Sunday, March 27, 2011

RS bulletin March 27, 2011

Relief Society News
Lindon 11th Ward, March 27, 2011

Conducting Lisa Jacobs
Op. Hymn 107, Lord Accept Our True Devotion
Opening Prayer Mary Jane Johnson
Lesson TFOT Never Leave Him
taught by Marilyn Bruning
Cl. Hymn 85, How Firm a Foundation v 1,7
Closing Prayer Lise Carpenter

Announcements
Dates to Remember
Apr 2nd-3rd—General Conference
Apr 6th—RS meeting—the Carl Bloch Exhibit See below
Apr7th—Stake YW Transition Dinner 6:00 pm
Apr 9th—Primary Breakfast, 9-10:30 am See below
Apr 9th—Tri Stake Dance at the Stake Center 8:30 pm
Apr 9th—Ward Temple Night 6:00 pm
Apr 11th-15th Spring Break

If you would like to attend the Carl Bloch Exhibit on April 6th, please sign up on the lists in the RS binders. We will meet at 7:30 pm at the church parking lot and carpool to the exhibit.

The annual Primary breakfast is Saturday, April 9th, from 9-10:30 am at the Stake Center. The Primary theme for this year is “I Know the Scriptures are True.” So please make sure your primary age children come to the party knowing their favorite scripture or scripture hero and why it’s their favorite. They will be written up and put on the primary bulletin board.

Are you able to add a little Family History or Temple Work into your busy schedule this week? Below is a little chart for the week. Look it over and see what you can do to include family history/temple work.
M, 3/28 T,3/29 W,3/30 Th,3/31 F,4/1 S, 4/2 S, 4/3
Conference Conference

This week’s recipe on the blog: German Pancakes
Go to lindon11thrs.blogspot.com for information, recipes, and audio
lesson presentations. The lessons can now be heard!!

Reminder about the humanitarian project— If you are filling bags, it’s time to start collecting supplies. The entire project needs to be completed by the end of March (That’s Thursday!!) If you still need a bag to fill, please contact Marta D., Marta V., or Mary Jane TODAY! The filled bags can be delivered the Martas or Mary Jane.

A few things coming up this summer:
June 3rd-5th Zion’s Camp
June 13th-17th Girl’s Camp
June 18th Daughters of Valor day Camp
June 24th-25th Stripling Warriors Camp
July 14th-16th Ward Youth Conference
Scout camp?

If you have announcements you want in the RS bulletin, please email lisecarpenter1@gmail.com by Friday night. Also, if you want a handout passed around, please give 4 copies to me and I’ll put them in the binders before RS and Primary.

Saturday, March 26, 2011

April Newsletter

I’m neither a writer nor poet, but I do like lists! Here’s a list of RS happenings:

• April Visiting Teaching Message: The Purpose of Relief Society. This message contains a beautiful testimony of the covenants we have made and the ways we can keep them.
• 4.06 - Carl Bloch Exhibit, meet at church at 7:30 to “Carl” pool.
• 4.07 - YW transition to Relief Society dinner, 6pm. This is a Stake event for senior YW and parents.
• Lindon 11th RS Blogspot is another resource for Cannery information, Emergency Preparedness info, Recipes, and recordings of lessons you may have missed or want to hear again!
• April and all it’s goodness list: General Conference, Spring, Easter, Daffodils, Tulips, Spring……

Wednesday, March 23, 2011

From an LDS member in Japan about Preparedness

Hi Everyone,
We're doing "fine" here. Considering what is going on around us. When the first big quake hit, around 2:45 in the afternoon on Friday, I ran to Gray's room and grabbed him out of his crib. We've had plenty of earthquakes in the 2.5 years we've been here, but this one was huge. Gabe started crying and calling for me --I got him too and we huddled on the stairs away from windows and light fixtures. The two big boys were walking home from school and came in while the house was still shaking. They thought it was exciting. I yelled at them to "GET BACK OUTSIDE!" because I'd just been told if you're outside, you're supposed to stay outside! I sat on the stairs praying: "Please protect my kids, please protect my kids, please protect my kids..." It seemed to last forever (around 5 minutes I've heard) and then the aftershocks just kept coming and coming. They're still coming.

They evacuated the hospital and Doug was able to come home around 4. [I can't tell you what a relief it was to have my whole entire family safe and together. And how upsetting it was/is to think of people all over Japan who have family unaccounted for. It's really hard for me whenever one of the husbands has to leave.]

Since then, the power has been out and we haven't had any heat or access to phones (to the states) or Internet (except Doug getting one e-mail out from the hospital.) Friday evening we moved our friends in with us (Tami and Wes and three kids) since they just shipped all of their stuff to the states in preparation for their move in two weeks. It's been nice to have them around because everyone is on edge and extremely stressed. (And Tami is very cool under pressure! She's amazing. Me, not so much turns out.)

