Our conference was centered around “Being” a Visiting Teacher vs. “Doing” your visiting teaching.

Since it is the sisters who already do their visiting teaching that usually attend the conference, instead of increasing our percentage I wanted to focus on the quality of our visiting teaching.

The lesson focused on how we need to “bee sincere”, bee aware of needs, bee a friend, bee patient, bee-lieve that we can make a difference, bee-come an instrument of the Lord, bee an example, etc.

I wrote the following poem and printed it on the back of the program:

“It’s only mid-month, and you’re all done!”… or so others would say;
“You did your visits early, now they won’t get in your way.”

You know better, you have learned that visiting teaching done right
Isn’t a once-a-month calling, but an outpouring of love day or night.

Yes, a checkmark was already there, on your list next to her name,
But she got sick after that visit, and was so grateful that you came.

Instead of focusing on the “doing”, think instead of what you’ll “bee”
The visits will be reported, but more importantly,

You’ll “bee” a visiting teacher, the way the Lord intends;
And each and every sister will have a true and loving friend.

Anonymous

Posted by John in Visiting Teaching, VT-Leader Resources