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Tilling the Earth

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This past Sunday at church, we found out that our stake and two other stakes on either side of us are being reorganized. In many parts of the country and the world, this is not an abnormal occurrence. In fact, my husband and I have lived in a couple of areas where this has happened just in our short 9 years of being married. The church is growing rapidly, and with that growth, comes change. But, in our ward, everyone is on pins and needles waiting for this change to happen in just under a couple of weeks. Our ward … Continue reading →

Be A Friend

Visiting Teaching is not an easy assignment. Sometimes we get paired with a partner that we don’t quite mesh with, and other times, we are assigned to visit women in the ward that we have absolutely nothing in common with. This can be frustrating. We are told over and over to be a friend to these women and to not think of it as an assignment, but I have to admit that sometimes I have a hard time doing that. Maybe it’s because I don’t always listen to the spirit, or maybe it’s because of my own inhibitions, who knows? … Continue reading →

I Need My Sundays

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You really don’t realize how important it is to attend church every Sunday until you have to miss one or two or even more than that. I recently had my third child, and despite my church responsibilities, I took a few weeks off from church before returning. The thing about missing church is that you don’t really realize the difference attending every week makes in your life until you go back. This is one reason why I feel that it really is easy to go inactive and stay that way. You don’t think church makes a difference in your life … Continue reading →

Things As They Really Are

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The other day, I was on facebook. You know, just browsing through my friends’ posts and commenting here and there. It is easy to spend a lot of time on facebook or other blogs and media today just wasting time. I was struck by something though. As I was scrolling down, I read a very uplifting quote from President Hinkley. It was something that I was pondering and thinking about. It affected me so much that I even wrote a blog post about it that I linked above. Yet, in the next instant, I saw something very vulgar that another … Continue reading →

Patience In All Things

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Perhaps this might be a blog post for our pregnancy blog, but I feel it is appropriate here too. I am very pregnant awaiting our third child. This has been a difficult pregnancy for me. I was extremely sick in the first trimester, more so than with my other two pregnancies. And, I’ve been extremely swollen this time around. In the past, I delivered a few days earlier than my due date, and this time around, I had my heart set on that. Well, here it is, 2 days away from my due date and no baby yet. With one … Continue reading →

A Day of Service-2011

So, I have to admit that I was a little negative when I wrote this article. I was watching my husband work so hard on a ward service project, when he already has so much demanding his time in other areas of his life like work, family, and his calling. But, now that the day of service is over, I thought I would write about a great event, that helped lots of people! The goal of the service project was to first, get the neighborhood involved, not just the ward, and second, to get as many donations of food for … Continue reading →

Speaking Spanish 11 Years Later

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This past Saturday, I went to a birthday party for a family that just moved into our ward a couple of months ago. Their daughter was turning 1 year old, and they invited us over to celebrate. I had a great time, and spent about 3 hours of that time next to a cute middle-aged couple from Bolivia who spoke little English. It was a chance to use my Spanish. I served a Spanish speaking mission and returned home about 11 years ago. It’s gone by fast. Immediately after my mission, I got jobs that were Spanish speaking positions for … Continue reading →

Much Ado About Nothing

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As I mentioned before in my blog post, Tilling the Earth, our stakes were reorganized this past Sunday. Being very pregnant, I was planning on letting my husband attend the conference while I stayed home and kept my very swollen feet up, but I decided at the last minute to go. After all, it was going to be downtown at the tabernacle and Elder Ballard, one of the apostles was speaking. I never like to pass up an opportunity to hear, in person, an apostle of the Lord speak! So, I decided to go. I learned two things. First, that … Continue reading →

Get To Know A Prophet

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Wouldn’t it be great if we could all sit down with a prophet or an apostle and get to know them one on one? I would love that opportunity! Although, it would probably be a little scary at first, I can bet that they are all loving, personable men that would instantly make us feel at ease. While we may not all have that chance, I did run across a new portion of the church website that they are in the process of creating where you can read a short bio about each member of the first presidency and apostles. … Continue reading →

Visiting Teaching Message-General Conference

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For the month of November, we are asked to pick a general conference talk as our message to share with the sisters that we visit teach. I tend to try and think of things I need to hear again, study, or revisit when making a decision of which talk to share. The talk, “The Privilege of Prayer” by J. Devn Cornish came into my mind this time. His talk started out with a story about how his prayers were answered with a quarter he found on the sidewalk when he was in desperate need of a piece of fried chicken … Continue reading →