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.

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.

A Visiting Teacher's Confession

Whenever I heard people say that they are grateful for their callings, I always thought that was weird. However, tonight I felt tremedously blessed because of my calling as a visiting teacher.

As you all know my husband is back for two weeks. I have been busy accompanying him, but I suddenly realized it's the last week that I can do my visiting teaching for this month. (yea, a deadline is the best motivation) I came up a plan. I could bake a cake and bring it to the people I visit. I proceeded with my plan. At the first stop, the sister invited me in (something which I didn't expect). We (her family and mine) had a good chat for around 15 mins. Then we went to our second stop, I felt like a Santa Clause because her kids liked my treat.( Their dog wanted a piece of cake too) The sister and I chatted a little. I had compassion toward her knowing how hard it is to be a young mother for so many young children. Then I went to the last stop. Both the mother and her daughters opened the door. The daughters were excited to show me their tricks and show me the flowers, plants, and toys in the yards. I stayed there for 15 mins and listened to them, enjoying their enthusiasm. That night, I found myself praying for the sisters and their families. My heart is full right now. I feel like a miracle worker because of my simple chance to serve. I love how serving others, benefits both them and me.

Prepare for the Golden Age

I just read the article from the Ensign (July 2010) called "Investing in the golden Years," I found the article is extremely helpful for all of us. Personally I have read many similar articles but only this article covers just about every aspect. Here is the break down:

1 Financial preparation: avoid debt and save money. (pg. 63)

2. Temporal preparation : prepare legal document such as will or trust. (pg. 63)

3. Physical preparation: exercise, healthy diet. (pg. 64)

4. Mental preparation: use your brain by continuing to learn. (pg. 64-65)

5. Emotional preparation: being positive. (pg.65)

6. Spiritual preparation: being more Christlike. (pg. 65)

I really like this article because it's not about numbers (calculating how much we need for retirement) and it not about retirement. Anyway, I recommend this article with everyone and start to make a plan. Yea, go do some exercise.