http://www.ldsteach.com/archives/2004/06/21/how-often-should-we-visit/ The largest collection of Home teaching & visiting teaching resources on the Internet Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:36:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.1.3 http://www.ldsteach.com/archives/2004/06/21/how-often-should-we-visit/#comment-837 Sun, 22 Jan 2006 22:29:04 +0000 http://www.ldsteach.com/archives/2004/06/21/how-often-should-we-visit/#comment-837 I was taught the importance of visiting teaching by my mother while I was in young women's. We would go together to make her visits. I've always loved it. I've always known of its importance and never thought twice about doing it. I enjoyed getting to know my sisters, chatting with them, forwarding goofy emails, and giving great big hugs whenever we met in person. But I'll admit, I would only visit with my sisters in their homes every other month or so. And then I was assigned a new companion. She insists on visiting every single month. And visiting teaching has quickly become a chore. I don't know why it bothers me so. Maybe it's because for every sister we visit, it means another evening on the road away from my family. Or maybe it's that I now feel forced into making visits. Maybe it's a personality conflict between me and my companion. I don't know. I don't feel that joy that comes from service anymore - I just feel sad. I try not to let things bother me and still love my sisters as always, but it just feels different now. I was taught the importance of visiting teaching by my mother while I was in young women’s. We would go together to make her visits. I’ve always loved it. I’ve always known of its importance and never thought twice about doing it. I enjoyed getting to know my sisters, chatting with them, forwarding goofy emails, and giving great big hugs whenever we met in person. But I’ll admit, I would only visit with my sisters in their homes every other month or so. And then I was assigned a new companion. She insists on visiting every single month. And visiting teaching has quickly become a chore. I don’t know why it bothers me so. Maybe it’s because for every sister we visit, it means another evening on the road away from my family. Or maybe it’s that I now feel forced into making visits. Maybe it’s a personality conflict between me and my companion. I don’t know. I don’t feel that joy that comes from service anymore - I just feel sad. I try not to let things bother me and still love my sisters as always, but it just feels different now.

]]> http://www.ldsteach.com/archives/2004/06/21/how-often-should-we-visit/#comment-13 Thu, 05 Aug 2004 03:21:29 +0000 http://www.ldsteach.com/archives/2004/06/21/how-often-should-we-visit/#comment-13 Dear Sweet Sisters, My Grandmother was an inspiration to me when it came to visiting teaching. She taught me by example the importance of visiting teaching. About 14 years ago my Grandmother fell off of her porch and broke her leg just above her artifical knee. As she lay in traction in the hospital I asked her if she needed anything. The only thing she wanted was her visiting teaching books so she could make sure all of her ladies were doing thier visiting. Through her pain she felt the need to fulfill her calling. I am very active but have been in wards where I wondered if anybody even realized that I existed. Even your active sisters have needs that will go undetected if you don't visit monthly. We are proud and will not give that information up easily. Please visit everyone monthly. Love, Your sister Retta Dear Sweet Sisters,
My Grandmother was an inspiration to me when it came to visiting teaching. She taught me by example the importance of visiting teaching. About 14 years ago my Grandmother fell off of her porch and broke her leg just above her artifical knee. As she lay in traction in the hospital I asked her if she needed anything. The only thing she wanted was her visiting teaching books so she could make sure all of her ladies were doing thier visiting. Through her pain she felt the need to fulfill her calling. I am very active but have been in wards where I wondered if anybody even realized that I existed. Even your active sisters have needs that will go undetected if you don’t visit monthly. We are proud and will not give that information up easily. Please visit everyone monthly. Love, Your sister Retta

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