What Shall We Give?

Pictures from November Relief Society Meeting/Activity

Just a few pictures from Relief Society Meeting in November.  It was sooooooo much fun and really interesting to find out some of the talents we have in our Relief Society! 

Thank you so much to all those who made this night a lot of fun for all us!  Your time and talents are very much appreciated!

Just a reminder!!!

Service Gift Exchange

Tuesday, Nov. 16th 7-8:30 pm at the Skyline Building
*Nursery provided

It's basically a gift exchange of SERVICE--anything you yourself have made or will make for the recipient or it can be something you will do for them in the future. This may require you to "dust off" those talents we all know you have! We have actually done this activity before (long time ago) and it was a HOOT! We draw numbers, take turns picking from the center pile of gifts OR stealing already opened gifts (3rd steal is final) and enjoy the "show!" (Everybody brings 1 gift & takes 1 home.)

Examples of gift ideas (some have been done in the past):

Complimentary piano lessons

Gift certificate for a full dinner prepared on the night of the recipient's choosing

A decor item you've created (wreath, silk flower arrangement in vase, something decoupaged, get creative!)

Complimentary babysitting

2-3 hours of Housecleaning

Teach how to do something i.e. create a movie/DVD of family pictures, certain cooking/baking technique or ethnic dish

Prepare and serve an ethnic meal

House painting

Stack of handmade greeting cards for different occasions

Manicure or Pedicure, foot massage

Gift certificate for a complimentary decorative cake

Sewing and/or mending

Complimentary Haircut

Insert your talent ___________

HOPE TO SEE YOU ALL THERE!!!!!!!

President Monson Breaks Ground for Rome Italy Mormon Temple (video) 

(LDS Public Affairs released this video of the ground breaking for the Rome, Italy Temple. Click on the link above to access the video)

President Monson Breaks Ground for Rome Italy Temple

Construction has begun in the “eternal” city for a new Latter-day Saint temple. Thomas S. Monson, president of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, along with Church and local community leaders, participated in the traditional groundbreaking ceremony for the Rome Italy Temple 23 October 2010.

President Monson underlined the uniqueness of the historical moment, the importance of which goes beyond the borders of Rome and Italy. He thanked the members of the Church for their commitment to follow the example of Jesus Christ. (Watch and embed video of Rome Italy Temple groundbreaking on YouTube).

“My heart is filled with gratitude,” said President Monson as he addressed the 500 guests in attendance. “Members throughout Italy, and the entire Mediterranean area, will be able to come here.” 

In attendance at the morning ceremony was Mr. Giuseppe Ciardi, representing the mayor of Rome, Giovanni Alemanno, and other local government representatives.

"A ceremony that profoundly touched me for the sincere and heartfelt appreciation of those attending," said Senator Lucio Malan. "A positive day for Italy because those who profess to obey the laws of the state and the laws of God make the country in which they live a better place."

Other Church leaders in attendance included Elder William R. Walker, executive director of the Temple Department, Elder Erich W. Kopischke, president of the European Area and his counselors, Elder Gérald Caussé and Elder José A. Teixeira of the First Quorum of the Seventy.

President Monson surprised members of the Church when he announced that a temple would be built in Rome, Italy during the October 2008 general conference.

The Church will build the temple on a beautiful 15-acre site in the community of Settebagni, Rome. When completed, it will serve over 23,000 Church members living in Italy and in neighboring countries.

Currently the Church operates 134 temples worldwide. The Rome Italy Temple will be the twelfth in Europe and the first in Italy.

The temple exterior will be constructed from granite and have decorative glazing. The interior finish will be of the finest material and workmanship: marble, woodwork, Venetian plaster and decorative painting. The three-story temple will be approximately 40,000 square feet with two tall spires.

“This truly is a historic and memorable day,” said Elder Walker of the First Quorum of the Seventy. “This great city is known for its history, for its beauty and for its Christian tradition and now it will be home to one of the temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.”

