Family Home Evening, October 15, 2007
Shauna writes: We wish you were all sitting with us in our living room in Highland for Family Home Evening!
Every person has real power! We can influence others in many ways. I have seen the power that one mentor has on a child's life; it can be life changing.
As I was looking for quotes for yet another mentor gathering, I decided to make a copy of the following quote for my office:
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
--John Wesley
Mavis sat in her comfortable rocking chair as she listened to the evening news. She heard the reporter mention that in South America many newborns were being sent home wrapped newspapers.
“Wrapped in newspaper?” said Mavis out loud. “That’s terrible!”
So Mavis went to her sewing room and went to work. Over the next few weeks she made more than 200 quilts and receiving blankets. As she finished each blanket, she gave it an affectionate hug before placing it in one of the boxes to be taken to the LDS Church’s Humanitarian Services Center for distribution.
There’s something you should know about Mavis: she was 91 years old and legally blind. But Mavis was an amazing individual. She said, “There is something I can do,” and she wanted to exert herself to make a difference to the newborns around the world.
How much time does it take to hold a hand, to offer a comforting word, to snuggle a child? In Proverbs 31:20 we read, “She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.” Remember that love is never wasted.
In the day-to-day process of living, with all of its trials, challenges, and discouragements, we often underestimate our own God-given attributes and abilities which make it possible for each of us to pattern his or her life after that of the Savior and, in fact, do some of the things he did as he lived here among men. We may never personally experience the miracle of raising the dead, or be one to turn water into wine. We may not be one of thousands who may be fed from a few loaves and fishes, or be a part of the miraculous experience of walking on a stormy sea. But, for each one of us, there are a number of Christlike patterns of living we can be a part of in our mortal sojourn. [H. Burke Peterson, “Selflessness: A Pattern for Happiness,” Ensign, May 1985, 66, available on www.lds.org]
I know that you all do so much as you serve others. I hope you know what a great influence you are for good in this world.
We love you and are so glad to be your parents and/or in-laws.
Love, Mom and Dad, Robert and Shauna Valentine
Every person has real power! We can influence others in many ways. I have seen the power that one mentor has on a child's life; it can be life changing.
As I was looking for quotes for yet another mentor gathering, I decided to make a copy of the following quote for my office:
Do all the good you can
By all the means you can
In all the ways you can
In all the places you can
To all the people you can
As long as ever you can
--John Wesley
Mavis sat in her comfortable rocking chair as she listened to the evening news. She heard the reporter mention that in South America many newborns were being sent home wrapped newspapers.
“Wrapped in newspaper?” said Mavis out loud. “That’s terrible!”
So Mavis went to her sewing room and went to work. Over the next few weeks she made more than 200 quilts and receiving blankets. As she finished each blanket, she gave it an affectionate hug before placing it in one of the boxes to be taken to the LDS Church’s Humanitarian Services Center for distribution.
There’s something you should know about Mavis: she was 91 years old and legally blind. But Mavis was an amazing individual. She said, “There is something I can do,” and she wanted to exert herself to make a difference to the newborns around the world.
How much time does it take to hold a hand, to offer a comforting word, to snuggle a child? In Proverbs 31:20 we read, “She stretcheth out her hand to the poor; yea, she reacheth forth her hands to the needy.” Remember that love is never wasted.
In the day-to-day process of living, with all of its trials, challenges, and discouragements, we often underestimate our own God-given attributes and abilities which make it possible for each of us to pattern his or her life after that of the Savior and, in fact, do some of the things he did as he lived here among men. We may never personally experience the miracle of raising the dead, or be one to turn water into wine. We may not be one of thousands who may be fed from a few loaves and fishes, or be a part of the miraculous experience of walking on a stormy sea. But, for each one of us, there are a number of Christlike patterns of living we can be a part of in our mortal sojourn. [H. Burke Peterson, “Selflessness: A Pattern for Happiness,” Ensign, May 1985, 66, available on www.lds.org]
I know that you all do so much as you serve others. I hope you know what a great influence you are for good in this world.
We love you and are so glad to be your parents and/or in-laws.
Love, Mom and Dad, Robert and Shauna Valentine
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