Recent Street Display in Jena
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| Thanks to Elder Ludlow for the pictures! |
Do you spend your entire P-Day wishing that you could have a street display as AWESOME as this one?!
Well, your troubles are over.
Order here. Today.
24 June 2013
16 June 2013
New Missionaries!
Well, sure
enough we recieved our latest batch of freshly MTC'd Goldens! What a powerful
bunch! We are so excited to welcome our wonderful Sisters!
Sister
Carlson, Jessica Ellece
Sister
Miller, Baylee Elizabeth
Sister Petersen, Amanda Jane
Sister Weber, Kristi
Sister
Young, Carol Ann
Welcome
also to our Elders!
Elder Allen, Jonathan Spencer
Elder Allen, Jordan Paul
Elder
Anderson, Nikora Philip
Elder
Baker, Ryan Thomas
Elder
Bennett, Connor J
Elder
Bishop, Taylor Joel
Elder Boyd,
Travis Johnathan
Elder
Brandner, Chase Thomas
Elder
Cassell, Austin Tanner
Elder
Emery, Nicholas Derek
Elder
Hawker, Keaton Kristian
Elder
Hobson, Casey Lynn
Elder
Ishimatsu, Erik Kaelan
Elder Jensen, Blake Michael
Elder Langford, Ryan Nicholas
Elder Lassley, Royce Daniel
Elder Lewis, David Brimhall
Elder Miller, Daniel Thomas
Elder Moeller, Ty Daniel
Elder Muller, Jacob Matthew
Elder Norman, David Reeve
Elder Sandbakken, Tanner Joseph
Elder Thompson, Tanner Jay
For
Pictures of the new missionaries and their trainers click here
8 May 2013
Spiritual Thought
We just had a transfer last week. A transfer represents a change in our lives and a journey to another place and time.
We have transfers in our own lives. There's a transfer when we get married. We have transfers in our lives when we finish school and start or finish our occupations.
Some of us will have many more transfers in life. Some of us already had many transfers. It is part of the journey.
This is our last transfer in our mission life. I think about all the things we have been able to do while on this mission. I have had a wonderful journey. Then I think of the things I would like to have done and things that I would have done differently.
We heard at stake conference last week that it isn't the grade at the end of the test that is important. It is the lessons and progress we make on the journey that matters.
In 2. Nephi 2:25 it reads: "Adam fell that men might be and men are that they might have joy."
Thomas S. Monson: Finding Joy in the Journey (2008):
This is our one and only chance at mortal life, here and now. He said that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not.
Thomas S. Monson quoted a famous author: Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present-love, health, family friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness the waste land of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.
The ancient Roman philosopher Horace admonished: "Whatever hour God has blessed us with, take it with grateful hand, nor postpone your joys from year to year, so that in whatever place you have been you may say that you have lived happily.
Erma Bombeck wrote an article when she found out she was going to have her last transfer in life because she was dying from cancer. She wrote about things she would have liked to have done and things that she would have done differently:
- I would have talked less and listened more
- I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life
- I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth
- I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains
- There would have been more "I love you" and more "I'm sorry"
- Stop sweating the small stuff
- Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more or who's doing what. Instead, cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us
- But mostly, given another shot of life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it... live it and never give it back
Despite the changes which come into our lives and with gratitude in our hearts, may we fill our days - as much as we can - with those things which matter most.
Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love with friends and family.
by Sister ShimizuWinder
We have transfers in our own lives. There's a transfer when we get married. We have transfers in our lives when we finish school and start or finish our occupations.
Some of us will have many more transfers in life. Some of us already had many transfers. It is part of the journey.
This is our last transfer in our mission life. I think about all the things we have been able to do while on this mission. I have had a wonderful journey. Then I think of the things I would like to have done and things that I would have done differently.
We heard at stake conference last week that it isn't the grade at the end of the test that is important. It is the lessons and progress we make on the journey that matters.
In 2. Nephi 2:25 it reads: "Adam fell that men might be and men are that they might have joy."
Thomas S. Monson: Finding Joy in the Journey (2008):
This is our one and only chance at mortal life, here and now. He said that among the greatest lessons we are to learn in this short sojourn upon the earth are lessons that help us distinguish between what is important and what is not.
Thomas S. Monson quoted a famous author: Both abundance and lack of abundance exist simultaneously in our lives, as parallel realities. It is always our conscious choice which secret garden we will tend... when we choose not to focus on what is missing from our lives but are grateful for the abundance that's present-love, health, family friends, work, the joys of nature, and personal pursuits that bring us happiness the waste land of illusion falls away and we experience heaven on earth.
The ancient Roman philosopher Horace admonished: "Whatever hour God has blessed us with, take it with grateful hand, nor postpone your joys from year to year, so that in whatever place you have been you may say that you have lived happily.