The temple will be part of a new religious and cultural center which will include a multifunctional meetinghouse, a visitors’ center, family history center and patron housing. Much of the center will be open to the public and will include buildings and gardens that will be of interest to and benefit members of the Church in the surrounding community.

Latter-day Saint temples differ from the Church’s meetinghouses or chapels where members meet for Sunday worship services. Temples are considered “houses of the Lord” where Christ's teachings are reaffirmed through marriage, baptism and other ordinances that unite families for eternity. In the temple, Church members learn more about the purpose of life and strengthen their commitment to serve Jesus Christ and those around them.

For more information on the Rome, Italy Temple, please visit the following new website:

http://tempiodiroma.chiesadigesucristo.it/en/index.html

Pres. Monson announces 5 new temples

The announcement of five new temples and a call to increase the Mormon Church's missionary force highlighted President Thomas S. Monson's opening remarks in this weekend's October general conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.


The five announced temples — two in the U.S. and three internationally — will be in Hartford, Conn.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Tijuana, Mexico; Urdaneta, Philippines; and Lisbon, Portugal.

"The ordinances performed in our temples are vital to our salvation and to the salvation of our deceased loved ones," said President Monson in Saturday morning's opening session at the Conference Center. "May we continue faithful in attending the temples, which are being built closer and closer to our members."

The new temples will be the first in Portugal and the states of Connecticut and Indiana. The Tijuana temple will be Mexico's 13th, and the Urdaneta temple the Philippines' third.

The LDS Church currently has 134 temples in operation, with another seven under construction. Including Saturday's five, a total of 16 announced temples are in various stages of planning.

Earlier this year, the LDS Church announced a new temple for Payson, Utah, and plans to renovate the existing Ogden Utah Temple.
It is the third straight October conference in which President Monson has announced five new temples.

Last year, new temples were announced for Brigham City, Utah; Concepción, Chile; Fort Lauderdale, Fla; Fortaleza, Brazil; and Sapporo, Japan.

And in 2008, the five sites announced were in Calgary, Alberta, Canada; Cordoba, Argentina; Kansas City, Mo.; Philadelphia, Pa.; and Rome, Italy.

In his opening remarks, President Monson spoke of dedicating temples already this year in Gila Valley, Ariz.; Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Cebu City, Philippines; and Kyiv, Ukraine, with plans to rededicate a renovated Laie Hawaii Temple before year's end.

President Monson also called on the church's young men and male teens to prepare themselves physically, emotionally, spiritually and worthily to serve as missionaries.
"I repeat what prophets have long taught — that every worthy, able young man should prepare to serve a mission," he said. "Missionary service is a priesthood duty — an obligation the Lord expects of us who have been given so very much."

While young-adult women don't carry the same responsibility or obligation as their male counterparts, "you also make a valuable contribution as missionaries, and we welcome your service," President Monson said.

Expressing appreciation for the senior couples who serve missions and acknowledging the need for many more to join them, the 83-year-old man revered by Mormons as their prophet urged adult members to prepare for the time when retirement and health permits such service.

"There are few times in your lives when you will enjoy the sweet spirit and satisfaction that come from giving full-time service together in the work of the Master."

http://www.ksl.com/

By Scott Taylor

Visiting Teach Conference

We had a wonderful Visiting Teaching Conference on Tuesday night!  A big THANK YOU to all those who did so much to make it a really nice conference.  I am sure everyone who attended had a really great time.

Rachel F. did an amazing job singing a really pretty song called "Miracles" by Sally Deford.  For those who would like to download the song here is a link to it:  http://www.defordmusic.com/miracles.htm

Here are some pictures from that night:

     

Just a reminder!!!

Tomorrow, Tues. Sept. 21st, is our

Visiting Teaching Conference! 