Yesterday (Saturday) they opened the commissary (No lights, cash only) and we grabbed some extra food, water and diapers. Since we have the standard Mormon "food storage" I wasn't too worried about running out of food or water, but I didn't have any spare diapers so was happy to buy three big boxes yesterday for Gray-Gray. (And yes, I bought two big cans of hot chocolate. Priorities, people!)

We went to church for a shortened meeting to take the sacrament and get the news today. All members of the branch have been accounted for and we've heard that all the missionaries in Japan are accounted for also. (Big relief.)

The power is now back on off-base which is how I have Internet access right now. We're at Tami's house. Hopefully it stays on.

I must say it was pretty frustrating to try to get into my email to contact my Mom (who's not answering the phone) and not be able to log in. I decided to try to leave a message for her via my blog which is when I discovered I'd been hacked. I was extremely frustrated and not even remotely thrilled about that! Dear B and C, please PLEASE don't ever hack my blog again. For any reason!!! Also, sometimes you're not funny. This was one of those times.

Anyway, evidently Misawa is going to become the base for rescue operations in nearby prefectures. We were asked at church to see what extra coats, blankets, food and water we can round up to donate to the Japanese people nearby. I feel heart sick thinking of those who've lost homes and loved ones. Although you probably know much more than me, I hear the devastation is extremely great. We were lucky to be so safe on base and grateful our off-base friends and neighbors were okay.

The earthquakes (aftershocks) haven't stopped and I spent all night last night having nightmares about running from collapsing and buckling buildings. The kids are on edge and tantrums are at an all time high. They keep busy playing during the day, but when it gets dark and we have to ration flashlights and candles it gets extra hard to keep the peace.

A few things I've been wanting to tell people and note for the future:

*Get an old school, corded phone. If the power goes out, your cordless wont work. We were lucky to have a corded phone upstairs which helped Doug coordinate with the Branch President to get accountability of church members. (The phones have worked on-base off and on, but we were never able to get a call through to the states.)

*Speaking of accountability, in an emergency, if you're going to leave your house--leave a note on the door saying where you are going so when guys from church or work coming looking, they'll know where you are.

*When the power went out, people off base couldn't get their cars out of their garage. Turns out there is a special crank to use but most of our friends didn't have it or know what it was. Luckily Tami had parked outside and was able to get her kids to our house Friday.

*We've been cooking with our camping equipment. Note to self: Buy a 20 pack of small propane tanks. We've also used our outdoor BBQ (in the cold) and I'm wishing I had a spare tank of Propane for that. (We still don't have power and don't know when it will come back on On Base. Estimates have said 24 hours (we're way past that) to 1 week, to indefinite.)

*Do you have an extra refill of your prescriptions in your 72 hour kit? It's terrifying to imagine running out of the things you take every day. Also, the thought of my kids getting sick and not having enough Children's Advil and/or Tylenol made me pretty nervous until I verified we had some of each.

*For ONCE I was glad to be doing Dave Ramsey yesterday when we had plenty of cash on hand to shop at the commissary. But we also have a cash and yen emergency fund hidden in the house for back-up which was very comforting.

*While I'm making notes to myself: Buy a hand crank wheat grinder and blender! (We have a freezer full of frozen fruit to make smoothies but no way to blend anything.)

*Flashlights are a pain in my butt. All of our stupid Rayovac crappy-**** batteries that I had stored for an emergency, LEAKED! So the flashlights are all slowly dying, being over used by the children, and being misplaced. The best source of light the last two nights has been the pillar candles I've had in the cupboard for fancy table settings. They seem to burn pretty slow and shed a lot of light. I've gone through 3 and have 1 left. Wish I had a 20 pack of those in my 72 hour pack. It would be nice not to worry about running out. Small, light weight, energy efficient lanterns would be nice too.

*Also, my next house will have a wood burning fire place. This all would have been much easier if we could have been warm.

*Also, I'm buying all my kids a down comforter. We have one on our bed and we've been fine at night, but the kids need 20 blankets piled up to stay warm. (Actually, the two big boys each have a two layer fleece blanket which is pretty warm, but unfortunately, they're not very big.)

(Poor little Gray had to spend yesterday in his snow suit to stay warm. The poor little guy must be sensing the stress because he's been quite out of sorts. He's always shivering (even when bundled) and very clingy. The kids are all confused and upset but mostly hanging in there. Like I said, it's been nice to have friends to keep us company.)

Sorry, I'm rambling on and on but I've had all this stress for the last two days and my main way to process is by writing my thoughts down. So I've been going a little nuts feeling so disconnected.

