Relief Society Activity

 This is just a quick reminder Don't forget to come to our relief society event. Tuesday March 19 at 19h, please bring your vegetable or fruit dish. Thank you for being so patient We will see you there.

Relief society Activity

We are rescheduling the relief society meeting for tuesday March 19@19h at the church building. thank you for your support and patience.

Relief society update

We are canceling the relief society activity tonight due to snowy and icy conditions of the roads, we will reschedule for next week. stay tune for future information regarding the activity. Please make sure the word gets spread to those who are not on this email.

thank you for your patience

Heritage Project

We wanted to let you know of a great project that we will be starting: In may we will be having a cultural heritage activity for our relief society activity.  We would like to put together a spiritual heritage book for our relief society sisters, even though we are celebrating the cultural diversity of our sisters in May we want to emphasize that it is our spiritual heritage that binds us together in our sisterhood so we would like to ask you to provide us with any personal testimonies or personal experiences/ stories, poems or  thoughts on how you have developed your spiritual heritage and what it means to you. We would like to collect them and put them in a book to be given to each sister at a later time we realize that it will require more time to collect and put together this project so if you would like to participate, please send me by email: alexwixom@gmail.com your contribution, if you would like to handwrite it that is fine as well, Please be neat so we can read it. We will start now to collect these items, we are hoping to have it ready for you for our next r.s birthday event in March 2014 so from time to time I will be issuing reminders to please send me your contributions.

thank you sisters

Calendar Updates

These are just friendly reminders:
 tomorrow night Tuesday March 12 is our relief society activity@19h.  Don't forget to bring your lovely dish of fruits or veggies. We will see you tomorrow night!

For all YW ages 12 to 18 and their parents, New Beginnings will be held Wednesday March 13 please come and support your yw in this lovely program. If you have any questions contact Heidi Pehrson. Thank you.

Saturday, March 16 at 10am in Antwerpen is our Stake Relief Society Meeting, if you are going and can provide rides or if you need a ride, please let the presidency know so we can arrange rides for those who need assistance. Thank you so much!

Last reminder: Sunday March 17 is our Ward Conference, We will begin our services with r.s/priesthood, sunday school and sacrament meeting. Please remember that we have many guests from the stake so make every effort to be on time and to attend your classes. The bishopric announced that the potluck has been changed to this sunday instead of the 4th sunday due to our stake leaders being here. Please remember to bring an item for the potluck and make a little extra for our stake leaders. We want to make sure we have enough food for them as well. thank you as always.

VT Reminder

Sisters this is a message from our Visiting Teaching Supervisor.  March 5, 2013

Dear sisters,

Finally the sun is shining! How nice is that?

I'm wishing you are enjoying this beautiful weather and being able to feel joy, whatever are the circunstances you are living in.

 

Today I would like to kindly invite you to report to me how you are doing with your visiting teachers assigments.

March is the month I need to give some information to the General Authorities about our work as Visiting Teachers and I'm really interested in knowing anything you have to tell. 

I know the most of you are being such goed friends to each other and helping wherever you can. 

Thank you so much for being a testemony of the power of the Holy Ghost in The Church.

So, please, take a minute and give me some feedback:

- Where you able to visit your assigned sisters on January/Februari/March?

- Is there anything I could do to make your calling work beter?

Hoping to hear from you all,

Kind Regards,

Graca Bastos

Please report directly to Sister Bastos either by phone or email do not post your reports on the blog 

Here is her email: graca-bastos@hotmail.com

thank you

Calendar/Updates Sunday March 3rd, 2013

Saturday, March 9th Ward Temple Trip
Tuesday, March 12, @19h@Ward Building Relief Society Activity
**Don't Forget to invite your visiting teaching sisters**
Saturday, March 16, 10am@Stake Building Antwerpen(See previous Posts about details scroll down to older posts)
Don't forget to bring a lunch/they are serving soups/please bring a dessert to share
If you are planning to go and you have room to take others please let us know, if you need a ride please let us know as well we are trying to arrange rides.
my email is alexwixom@gmail.com

R.S lesson

Don't forget Lesson entitled "Developing Self-Reliance" sunday March 3rd has been updated. Check out RS Lessons on the top right hand corner of this blog.

March R.S Activity Update

Relief Society Activity Tuesday March 12, 2013 at 19h at the Ward Building
Sisters, Please bring your favorite vegetable dish or fruit dish, cold or hot, if possible use seasonal fruits or vegetables but it is not necessary. Please make one dish to feed at least 4-6 people. Here are some ideas: veggie platters or fruit platters, desserts that have fruit, salads with fruits or vegetables. warm side dishes or main dishes with vegetables or fruits. Just have fun with it. You will be amazed how many dishes can be made with just vegetables: like vegetarian chili, soups etc.