Please as a companionship choose one Sister that you VT to Spotlight for our VT Conference on September 21. We will take time to share during our program. We hope to learn some new facts about our Sisters that night and grow closer as a RS family. These are suggestions of questions to ask. Please choose three questions and add an interesting fact that you know. We hope you will all be able to attend.
How long have you lived in Mesquite/Sunnyvale:
3 adjectives that describe you:
Favorite thing to do:
What would you like to be doing in 10 years:
Name:

Church in Talks to “Regularize” Activities in China

SALT LAKE CITY 30 August 2010 ----A series of high-level meetings between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormon) and an official from the People’s Republic of China is expected to lead to “regularized” operations for the Church in China. A statement from the First Presidency of the Church disclosed today that a senior representative of the People’s Republic of China — the highest ranking representative from Beijing to meet with Church leaders — has visited with the First Presidency.

That meeting in the Church Administration Building in Salt Lake City on Tuesday, 24 August, followed meetings in February and May in Beijing, attended by Church apostle Elder Dallin H. Oaks and Elder Donald L. Hallstrom, who are responsible for overseeing the Church in Asia, on assignment from the First Presidency. These meetings were initiated by the Chinese representative.

Elders Oaks and Hallstrom represent two of the most senior councils of the Church — Elder Oaks of the Twelve Apostles and Elder Hallstrom of the Presidency of the Seventy.
“It is important to understand what the term regularizing means, and what it does not mean,” Church spokesman Michael Otterson said. “It does not mean that we anticipate sending missionaries to China. That issue is not even under consideration.

“The Church deeply appreciates the courtesy of the Chinese leadership in opening up a way to better define how the Church and its members can proceed with daily activities, all in harmony with Chinese law.”
Otterson said that many details need to be worked out in further discussions with Chinese officials but that the pending developments were the result of 30 years of building mutual trust with the Chinese.
“They have become thoroughly familiar with us through numerous contacts, and they have seen how we and our members operate in China. They know that we are people of our word when it comes to respecting Chinese law and cultural expectations,” he said.

The formal, brief statement from the First Presidency said that they and other senior leaders at Church headquarters in Salt Lake City “have had discussions with a senior official of the People’s Republic of China from Beijing, and have established a relationship which we expect will lead to regularizing the activities of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in China.”

Otterson said that given the importance of understanding and complying with various Chinese laws and the need for ongoing cooperative efforts, the Church does not plan to comment further on the discussions for the time being.

“At the conclusion of the meeting in Salt Lake City, it was agreed that it would be appropriate for this information to be announced publicly,” Otterson said.

New Temple Dedication

The first temple lesson learned by LDS Church members attending Sunday's cornerstone ceremony of the Kyiv Ukraine Temple was to share.

You see, the Kyiv temple — the first built by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Eastern Europe as well as in the former Soviet Union — is not Ukraine's anymore.
And it doesn't belong to the Latter-day Saints who live in the nine Eastern European nations that comprise the temple district, from Armenia to Moldova and from Russia to Belorussia.

"It is your temple now," said LDS Church President Thomas S. Monson in the opening cornerstone ceremonies of the first of Sunday's three dedication services. "But in a few minutes, we will give it to the Lord."

Ukrainian church members will be pleased to welcome their peers from neighboring nations to visit the church's 134th operating temple worldwide and the 11th on the European continent.

President Monson is the first LDS Church president to visit Ukraine since a 2002 conference at Kiev's Palats Ukraina concert hall featured President Gordon B. Hinckley.

Joining President Monson for the dedication ceremonies were President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, second counselor in the First Presidency; Elder Russell M. Nelson of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles; Elder William R. Walker of the Quorums of the Seventy and executive director of the church's temple department, the wives of the latter three leaders and the East Europe Area presidency.

Sister Frances Monson did not travel with President Monson.

