Our Family Home Evening Lesson

 We have continued to give Family Home Evenings to the Military Families in both wards in which we work, the Fort Bragg Ward and the Fayetteville 3rd Ward. During January our lesson focused on The Family A Proclamation to the World. In the October 2005 General Conference Elder M. Russell Ballard gave a talk in which he said "Today I call upon members of the Church and on committed parents, grandparents, and extended family members everywhere to hold fast to this great proclamation, to make it a banner not unlike General Moroni’s “title of liberty,” and to commit ourselves to live by its precepts. As we are all part of a family, the proclamation applies to everyone."

We have built our lesson around this quote. We taught them about the meaning of the Proclamation and how it should be held up like a banner.  Then we make a banner and write some of the principles taught in the Proclamation upon it. We tell the children to save it and hang it up in their room or someplace at home. One of the girls asked her mom if she could take it to school for show and tell. She will make a great missionary. It has been a delight to share with the families.

Transfer Day

 Transfer Days are very exciting. If an Elder or Sister in our District are being transferred to a new area we take them to Raleigh, about 1 1/2 hours from our area, where they attend a transfer meeting and meet their new companion. Then we bring back the Elder or Sister that is coming to take their place in our District. We enjoy visiting with them on the way, or coming back getting to know the new one. They are wonderful and so prepared to do the Lords work. It is always a good experience for us.

It is hard to say good by. We get to know them pretty well as we work together in the two Wards and one Branch we work in together. They always make us feel special and we have developed great friendships.