Showing posts with label Visiting Teaching. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Visiting Teaching. Show all posts

Saturday, December 24, 2011

Unexpected Visitor

Sunday, 31 July 2011

There was a change in the visiting teaching arrangement. My previous visiting teacher said she had been assigned to other sisters in the ward. That was like 2 months ago and since then no sisters had came up to me and said they were now my visiting teachers. No calls, nothing. Silence. I actually emailed my Relief Society to tell her how unloved I felt.

This particular day, we didn't go to the church meetings because Mike didn't feel up to going, so I stayed home with him. I was telling Mike at about 5pm that it did not matter if I attended church or not because I didn't feel the sisters care.

I was terribly wrong. At 7 pm, someone knocked at our door. We hardly have people knocking at our door at night, unless appointments had been made. My new visiting teacher said she felt prompted to check on me, even though visiting-teaching is ideally done with another sister. She gave me the visiting teaching message for the month of July and a small plastic box containing a brownie.



I think there is a punctuation mark (comma) after the first word (love). That is how my sentence would be if I was writing the note. Heavenly Father has purposely had Sister Minter omitted that, without her realizing that! This message is what I needed! Look outside yourself. Visiting Teachers need to be remembered and loved as well!

I know my Heavenly Father loves me because this is only one of the many occasions that He manifested his love and knowledge of my feelings by sending his angels to me.

Friday, December 10, 2010

Relief Society Social

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

This was such a good idea, to share the Christmas cheer with our Senior Sisters who couldn't come to church meetings because of their physical and health situations.

We met at the Relief Society room before dispersing in 4 groups to visit the respective designated Sister. Our group got to visit Sister Brown. We took with us dinner (that was already prepared by some of the sisters for this evening) and ate with Sister Brown. We sang the carols that she chose. In our group, we sang "Joy to the World" and "Silent Night". Each of us take turn asking Sister Brown questions (that were already printed out) about her life, etc. We ended with the visit in presenting her ornaments.



This activity also foster closer relationship between the visiting sisters as well!

Fellow-shipping for the night continued at Sister Paul's residence. The 4 groups gathered back at Sister Paul's home instead of the church.






This is my favourite picture of the evening - mother and daughter!

Sunday, April 19, 2009

Visiting Teachers are Friends

Sunday, 19 April 2009

They didn't knock on my door and walked away! No, no, a big part of the movie that I posted on the 10 April was only to make us laugh.

I joined the 10th ward on the 15 June 2008. By December, no visiting teachers had come to my home. I didn't feel like attending the Relief Society class at all because I felt lonely there. I was too quiet sitting by myself in the back row, that is why! I didn't talk enough to be noticed!

Thanks to a dear fatherly-friend of mine who counseled me not to be shy to approach the Relief Society President to enquire about my visiting teachers. I finally gathered up courage and did that on the 11 January 2009.

Sister Gina and Sister Elinor came to visit on the 29 January. That visit made up for the past 6 months! A set of Sisters would be assigned to me but these 2 dear sisters decided to pay me a visit right away.

I wanted to take a picture of Sister Gina and Sister Elinor but the latter didn't come to meetings today. Actually I have not seen her last Sunday as well. But I got a picture of Sister Gina and her husband, Brother Charles. It is a pleasure to know both of you. You are a special couple and thank you both for your friendship and all you do.


Friday the 13th March finally saw my assigned Visiting Teachers, Sister Julie and Sister Brooke. Thank you both for your time. Keep up with the good work of Visiting Teaching. It is a pleasure to know both of you too - such lovely and friendly ladies!


I won't wait 6 months again to ask for my Visiting Teachers anymore!

Friday, April 10, 2009

Visiting Teaching

Friday, 10 April 2009

Thank you, Sister Beverly, for forwarding me this video on Visiting Teaching.

For me, visiting teaching is the best way to know a sister better. I found the initial part of this video funny and towards the end spiritual. Thank you for the posting of this video http://visitingteaching.blip.tv/#804254.