The Kyiv Ukraine Temple is the latest event in the LDS Church's rapid ascent in Ukraine. The first missionaries arrived in October 1990, the church was formally recognized the next year by the new nation's new government after the 1991 dissolution of the Soviet Union, the Ukraine Kiev Mission was organized in 1992, and the temple was announced in 1998.
Even though the temple was not completed and dedicated for a dozen years after its announcement, no other nation besides the United States has received a temple faster than Ukraine after the introduction of the LDS Church or its missionaries in that country.

Vladimir A. Kanchenko, president of the Kyiv Ukraine Stake since it was organized in 2004, said the new temple will drastically reduce the time and cost for the approximately 31,000 members in the East Europe Area to travel to the temple. Before, they had to spend several days crossing many borders to attend temples in Germany, Sweden, Finland and Switzerland.

"Now all of Ukraine and all of Russia and these other countries can attend the temple as often as they want, not only as often as they can," said Kanchenko, adding that the temple will bless the members with increased knowledge, strength and personal revelation.

Elder Nelson echoed the theme of the temple's accessibility for Eastern European LDS members.

"It will be a temple available to people from Kazakhstan to Kyrgyzstan and, of course, Russia," said Elder Nelson in an interview with the Deseret News and Church News earlier this month.

"The dear people from Russia who wanted to be endowed had to go to Sweden and Finland. This will be a lot easier — politically and economically. It's still a big, long trip for them. But a temple in the former USSR — no one can underestimate the significance of that."

Elder Nelson quoted a statement from then-Elder Boyd K. Packer's apostolic blessing on Ukraine, given in 1991: "We see the day when there will be stakes of Zion set firmly and permanently on the fertile soil of the Ukraine, and in due time, the spires of temples will be seen across this great land."

Currently, the LDS Church has 11,000 members in 64 congregations in Ukraine, including one stake and three missions.

The temple features an exterior of Amarelo Maciera granite, which is light in color and contains quartzite crystals that reflect the sunlight.

The interior design and stained-glass windows suggest a wheat theme, including the plant's upright stem and the diagonal pattern of the kernels.

Labeled the former USSR's "bread basket," the agriculturally rich Ukraine is well-known for its fertile soil and its abundant wheat and grain fields.

The temple's spire stands 42 meters tall — nearly 138 feet high — and is topped with a gilded Angel Moroni statue. Just beneath the sphere upon which the statue stands is a series of flashing red lights that are turned on at night, since the temple is located near a small, local airport.

Sunday's cornerstone ceremony was the only public part of the day's three dedication services for the temple, which is different than church's more common meetinghouses used for public worship and activities.

"It is a day of freedom — a day you will have all the ordinances of the gospel," said President Monson during the cornerstone ceremony. "It is a time to do the ordinances for your ancestors, for the people who cannot do it for themselves.

"I promise that when you come to the temple, you will have a feeling in your hearts that you have given the greatest gift to them," he continued. "For that is what temple work is all about."

Author: Scott Taylor – Source: Deseret News

PLAY GROUP UPDATE!!!!

The school year is about to start and so is play group. I am excited to get together and have some fun. We have scheduled play groups in September and some in October. So far the first three weeks in September have been confirmed.

On Sept. 1st we will be meeting at Emily P's home at 10:30am -12:30pm. Please bring a dish to share.

On Sept. 7th the Dallas Museum of Art is having a free day for children 5 and under and their adult companion. I want to host this day. We can bring a sack lunch, ride the trolley, and make it a wonderful day. We can meet at 10:00am at the church and carpool, or if you want to make other arrangements please let me know.

On Sept. 15th Michelle S. has agreed to host play group from 10:30am -12:30pm. We have been asked to bring a lunch.

I am excited that we can get to know one another better and participate in some fun FREE activities. If you have any ideas to share please let me know. Thanks so much for all of your help. I look forward to seeing you in two weeks at play group.

--Julie R.--

Just a reminder!!!

R.S. Activity this Tuesday August 17th 7-8:30pm

Haircutting tips--just in time for back-to-school and "garage sale swap".

Bring any times (clean clothes, shoes, small appliances, books, small furniture, dishes, etc...) your family no longer uses/fits and feel free to take ones you can use.

