Author Archives: Kristin

Paper Sack Review

During yesterday’s singing time I wanted to review our songs from January and February, while having some fun songs and activities thrown in. I used this idea from Crazy Chorister, altered a little to suit my purposes. I put each … Continue reading

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Sister Scriptorians en espanol

Thanks to Amanda, who sent me the Spanish translation for March’s sister scriptorian handout! Hermanas, you can download here.

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Sister Scriptorians

The Visiting Teaching Message for March is entitled, “Strengthening Faith in God the Father and Jesus Christ through Personal Scripture Study“. I love the term “sister scriptorians”, phrased by President Kimball in this message. It sounds so powerful, almost super-hero-like, … Continue reading

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Avoiding Debt

The Visiting Teaching Message for February is “Managing Resources Wisely and Staying Out of Debt”. I was really drawn to the last paragraph of the message, where it talks about how we need to exercise faith in the Savior to … Continue reading

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Self-Reliance

The Visiting Teaching Message for January is about self-reliance. Since January is also the month of resolutions, I made a little goal planner intended to help us think about the ways in which we can improve our self-reliance. The nice … Continue reading

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Develop and Increase in Compassion

The December Visiting Teaching message is about compassion – how we can develop and increase in it, and how we can nurture through compassionate service. I chose the quote by President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, Second Counselor in the First Presidency, … Continue reading

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Become More Diligent and Concerned at Home

For the month of November, we can choose the message we would like to share with our visiting teaching sisters from the last General Conference. I chose a talk from Elder David A. Bednar, entitled, Become More Diligent and Concerned … Continue reading

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Rising Generation

The Visiting Teaching Message for October is about nurturing the rising generation. I chose these quotes to share with my sisters: “Our rising generation is worthy of our best efforts to support and strengthen them in their journey to adulthood. … Continue reading

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Being an Oak

The Visiting Teaching Message for September is about how we can better understand and live the gospel of Christ. I chose this quote by Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles to share with my sisters: … Continue reading

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Lifelong Learning

The Visiting Teaching Message for August is entitled, “Seek Education and Lifelong Learning“. I was inspired by the kit Hand Picked Daisy made last September, and wanted to put together something similar. I glued this quote from Elder Robert D. … Continue reading

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