A few more random thoughts:
*The last two days this thought kept running through my head "All are safely gathered in.". I can't express enough how glad I was/am to have my family around me. Please say a prayer for our many many friends with deployed spouses. This is a very stressful time here and it's really sucky for them to be apart. Also, please pray for all the Japanese people who are missing or displaced. So sad.

*We were very blessed on base to have running (freezing cold) water. Off base, sewer lines broke and contaminated the water supply they weren't even supposed to touch it.

*Today we sang "I Need Thee Every Hour" at church. Has a lot of meaning right now.

Okay, there are other people who need to use this computer. Everyone on base is coming off base to try to contact family.

Tami's husband (Pilot) is at work trying to coordinate rescue efforts so I should go down and help her take care of the multitude of children and get everyone some lunch.

Please pray for us (us being everyone in Japan) and if you feel so inclined, find a way to send some warm blankets to people who've lost their homes. Don't know when I'll be back on-line again, but hopefully soon.

Thanks to everyone for your concern. I knew (figured) there were people praying for us back in the states and it helped to think about that.

Monday, March 21, 2011

April RS Meeting

Relief Society Meeting
Wed. April 6
Meet at 7:30 to carpool to BYU Museum of Art to see the inspiring Carl Bloch exhibit

We have tickets for 8:00 pm.

We need sisters who want to come, to sign up on the clipboard that will be passed around on Sunday, so we can get a count of how many are going and make sure we have enough tickets.

Or you can email Stephanie Larson at thelarsons@xmission.com.

Sunday, March 20, 2011

RS Bulletin Mrach 20, 2011

Relief Society News
Lindon 11th Ward, March 20, 2011

Conducting Lisa Jacobs
Op. Hymn 309, As Sisters in Zion
Opening Prayer
Lesson Service
taught by Chrissy Ladd
Cl. Hymn 153, Lord We Ask Thee
Closing Prayer
Announcements

Dates to Remember
Mar 23rd —YMYW sponsored fundraising carnival—6:00pm See below
Mar 26th—Young Women General Broadcast 6:00 pm Dessert served after the broadcast.
Apr 2nd-3rd—General Conference
Apr 6th—RS meeting—the Carl Bloch Exhibit
Apr7th—Stake YW Transition Dinner
Apr 9th—Primary Breakfast, 9-10:30 am

This week’s recipe: Fudge in a Bag (from Sarah Pollister’s lesson last week)
Ingredients:
3 oz pkg of cream cheese
1 lb box of powdered sugar
2 packets of cocoa mix or 1/2 cup of cocoa
2 tablespoons of butter
2 1 gal zip lock storage bags
Place all ingredients in one of the zip lock bags, close and put it in the next zip lock bag. Give everyone a turn at squishing the bags to mix. Mix until smooth... Enjoy!

Go to lindon11thrs.blogspot.com for information, recipes, and audio
lesson presentations. The lessons can now be heard!!

Are you able to add a little Family History or Temple Work into your busy schedule this week? Below is a little chart for the week. Look it over and see what you can do to include family history/temple work.
M, 3/21 T,3/22 W,3/23 Th,3/24 F,3/25 S, 3/26 S, 3/27

The annual Fund Raising Carnival for the Young Men and Young Women is coming up this Wednesday, March 23rd, at 6:00 pm. Everyone (including extended family) is invited for a fun evening of food (dinner available) and games and bake sale and auction! There is something for everyone!!

You are invited to attend Ward Choir practice today at the Sorenson’s home from 1:30-2:20 pm.

Reminder about the humanitarian project—If you are sewing bags, please finish as soon as possible. If you are filling bags, it’s time to start collecting supplies. The entire project needs to be completed by the end of March. The school bags and supplies will be a great help to children who need them.

A few things coming up this summer:
June 3rd-5th Zion’s Camp
June 13th-17th Girl’s Camp
June 18th Daughters of Valor day Camp
June 24th-25th Stripling Warriors Camp
July 14th-16th Ward Youth Conference

Even though March has 31 days, it’s almost 2/3 over. Is this a good week to visit teach your sisters?

If you have announcements you want in the RS bulletin, please email lisecarpenter1@gmail.com by Friday night. Also, if you want a handout passed around, please give 4 copies to me and I’ll put them in the binders before RS.

Wednesday, March 16, 2011

BEEF STEW Shifts are FULL!

Thanks :-)

BEEF STEW!

We are needing a few more people to help us on Friday, March 18th for a make-up day for family canning. You are eligible to purchase up to 5 cases of BEEF STEW @ $36/case of 24, 14.5 oz cans if you are available to help.

We still need the following help:

8:00 a.m. – 5 people
10:00 a.m. – 2 people
12:00 p.m. - 2 people
2:00 p.m. – 10 people
4:00 p.m. – 9 people

Shifts are 2.5 hours. You must be able to stay for the entire shift!!!!!! Please do not sign-up if you can’t be here for the entire time.