**Nursery will be provided & there will be refreshments.**

Hope to see you all there!!!!

Swimming Party at the Larsen's

Here are some pictures from last week's Relief Society swimming party at the Larsen's.  A special THANK YOU to the Larsen's for the use of their wonderful home and pool!

Thank you to all who came to enjoy the cool water, the wonderful treats, to talk with other sisters, or all of the above!

Worldwide Sisterhood Part II

Here are a few pictures from our Sisters Around the World dinner! (Thank you to Kate A for sharing.)

Greece by Stephanie S

Brazil by Dorothy F

Australia by Michelle C

Cuba by Michelle C

Germany by Jene' H

Russia by Leslie G

Ghana by Kate A

Worldwide Sisterhood

The word "sister" is defined as a girl or woman who shares a common ancestry, allegiance, character, or purpose with another or others, specifically:
a. A kinswoman.
b. A woman fellow member, as of a sorority.
c. A fellow woman.
d. A close woman friend or companion.
It also includes sistership - sisterhood: an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest.

According to this definition, we are truly sisters. We have forged these bonds of a ward family and are therefore, as the word's origin would suggest, each other’s “own.” May we truly seek the Lord’s help and guidance to be in tune with who among our sisters might be in need. When we do that, we put ourselves in a place to help them gain comfort and reassurance (as Elder Quentin’s son did from his mother*) & bless their lives with the Lord’s help. We don’t have to have be their visiting teacher, just their friend.

As promised, here is the referenced video taken from lds.org, that reminds us of the impressive & divine mission of the Relief Society, of which we are all an important part. We hope you can feel, if even to a small degree, how essential each one of you are to this mission!



Thank you, THANK YOU to the many sisters who contributed to making our "Sisters Around the World" dinner such a success! And to those who were unable to attend, you were missed!

(*FYI, If you are unable to view the video here on the blog, then click here to view it at lds.org. Also, click here to see the article mentioned in our message tonight from Elder Quentin L. Cook)

Recipes from Gardening 101 Activity/Recetas de la Actividad de Jardineria

Much thanks to Dorothy for sharing such fun & healthy recipes with us. Here they are for you to try.../Muchas gracias a Dorothy por compartir recetas tan divertidas y saludables. Aqui estan para que las puede probar....

The "Green Drink"/La Bebida Verde

Combine a handful of spinach, a cup of orange juice and a quarter of fresh pineapple in blender and blend until smooth.

Mezcla una taza de espinaca, una taza de jugo de naranja y el cuarto parte de pina fresca en la liquidora hasta que sea suave.

"Dirt" Cups/Tazas de Tierra

Chocolate pudding on the bottom layer with crushed Oreos on top. Add a gummy worm to garnish!

Pudín de chocolate por abajo, otra capa de galletas de chocolate (tipo Oreo) por arriba. ¡Añade un dulce de gusano gomoso!

Sweet Potatoes – diced and baked/Papas dulces--cortadas en dados y horneados

Peel sweet potato

Dice into dollar size pieces

Place on cookie sheet with a little olive oil and salt and pepper. Bake 10 minutes on each side at 375 degrees.

Pelar la papa dulce
Cortela en pedazos de tamaño de monedas
Coloquelas en la olla de hornear galletas con un poco de aceite de olivo, sal y pimiento. Hornea 10 minutos cada lado en las 375.

