Dear
Sisters,
September is over, the kids are back in school and the nights are getting
cooler. This is my favorite time of the year! I love the change of
the seasons and the time of the year when we are focusing on being thankful and
our Savior. When we are thinking of families, friends and neighbors.
Giving service to those in need, magnifying our callings, trying to be
better missionaries, and doing all we can to help others.
Next week we will have the privilege to watch General Conference and listen to
our beloved Prophet and other leaders of our church. Let us gather with
our families and listen to those messages that will lift us up and bring us
closer to our Heavenly Father. To find those talks that we feel are given
to us personally to help us be better sisters and to help us teach our children
important gospel principles.
President Uchtdorf in the October issue of the Ensign magazine gave three basic
concepts to help us better receive and remember the words spoken at conference.
1. Members of the church are entitled to personal revelation as they listen to
and study the words spoken at general conference.
2. Don't discount a message merely because it sounds familiar.
3. The words spoken at general conference should be a compass that points
the way for us during the coming months.
He continues to say "What a privilege it is to hear God's messages for
each of us during general conference!" I believe what he says is true and
I have a testimony that it is true.
I am grateful for all of your examples, for your service in our ward and the
love each one of you has for the Savior. Let us continue to strive to
always have the spirit in our lives, to be good to one another and always
remember who we are and where we want our destination to be.
Love to you all,
Janet Sims
