls. Through ordination one may be installed in the place of a prophet who has departed this life; yet, in the labors and official administration of each, a marked individuality as to the work and its execution appears.