ROASTED CORN & BLACK BEAN SALAD/Ensalada de maíz asado y frijoles negros

Roasted Corn/Maíz Asado

• 1 (1 pound) pkg. frozen extra sweet whole kernel corn, thawed/un paquete congelado de maíz entero extra dulce, descongelado

• 2 to 3 T. oil/2 o 3 cucharadas grandes de aceite

Dressing/Salsa de ensalada

• 1 T. kosher or salt/1 cucharada grande de sal

• ¾ tsp. cumin/¾ cucharadita de comino

• 6 T. fresh lime juice/6 cucharadas grandes de jugo de limon fresco

• 5 T. oil/5 cucharadas grandes de aceite

• 2 T. cider vinegar/2 cucharadas grandes de vinagre de sidra

Salad/Ensalada

1 c. chopped fresh cilantro/1 taza de cilantro fresca, cortado

½ c. chopped red onion/½ taza de cebolla cortado

3 Italian plum tomatoes/3 tomates italianos

2 jalapeño chilies, seeded and chopped/2 jalapeños

1 red bell pepper, chopped (1 cup)/1 taza de capsicum rojo, cortado

1 tsp. minced garlic/1 cucharadita de ajo molida

2 (15 oz.) cans of black beans, drained and rinsed/2 latas (de 15 onzas) de frijoles negros, sin agua y enjugados
2 large avocados, cut into 1 inch pieces/2 avacados grandes, cortados en pedazos de una pulgada

1 or 2 Mangoes/1 o 2 mangos

Garnish/Adornamiento

• red leaf lettuce/lechuga roja

• fresh cilantro sprigs/ramitas de cilantro fresca

Heat oven to 450°. In medium bowl, combine corn and 2-3 T. oil; toss to coat. Spread corn in ungreased 10-by-15 inch baking pan. Bake 18-22 minutes or until corn begins to turn light golden brown, stirring every 5 to 10 minutes. Cool 10 minutes.

Caliente el horno a 450°. En un plato hondo mediano, mezcla el maíz y 2 o 3 cucharadas de aceite; cubre completemente. Ponga el maíz en un olla de hornear galletas por 18 hasta 22 minutos, hasta que el maíz empieza a cambiar a color cafe mediano. Hay que mezclar cada 5-10 minutos. Deja que enfrie un poco por 10 minutos.

Asparagus, tomato, & cheese salad/Ensalada de espárragos, tomate y queso

(from Kayla N)

Steam the the chopped asparagus until it is nice and bendy then immediately put it in a bowl of ice water. This will keep the freshness in and keep it a little firm and not go mushy.

Cocinar al vapor los espárragos hasta que sea flexible y inmediatamente echalos en un plato hondo de agua con hielo. El hacer esto, guardelos frescos y firmes (no suaves).

2-3 cups cherry tomato's. I cut them into 4's./2 o 3 tazas de tomates de cireza. Los corto en el cuarto parte.

15 small balls or one large ball fresh mozzarella or boccaini balls and chopped them up into nice chunk's./15 pelotitas o una pelota grande de queso de mozzarella, cortados en trozos.

1 Bunch of asparagus/1 racimo de espárragos

Mix/Mezcla

3 sprigs fresh basil--chopped up/3 ramitas de albahaca fresca

2 tablespoons olive oil/2 cucharadas de aceite de olivo

1/4 cup red wine vinegar or balsamic vinegar/1/4 taza de vinagre de vino rojo o vinagre balsámico

But the mix can be to your taste. I love balsamic vinegar, so I added a little more of that. Just mix it up and then chill.......or eat right then. Yum!

La Mezcla puede ser a su gusto. A mi, me encanta vinagre balsámico entonces añadi un poco mas de esto. Solo hay que mezclar y enfriar....o comer ahora mismo. ¡Delicioso!

(Note: the pictures are not EXACTLY what Dorothy's recipes looked like. They're just to give an idea!/Notar: las fotos no se parecen exactamente como las recetas de Dorothy. Solamente se le den una idea. )

Gardening 101/Consejos de jardinería

Did you know...../Sabes que....

Cooking tomatoes allows the antioxidant lycopene, to be better absorbed by your body?/El cocinar de tomates deja que el antioxidante lycopene sea absorbido mejor en el cuerpo.

Eating lime with corn makes the niacin in corn available to your body to absorb?/El comer el limón verde con maíz hace que la niacina en el maíz se absorba mejor en el cuerpo.

