Sisters in Zion
October 2012
From the Presidency
My dear sisters, you marvelous women who have chosen the better part, I stand in great admiration for all that you do. I see your hands in everything.
Many of you are mothers, and that is enough to occupy one's full time.
You are companions—the very best friends your husbands have or ever will have.
You are housekeepers. That doesn't sound like much, does it? But what a job it is to keep a house clean and tidy.
You are shoppers. Until I got older I never dreamed of what a demanding responsibility it is to keep food in the pantry, to keep clothing neat and presentable, to buy all that is needed to keep a home running.
You are nurses. With every illness that comes along, you are the first to be told about it and the first to respond with help. In cases of serious sickness, you are at the bedside day and night, comforting, encouraging, ministering, praying.
You are the family chauffeur. You are driving your children about on paper routes, taking them to athletic events, driving them on ward outings, hauling here, there, and everywhere as they pursue their busy lives.
Gordon B. Hinckley, "To the Women of the Church," Ensign, Nov. 2003
With that in mind we have several ways we use to keep you informed on the happenings of RS...
e-mail= if we don't have your email address here's ours mesillavalleyreliefsociety@gmail.com drop us a line and we will add you to our list.
Blog= http://mesillavalleyrs.blogspot.com/ here is our blog address. If you save it to your favorites it will be easy to return to again and again.
Facebook= We have a group on Facebook!! Mesilla Valley Ward RS
lds.org= If you have an lds.org login and password we will be posting information on the new lds.org.
And finally this newsletter. We will be putting out a new one every month. Please take one for yourself and for those you visit.
With all you do in this 21st century we hope one of these ways will help to keep you informed on what is going on. Love, your RS presidency
Focus on Family
Near the end of his life, one father looked back on how he had spent his time on earth. An acclaimed, respected author of numerous scholarly works, he said, ‘I wish I had written one less book and taken my children fishing more often.’ Time passes quickly. Many parents say that it seems like yesterday that their children were born. Now those children are grown, perhaps with children of their own. ‘Where did the years go?’ they ask. We cannot call back time that is past, we cannot stop time that now is, and we cannot experience the future in our present state. Time is a gift, a treasure not to be put aside for the future but to be used wisely in the present."
Salvation and Exaltation Russell M. Nelson
Emergency
Preparedness
Message
Pick one out-of-state and one local friend/family member to call in a disaster.
Teach children the phone numbers.
Pick two reunion locations, one right outside of your home, and one away from your neighborhood in case you cannot return.
Take a basic first aid and CPR class.
Visiting Teaching Message
HONORING OUR COVENANT
1. How do my covenants strengthen me?
2. How am I helping the sisters I watch over to keep their covenants?
OCTOBER
Birthdays
Karen Douds=1st
Claire Otero=2nd
Rebecca Slaughter=2nd
Christinne Stauffer=2nd
Irma Escalante=5th
Lydia Partin=5th
Esmeralda Reyes=8th
Lisa Schaefer=10th
Jolene Ficklin=14th
Bethany Lujan=15th
Michelle, Martinez=15th
Maria Anaya=18th
Carolyn Dixon=21st
Shara Zubiate=23rd
Betsy Stringam=26th
Connie Vallance=29th
Linda Miller=30th
Blessings of the Priesthood
Are Available to All
“And also all they who receive this priesthood receive me, saith the Lord” (D&C 84:35).
Love to all!!!