Erma Bombeck wrote an article when she found out she was going to have her last transfer in life because she was dying from cancer. She wrote about things she would have liked to have done and things that she would have done differently:
- I would have talked less and listened more
- I would have cried and laughed less while watching television and more while watching life
- I would have taken the time to listen to my grandfather ramble about his youth
- I would have sat on the lawn with my grass stains
- There would have been more "I love you" and more "I'm sorry"
- Stop sweating the small stuff
- Don't worry about who doesn't like you, who has more or who's doing what. Instead, cherish the relationships we have with those who do love us
- But mostly, given another shot of life, I would seize every minute... look at it and really see it... live it and never give it back
Despite the changes which come into our lives and with gratitude in our hearts, may we fill our days - as much as we can - with those things which matter most.
Let us relish life as we live it, find joy in the journey and share our love with friends and family.
by Sister ShimizuWinder
29 April 2013
Example of a great letter to ward leaders
Dear Ward Leaders
Following impressions I received from the stake conference this past weekend I feel it important to extend an invitation to us as ward leaders, and for you to extend the same invitation to those you have a stewardship for, to involve the Lord more in our missionary efforts.
The Area Presidency have again designated June as a ‘month of invitation’. We are invited to be a part of that and I would encourage us all to use the coming fast Sunday to help us prepare for it. Sister Kearon taught us that if we pray to know who we can ‘rescue’ or invite, names will come into our mind. If we put this principle into practice I know that many lives will be blessed through our efforts. I suggest the following steps to help:
· At the start of your fasting take time to pray and ask the Lord for help to know who to invite to attend a sacrament meeting.
· Keep a pen and paper with you and note down any names that come to your mind. These names may come whilst you are still fasting and they may also come during the following days and weeks.
· Pray and ask for opportunities to invite those whose names you have noted down.
· Share the names and your plans to invite with somebody you trust
· Act on your promptings to invite the people and ‘do it’.
· Report back on what happened to the person you told your plans to.
· Involve the Lord in each stage so you can be guided by the Spirit.
We are blessed to ...
<For the whole letter see: Frankfurt International Ward>
Following impressions I received from the stake conference this past weekend I feel it important to extend an invitation to us as ward leaders, and for you to extend the same invitation to those you have a stewardship for, to involve the Lord more in our missionary efforts.
The Area Presidency have again designated June as a ‘month of invitation’. We are invited to be a part of that and I would encourage us all to use the coming fast Sunday to help us prepare for it. Sister Kearon taught us that if we pray to know who we can ‘rescue’ or invite, names will come into our mind. If we put this principle into practice I know that many lives will be blessed through our efforts. I suggest the following steps to help:
· At the start of your fasting take time to pray and ask the Lord for help to know who to invite to attend a sacrament meeting.
· Keep a pen and paper with you and note down any names that come to your mind. These names may come whilst you are still fasting and they may also come during the following days and weeks.
· Pray and ask for opportunities to invite those whose names you have noted down.
· Share the names and your plans to invite with somebody you trust
· Act on your promptings to invite the people and ‘do it’.
· Report back on what happened to the person you told your plans to.
· Involve the Lord in each stage so you can be guided by the Spirit.
We are blessed to ...
<For the whole letter see: Frankfurt International Ward>
28 March 2013
Expertenkommentar: Erkältungen vermeiden – Tipps fürs Immunsystem
Die nasskalte Jahreszeit ist immer auch
die Hochzeit für Erkältung, Schnupfen & Co. – und wen die Virusinfektion
einmal heimgesucht hat, der kann nur noch an Symptomen kurieren und warten,
dass es vorbeigeht. Vorbeugen ist daher die beste Medizin. Beim Immuncheck
hilft Prof. Dr. Roland Lang, Professor für angeborene Immunität und Pathogenerkennung
an der Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg:
Unser Immunsystem schützt uns im
Normalfall sehr wirksam gegen gefährliche Krankheitserreger. Das gilt vor allem
für den jungen, ansonsten gesunden Menschen. Wer dennoch jeden Herbst und
Winter wieder von Schnupfen, Husten und Heiserkeit geplagt wird, der wünscht
sich einen noch besseren körpereigenen Schutz vor Viren und Bakterien – kurz:
ein besseres Immunsystem.
Es sinnvoll, einige einfache Grund
- Regeln zu beachten,
1) Ernährung als wichtiger Faktor
Auf eine ausgewogene Ernährung
achten: Das stellt sicher, dass kein Defizit an Vitaminen,
Spurenelementen etc. entsteht. Wichtig ist es gerade bei trockener Kälte
ausreichend zu trinken, um die Schleimhäute feucht zu halten.
2) Vorbeugen durch Hygiene
Mit jedem Nieser werden Erkältungsviren in feinen Tröpfchen in der Luft
verteilt, weshalb dichte Menschenansammlungen in geschlossenen Räumen das
Risiko für eine Ansteckung erhöhen. Die in asiatischen Ländern gerne benutzten
Mundschutzmasken senken hier das Risiko. Erkältungs- und Grippeviren werden
aber auch durch Schmierinfektion übertragen, zum Beispiel durch einen
Händedruck nach dem Niesen mit vorgehaltener Hand oder über kontaminierte
Oberflächen. Regelmäßiges Händewaschen schützt deshalb erwiesenermaßen auch vor
Erkältungen und der Grippe.
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