Cooking carrots makes the beta- carotene, another form of antioxidant, more available to your body?/El cocinar de la zanahoria hace que el antioxidante beta carotene mas disponible al cuerpo.

Eating foods high in Vitamin C, like oranges and pineapple, with spinach, which is high in iron allows more of the iron to be absorbed by your body?/El comer de comida que tiene mucha vitamina "C" (como naranja y piña) junto con la espinaca (que tiene mucho hierro) deja que mas del hierro se absorba por su cuerpo.


All this information and more was shared this past Tuesday night at our Gardening activity. Much thanks to those who helped and especially to Dorothy for opening her home and sharing her knowledge with us!

Toda esta infor-macion y mas fue compar- tido este martes pasado en nuestro actividad de jardineria. Muchas gracias a aquellos quienes nos ayudaron y mas que nada, a Dorothy por abrir su hogar y compartir su conocimiento con nosotras!




Handouts from our activity/Hojas informativas de nuestra actividad:


When to plant


Yes, you should plant a garden!
page 1


page 2


Container Gardening


Companion Planting Chart

Spiritual Thought/Pensamiento Espíritual

The Tender Mercies of the Lord
Las entrañables misericordias del Señor

As a presidency, we desire to share this message with you. If you haven't already, take a moment to watch!
Como presidencia, queremos compartir este mensaje con todos. ¡Esperamos que puedan tomar un minuto para verlo!

Welcome to our new blog!/¡Bievenidos a nuestro blog!

In an effort to help our Relief Society Organization feel connected and updated, we have decided to start this blog! With time we hope to add useful links, uplifting thoughts, announcements and so on. We hope this proves to be a useful tool in helping us lift and support one another along life's journey!

Como un esfuerzo a ayudar nuestra sociedad de socorro sentir unidas e informadas, empezamos este blog! ("blog" es como un tipo de registro en el internet) Con tiempo, esperamos añadir otras cosas útiles como pensamientos estimulantes y anuncios. ¡Queremos que éste sea una herramienta útil en ayudar el uno al otro ayporarnos a lo largo del camino de la vida!

A few announcements...

Shoe drive ongoing

If you haven't already donated, there is still time. Please bring shoes, either new or in good used condition to the church in the designated boxes (in the foyer).





Gardening Activity
Tuesday March 23rd
Fluckiger's
6:30 pm
Gardening instruction and demonstration; we will also transplant small seedlings to take to sisters unable to attend. Come and plan to wear "work" clothes!




Get walking!
Want to get moving, but need a little "push?" We are excited to start a walking group! Michelle S. has graciously offered to *hostess* once a week-Tuesdays-at the Sunnyvale Park! Plan to meet there at 6:30 a.m. (note: because it is Spring Break, we will begin on 03.23.10) Interested in adding an additional day and time? Let us know!




Dallas Arboretum Activity
Sponsored by the Stake RS Presidency
Saturday March 27th
10:00 a.m. - Noon
Admission and lunch are free provided you RSVP by March 21st (next Sunday)!! Please meet at the church at 9:30 if you would like to carpool.



Save the date!!
Sisters around the World
RS Birthday Celebration
April 20th
7:00 pm
Church

We want to celebrate our sisterhood by spotlighting the foods, clothing/costumes, artifacts, collectibles, national emblems (i.e. flags, etc) from countries around the world! Specifically we would like to spotlight Argentina, Brazil, Canada, England (Great Britain), France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Holland, Ireland, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Thailand. (did we miss one?) Of course, we would love to have representation of the various regions from the USA, too! If you could help us through a table display spotlighting one of these countries and/or regions please let us (Meagan S. or Jene' H.) know asap! We would be so appreciative as this will make for a fun & memorable evening!


*Just a reminder, every 3rd Tuesday is set aside for our use of the building for RS activities!!

*Have a suggestion for an activity? Let us know~we'd love to hear about it!