The True Value of Visiting Teaching

It’s another start to a new month! The time is perfect to set a date and time with our visiting teaching sisters to visit with them! Sister Julie B. Beck has this to say about visiting teaching in her General Relief Society Address “Relief Society: A Sacred Work”:

“Because we follow the example and teachings of Jesus Christ, we value [visiting teaching as a] sacred assignment to love, know, serve, understand, teach and minister in His behalf. This is one duty we have in the Church where we are certain to have the help of the Lord if we ask for it. This is one responsibility that is certain to increase our faith and personal righteousness and strengthen our own homes and families as we become partners with the Lord. A sister in the Church has no other responsibility outside her family that has the potential to do as much good as does visiting teaching…

“Visiting teaching becomes the Lord’s work when our focus is on people rather than percentages…Faithfully serving as a visiting teacher is evidence of our discipleship.”

How true these words are. We are so grateful for the diligence from all to strive to visit the sisters in the ward regularly. It really is the Lord’s work and we have so much potential to bless lives at our fingertips!

FREE Gardening Classes

This might be helpful info for anyone who wants to do some serious gardening and preparedness.

A gardening class is being taught by a seasoned gardner. It is a 6 week class, and is being offered without cost by this generous man and his wife. He's around 80, so he's had YEARS of experience, and are doing this to bless lives. It is being taught Tuesdays thru Saturdays at various locations throughout Utah Valley, (as it was last year) and is being offered again, starting the first week in February. Sorry to get this info to you with such late notice...


I have several friends who took the class last year and they loved it - so it comes hightly recommended (these are people who I thought were already great gardeners!) I'm looking forward to taking it this year.


Since it is being offered at such a variety of times and places, people could even arrange babysitting swaps if that was needed.


Here is the web address where you can access the information on when and where the classes are being taught: http://gordonwells.net/class05.html

All of his gardening info is available online without cost to those who take the class, if they want it. He has just updated all of his material. It is also available in book form if people desire to purchase it.


Again, the website is:


http://gordonwells.net/class05.html