Wednesday, September 15, 2010
About Visiting Teaching
Sister Jennifer Walther, our beloved RS president, said that we need to step up a little bit on visiting teaching. Instead of being satisfied with monthly contact via phone, email, or mail, we should try to go over our assigned sisters' houses and visit teach them once a month. Amen for that. To me there is nothing better than having my visting teachers in my house conversing with me. I totally enjoyed the chatting and the heartfelt conversations with my visiting teachers. I understand there may be some difficulties you are dealing with (difficulty to schedule appointments or counldn't get hold of your companion...) As long as you try your hardest, I know God will bless your efforts. He knows the sacrifices you make. I have a tesimony of that. Another suggestion I have is to do visiting teaching early each month, so you have more chances to succeed.
Friday, September 10, 2010
Reaching New Height in Providence Living
On Thursday, I went to Rita Nugent's house to watch her do cannery. I finally learned how to do it (I think.) I also got to see her garage where she stores her food. It's basically an extended pantry with massive quantities. I jokingly said to Rita that she is an ideal LDS pioneer woman: she cans her own food, bakes her own bread, catches her own fish, and grows her own garden. I still need to overcome my laziness and excuses. Hopefully, I can be more self-reliant like Rita and many others in our ward.
Sunday, August 8, 2010
Women's Conference Recap
For those who didn't make it to the women's conference, I highly recommend you to attend next year even if it's just a part of it. The scale of women's conference totally blew me away. I enjoyed every aspect of the meeting.
Fun run: I didn't go, but I am sure it's good to do some running with sisters.
Service Project: Original project to donate 10 quilts. It turned out to be 60 quilts. Sisters also donated an abundance of school supplies.
Food: Excellent food that kept coming. They provided dinner, breakfast and brunch. Yum.
Entertainment: the variety show was funny. There were singing, dancing, piano playing. the funiest of all prabably was the facial exercise and the single's ward (I Need A Man). Of course, the Polynesian sisters shined with dancing.
Devotionals: Brother Christian talked about how big is the universe and why God who is the creator can perform miracles. Sister Dance talked about her family and how she benefits from a loving family.
Classes: this is probably the best part of the conference besides the dinner and the show. I went to Brother Huntington's class. He talked about why we should face our fears as a new challenge and live up to our dreams.
Then I stayed for a budgeting class. The teacher, Brother Ellsworth talked about how all the millionaries have somethings in common: budgeting, saving, and living modestly. Then I went to a class on how to feed a family on a budget. I learned to use a shopping list when shopping, to shop less often, and to use canning and buying in bulk.
The next day, I went to a modesty class. Sister Breshears (the other Breshears)shared her strategies on how to make the clothing modest by doing a little bit of editing. She also said we need not to be fashionable. Shopping should not be our main passion.
The last class I went was about depression. Brother Grasser pointed out the causes of the depression (generic, drugs, alcohol, abuse) and the main symptoms (sleep disorder, isolation, mood swing). As I talked this subject with my son, he said it has a lot to do with personal choice. I think he's right.
The last class I went to was about organization and cleaning. After the class, I was determined to get rid my clutter, and have my kids clean up the house on Saturdays and clean up right away. There are tons of classes I wanted to attend but I couldn't.
Fun run: I didn't go, but I am sure it's good to do some running with sisters.
Service Project: Original project to donate 10 quilts. It turned out to be 60 quilts. Sisters also donated an abundance of school supplies.
Food: Excellent food that kept coming. They provided dinner, breakfast and brunch. Yum.
Entertainment: the variety show was funny. There were singing, dancing, piano playing. the funiest of all prabably was the facial exercise and the single's ward (I Need A Man). Of course, the Polynesian sisters shined with dancing.
Devotionals: Brother Christian talked about how big is the universe and why God who is the creator can perform miracles. Sister Dance talked about her family and how she benefits from a loving family.
Classes: this is probably the best part of the conference besides the dinner and the show. I went to Brother Huntington's class. He talked about why we should face our fears as a new challenge and live up to our dreams.
Then I stayed for a budgeting class. The teacher, Brother Ellsworth talked about how all the millionaries have somethings in common: budgeting, saving, and living modestly. Then I went to a class on how to feed a family on a budget. I learned to use a shopping list when shopping, to shop less often, and to use canning and buying in bulk.
The next day, I went to a modesty class. Sister Breshears (the other Breshears)shared her strategies on how to make the clothing modest by doing a little bit of editing. She also said we need not to be fashionable. Shopping should not be our main passion.
The last class I went was about depression. Brother Grasser pointed out the causes of the depression (generic, drugs, alcohol, abuse) and the main symptoms (sleep disorder, isolation, mood swing). As I talked this subject with my son, he said it has a lot to do with personal choice. I think he's right.
The last class I went to was about organization and cleaning. After the class, I was determined to get rid my clutter, and have my kids clean up the house on Saturdays and clean up right away. There are tons of classes I wanted to attend but I couldn't.
Relief society Activities
August
Hiking:Aug 12 Meet at the church 11:00 am hike Thunderbird Falls
Park Date: Every Wednesday @ Settler's Bay Park 11:00 am
Tailgate party: August 17th (Tuesday) 6:00 pm @Jane Breshears potluck bring finger food
Temple Trip: August 27th meet at Linda cook's house @9:00 am (Linda is providing child care)
September
Kintting: September 2nd Thursday 7:00 pm @Jayne Wilcox house (meet at every other week)
Sewing: class for making Howloween costumes and class for making pajama pants for Christmas
Quarterly activity: September 7th (Tuesday) 6:30 pm at church (child care will be provided)
Questions? Call Adrienne Nelson @ 376-3296.
Hiking:Aug 12 Meet at the church 11:00 am hike Thunderbird Falls
Park Date: Every Wednesday @ Settler's Bay Park 11:00 am
Tailgate party: August 17th (Tuesday) 6:00 pm @Jane Breshears potluck bring finger food
Temple Trip: August 27th meet at Linda cook's house @9:00 am (Linda is providing child care)
September
Kintting: September 2nd Thursday 7:00 pm @Jayne Wilcox house (meet at every other week)
Sewing: class for making Howloween costumes and class for making pajama pants for Christmas
Quarterly activity: September 7th (Tuesday) 6:30 pm at church (child care will be provided)
Questions? Call Adrienne Nelson @ 376-3296.
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