Highlights from Relief Society Broadcast

Yesterday i attended the Annual Relief Society Broadcast with my sister in law Tanya and her friend/neighbor from her ward. It was a wonderful and inspiring meeting. I have posted some highlights from the meeting. You my click here to read more or watch the full broadcast.

There is a serious need for the charity that gives attention to those who are unnoticed, hope to those who are discouraged, aid to those who are afflicted. True charity is love in action. The need for charity is everywhere.

Needed is the charity which refuses to find satisfaction in hearing or in repeating the reports of misfortunes that come to others, unless by so doing the unfortunate one may be benefitted. The American educator and politician Horace Mann once said, “To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.”

Charity is having patience with someone who has let us down; it is resisting the impulse to become offended easily. It is accepting weaknesses and shortcomings. It is accepting people as they truly are. It is looking beyond physical appearances to attributes that will not dim through time. It is resisting the impulse to categorize others.

—President Thomas S. Monson
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We study our history to learn what we are to do. Through our history, we learn how to prepare for the blessings of eternal life. The Relief Society as an organization has always had the responsibility to organize the energies of the sisters in the wards and branches of Zion. Through Relief Society meetings, the ministry of visiting teachers, and their combined service, daughters of God are taught, watched over, and inspired in their responsibility in the Lord’s work and kingdom.

It has always been a responsibility of the Relief Society to participate in the work of salvation. From the beginning of the restored Church, the sisters have been there first, last, and always in responding to the happenings of everyday life. From Relief Society sisters go forth to serve in Primary, Young Women, Sunday School, and other efforts, and they are beacons of light and virtue to the rising generation. Personal service builds each individual sister, and the united service of millions of faithful women creates a formidable force of faith in the Lord’s work.

—Sister Julie B. Beck

Continue in Patience

Patience is far more than simply waiting for something to happen—patience required actively working toward worthwhile goals and not getting discouraged when results didn’t appear instantly or without effort. 

There is an important concept here: patience is not passive resignation, nor is it failing to act because of our fears. Patience means active waiting and enduring. It means staying with something and doing all that we can—working, hoping, and exercising faith; bearing hardship with fortitude, even when the desires of our hearts are delayed. Patience is not simply enduring; it is enduring well!

Dieter F. Uchtdorf, “Continue in Patience,” Liahona, May 2010, 56–59

Library Card

Finally got my

Texas Drivers Licenses 

to finally get a library card, 

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I figured since I have been living here for 2 years it was about time!!

What I wanted to check out but sadly they were already checked out:

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Will be putting these on hold. the library here will call me when they are checked back in so cool.

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I can put them on hold online!

These are the books I decided on getting instead:

Sister or What?!

I can't get over the fact that Audrey looks so much like Kaitlyn when she was 18 mos. Here is the proof!

Audrey

Kaitlyn

and here are 2 more....Can you tell who is who?

Got Stickers!

And…this is what happens when your niece and nephews get a hold of your camera…

 

 

 

 

 

Perfect 10!

So while my dad was here a few weeks back. I left my camera at my brother’s house where he was staying. So he took it to Jayna and Kaitlyn’s gymnastic practice.

 

 

 

 

Tickle! Tickle!

Lavon Lake

Jayna was convinced dad ‘grandpa’ was coming into town just for her birthday. The original plan was that her was going to fly in and take Christian and David camping but soon found out camping gear was a no go. So, Jayna decided to celebrate her birthday at the lake. Dad rented kayak's which he got a great deal on. He rented them for one day Tuesday and ended getting them for 2 of the price of one day because the places was closed on Wednesday. We had hobo dinners and S’mores!!!

 

 

 

 

 

Grandpa Time is Great!

 

 

The best meal will at the Lake!

 

This is how Pulsipher’s eat S’mores!!

 

 

Happy 10th Jayna

Road Trip Back SLC

I didn’t get a chance to do any work here at the Vernal Temple but I drove by to take a picture

 

A thunderstorm that was forming behind me

 

A view of the mountain from a rest area I stopped at to use the restroom

 

Do you see the mountain peak in the background?