We will have a beautiful cake to celebrate the R.S birthday

also please remember the kitchen is small so please bring your dish ready to eat, also if you are just bringing cold veggies and fruit make sure they are cut as well. there just is not enough room to accomodate many sisters heating up their dishes, cutting veggies etc. sorry. Don't forget to bring a serving utensil with your dish due to the lack of serving utensils at the church. Please remember to take your dishes home after the activity.

We will be doing some small service projects that night nothing difficult or hard but you may be cleaning toys and using glue maybe even using some paint so please either wear appropriate attire for that or bring an apron etc.

We are trying to start on time(19h) as a goal this year so please make every effort to be on time with your dishes. The church will be open at 6:30pm. We also need some helpers to assist us in cleaning up and arranging chairs etc. If you are able to stay, we would also appreciate it

Thank YOU!

one last thing: We love you and the effort you put in attending and supporting these activities. I appreciate all of the wonderful help and beautiful dishes sisters prepare and I love tasting them. Please know we are eternally grateful to each of you for your commitment and we recognize the difficulty of managing work schedules and family life to attend. WE hope you will enjoy this night and also feel the spirit of service that can help us feel closer to the Savior. If you have any questions please contact me thru email: alexwixom@gmail.com or by phone +(49) (0)24565087597

Spotlight

Sister Spotlight for the month of March

 This sister was born in the Hague here in the Netherlands.
Favorite ice cream:  italian ice cream amarena flavor
Favorite scripture story: Daniel and the Lions
Favorite Dream vacation: A trip around the world
She loves to make jewelry, cross-stitch and read books in her spare time.
For her birthday she had a lovely family party. Her favorite food: italian and sushi.
If she was a crayon which color would she be: RED
If she were to meet the Savior today what would she do: Talk to him
Her favorite season is summer. She has 1 brother who moved to the US. She has moved 7 times. She has no allergies. She is a night person. Her favorite restaurant is italian or japanese. She has no nicknames and her favorite candy is chocolate

Who is this lovely sister:   Bianca De Vylder

How to cope with economic stress

We Can Learn to Cope with Economic Stress
Elder Faust has suggested the following ways to help people cope
with economic stress:
1.  Seek first the kingdom of God. This includes payment of tithes and
a generous fast offering, loving our neighbor as ourselves (see
James 2:8), and keeping the other commandments. Elder Faust
explained: "Spiritual strength comes from many sources,
including personal prayer, the study of the scriptures, and the
willingness to 'submit to all things . . . the Lord seeth fit to
inflict' (Mosiah 3:19)" (in Conference Report, Oct. 1982, p. 130;
or Ensign, Nov. 1982, p. 89).
2.  Solidify family strengths and resources. To become unified, families
should pray together, budget money together, hold family
councils, store a year's supply of necessities, organize the
family, and maintain an eternal perspective rather than
concentrating on worldly possessions and wealth.
3.  Exercise faith. (See Mark 9:23 and D&C 90:24.) "A belief that 'all
these things shall give thee experience, and . . .  be for thy good'
is like a spiritual stabilizer (D&C 122:7)" (James E. Faust, in
Conference Report, Oct. 1982, p. 130; or Ensign, Nov. 1982,
p. 90).
4.  Be adaptable in your work. Be willing to learn new, marketable
skills.
5.  Avoid debt.
6.  Reduce expense. "When there is limited money available, it is
easier to teach children the wise use of money, including the
need to save for the future," said Elder Faust. (In Conference
Report, Oct. 1982, p. 130; or Ensign, Nov. 1982, p. 90.)

Compassionate Service thought:

Henry B. Eyring General R.S Conference September 2012

"Caring for those in need takes a team, a loving and unified society. That is what the Lord is building among you. He loves you for any part you play. …

The Lord, who is the Master Nurturer of people in need, gave inspired counsel to weary caregivers in these words delivered by King Benjamin and recorded in the Book of Mormon: “For the sake of retaining a remission of your sins … I would that ye should impart of your substance to the poor, every man according to that which he hath, such as feeding the hungry, clothing the naked, visiting the sick and administering to their relief, both spiritually and temporally, according to their wants.” …

And you have seen, as I have, a wise visiting teacher build the confidence in a struggling sister that her service to someone else, even as she is failing, is still needed and valuable. Great Relief Society presidents find ways to let those who need care help in the care of others. They create opportunities for sisters to endure trials well as they care for each other in the pure love of Christ. …

We speak often of the strength of the circle of sisters in the Church of Jesus Christ. We must learn to recognize that the Savior is always in the circle as we invite Him."

March visiting teaching message

For the MARCH 2013 visiting teaching message click HERE.