What a fun night we had last night!!!
Thank you so much for coming.
We had a great turnout thanks to all of you!!! The food was great and the company was even better. It's so fun to just get together and laugh and spend time with each other.
Thank you to all the committee members for all their work. They put in much time and worry making sure we enjoy being together on our Night Activities. And thanks to all of you for the food and good laughs.
We know some of you couldn't be with us so here is a recap!!
Cute Sister Sandy Brady gave us our opening prayer, thank you Sandy. Then we ate our Salads, Soups and Desserts, which by the way were amazing and everyone wants recipes--especially of the desserts. Those of you that brought them need to get me your recipes so I can get them out to everyone via this blog. You can email them to me or text them.
After we ate we had a little discussion on Visiting Teaching. By the way, thanks to all of you for doing such a great job at Visiting Teaching. You are all doing the Lord's work and doing great at it. We want everyone in our ward to feel wanted and needed and loved. That's the purpose of Visiting Teaching. It's also helping us with our goals this year.
I read a quote once, which I really wished I would have kept or remembered where it came from, but it talks about testimonies of others.
"We can either strengthen or weaken someone else's testimony by the way we fulfill our callings." They judge the church, right or wrong, by the way we serve. They gain a testimony themselves of service by the way we serve.
My greatest fear is that someone will have negative thoughts or feelings about the church, or our Savior, by something I do or say.
We gave a handout to each one there and I just wanted to include a couple of the quotes...
"As your Relief Society presidency we want to thank you for all your service. We know that the ladies in our ward are in good hands and that you take your calling as a Visiting Teacher seriously. We want to help you in any way we can. Each sister and each circumstance is different. The council from our Stake leaders is to teach at the
highest level that your sisters will allow. Be sensitive to their situations, their desires, and their wants and needs."
"When we do our best, the Lord will do the rest. (I truly believe this!!!) And remember, this is HIS work, and if YOU are willing, HE will use you as a tool to accomplish HIS work!!"
This handout is available in the roll..
It gives some new things you can try or just simply things you can do to keep your love alive for your Visiting Teaching.
We also handed out your visiting teaching supervisors and your routes with your ladies and their birthdays.
We then had a torch run to start our games..First leg--Michelle Hampton, second leg--Janielle Watson, third leg--Gina Cutler, and final leg--Charity Kerr. It was gruling but they made it. Charity announced with the lighting of the torch--"Let the games begin" and so they did!!!
We played blindfold word games, we played pictionary, we played song games!! It was so fun.
Fun to see just how talented we all are!!!
Thanks for coming....we love you all!!
Our lovely game host for the evenng!!
Many soups to choose from...
Favorite table of the night!!
Our strong and handsome nursery leaders!!
(I can say that because the middle one is mine!!)