IF YOU CAN COME, HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO DO:Reply to this email with your name, phone number, preferred shift time and the number of cases of stew you would like to purchase .
a. If you have a 2nd option of shift times, please list that as well.

IF WE NEED YOU TO COME…we will reply to your email telling you what time you are scheduled to be here. If your plans change, please be sure to call (801-785-0998) to let us know. Sending an email will not work for cancellations.

If you don’t hear from us, your requested shift time was filled and we thank you for your willingness, but you won’t need to come. We may contact you at the last minute if cancellations happen.

Sunday, March 13, 2011

RS Bulletin March 13, 2011

Relief Society News
Lindon 11th Ward, March 13, 2011

Conducting Lisa Jacobs
Op. Hymn 252, Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel
Opening Prayer Mary Hasler
Lesson Work and Personal Responsibility
taught by Sarah Pollister
Cl. Hymn 153, Lord We Ask Thee Ere We Part
Closing Prayer Marilee Olson
Announcements
Dates to Remember
Mar 23rd —YMYW sponsored fundraising carnival—See below
Mar 26th—Young Women General Broadcast
Mar 27th—Fast Sunday
Apr 2nd-3rd—General Conference
This week’s recipes in the blog: St. Patrick’s Day Cupcakes from Better Homes and Gardens
Go to lindon11thrs.blogspot.com for information, recipes, and audio
lesson presentations.
The annual Fund Raising Carnival for the Young Men and Young Women is coming up on March 23rd at 6:00 pm. Everyone is invited for a fun evening of food and games and bake sale and auction! Youth will be coming to your home on Wednesday so you can purchase tickets and food ahead.
TODAY!! Mothers of Young Women going to camp need to go to the cultural hall after the 3rd hour to sign permission slips for girl’s camp.
You are invited to attend Ward Choir practice today at the Sorenson’s home from 1:30-2:20 pm.



Our Bishopric has asked us to increase our efforts in Temple Work and Family History. We are promised great blessings for ourselves and families as we do so.
Are you able to add a little Family History or Temple Work into your busy schedule this week? Below is a little chart for the week. Look it over and see what you can do to include family history/temple work.
M, 3/14 T,3/15 W,3/16 Th,3/17 F,3/18 S, 3/19 S, 3/20


A few things coming up this summer:
June 3rd-5th Zion’s Camp
June 13th-17th Girl’s Camp
June 18th Daughters of Valor day Camp
June 24th-25th Stripling Warriors Camp
Even though March has 31 days, it’s almost half over. Is this a good week to visit teach your sisters?

Sunday, March 6, 2011

RS Bulletin March 6, 2011

Relief Society News
Lindon 11th Ward, March 6, 2011

Conducting Lisa Jacobs
Op. Hymn 125, How Gentle God’s Commands
Opening Prayer Stephanie Larson
Lesson Presidency message
Taught by Karen Smith
Cl. Hymn 98, I Need Thee Every Hour
Closing Prayer Sunday Horman
Announcements
Dates to Remember
Mar 10th—Melchizedek Priesthood Preview Dinner 6:30 pm at the 200 S. building
Mar 12th—Ward Temple Day 6:00 pm session
Mar 12th—Tri Stake Youth Dance 8:30 pm at the Stake Center
Mar 13th—Daylight Savings Time begins
Mar 23rd —YMYW sponsored fundraising carnival—See below
Mar 26th—Young Women General Broadcast
Mar 27th—Fast Sunday
Apr 2nd-3rd—General Conference
This week’s recipes in the blog: Berry Batter Cake—served at the Stake RS meeting on February 24th. If you were there, you know it’s delicious! Also, Dave Lawson’s Creamy White Chili is now on the blog and it’s delicious, too.
Go to lindon11thrs.blogspot.com for information, recipes, and audio
lesson presentations.
The annual Fund Raising Carnival for the Young Men and Young Women is coming up on March 23rd at 6:00 pm. Everyone is invited for a fun evening of food and games and auction!
The stake gardening class continues this Friday night at 7:00 pm at the 200 South building.
Thanks to everyone to helped with the Relief Society Birthday celebration on Wednesday. Everything was perfect and we were all inspired to become “angels”.
Our Bishopric has asked us to increase our efforts in Temple Work and Family History. We are promised great blessings for ourselves and families as we do so.
Are you able to add a little Family History or Temple Work into your busy schedule this week? Below is a little chart for the week. Look it over and see what you can do to include family history/temple work.
M, 3/7 T,3/8 W,3/9 Th,3/10 F,3/11 S, 3/12 S, 3/13
Ward temple day

A few things coming up this summer:
June 3rd-5th Zion’s Camp
June 13th-17th Girl’s Camp
June 18th Daughters of Valor day Camp
June 24th-25th Stripling Warriors Camp