Visiting Teaching Thought for the Month February 2015 {Handout}

The quote that really stood out to me in February's Visiting Teaching message was the following by Elder D. Todd Christofferson (once again):

“Jesus was … a being of flesh and spirit, but He yielded not to temptation (see Mosiah 15:5). We can turn to Him … because He understands. He understands the struggle, and He also understands how to win the struggle. …"

It was only recently that I fully appreciated the life experience our Saviour, Jesus Christ gained here as he walked on the earth. He lived His life just as we did; experiencing pain, sorrow, hardship and hunger. He knows, first hand, what it is like to work hard, worry about loved ones and struggle against the odds. When He speaks to us, it is with the true compassion only one who KNOWS what it's like can have. Through it all, He remained without sin, the perfect example for us. He gave us the template towards which we work, and also His Atonement, so that with every passing day, as we try harder to be more like Him, we can repent and become pure.

This image of Christ (that I have used in my handout) is my own artwork. It is free for you to use it  as long as credit is given to me, and it is not used for commercial purposes.

I hope you enjoy using the free handout I have designed as you do your Visiting Teaching this month. It is great to give as a reminder of the lesson you have given, or to pop into a card or letter. To download the .jpg of the handout, click on the image below, for a .tiff click here.

Click here for the Spanish pdf.

Click here for the Dutch pdf.

If you would like to make fridge magnet pegs to display your "Thought for the Month", click here for the printable and tutorial.

Have a great month!

Click link below for previous Thought for the Month

• January 2015

Articles of Faith {printable}

We have recently moved into our beautiful new home, and I had a blank wall in the family room that was begging for something bright and cheerful to fill it. I came across some beautifully composed and colourful Articles of Faith printables (by It's Always Autumn) via Pinterest. As soon as I saw them I knew that they were what I wanted on my wall.

For those who don't know, we are members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The Articles of Faith are 13 statements which summarise the basic points of belief of the members of our church. We are encouraged, from childhood, to be very familiar with these statements, and even memorise them.

I have a thing about symmetry and am not a fan of prime numbers above 5, so the idea of hanging 13 frames on the wall was quite unappealing. So I designed two more pictures to match the set, one of Jesus Christ, and one of a temple, to make it a set of 15. If you would like to download either of these images, please click on the pictures below. 

Just to add a bit of baking to this post - here are the desserts made for our house warming party. They include lemon meringue pie, trifle, chocolate pie, vanilla bundt cake, chocolate fudge cake, rocky road brownies, chic-chip cookies, New York cheese cake and gingerbread houses. Now our house is really a home!