tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post5633066863445181319..comments2024-03-12T10:15:07.995-05:00Comments on What's Up With The Wheelers: Bursting the BubbleUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post-40739330376672909232011-04-13T19:06:56.480-05:002011-04-13T19:06:56.480-05:00WE LOVE SERVICE!!!
One thing I always do is involv...WE LOVE SERVICE!!!<br />One thing I always do is involve my children when we take people dinner or give people rides. They also go with me to a nursing home once a month to talk to all of "our grandmas and grandpas." We look for small acts of service as well as big ones like writing notes, giving flowers/cookies, shoveling snow, and more :) I think educating them about the world and how blessed they are is important. <br />Kara- you are so wonderful! thank you for your thoughts-I'm right there with you!The Favoritehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00399985759339730447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post-27268985882807874922011-04-12T23:44:30.842-05:002011-04-12T23:44:30.842-05:00I have a friend who, just yesterday, mentions she ...I have a friend who, just yesterday, mentions she takes her children periodically to the nursing home to sing, play instruments, etc. to the older people there. She mentions that they initially complain about going but are always expressing gratitude after that they went. Don't ever discount the work you do as a mother and wife as not counting as service. It truly is a great act of service even if at times it doesn't feel that way.Susiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08707971200923190076noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post-61445737502625203412011-04-12T10:34:12.536-05:002011-04-12T10:34:12.536-05:00Wow, great food for thought. As I'm just start...Wow, great food for thought. As I'm just starting my family I'm so worried about how to raise my children to be good people and your right, service is the answer. <br /><br />One of my sister in laws does meals on wheels every week and takes one of her daughters with her. I know a lot of stores are sending origami cranes to japan and donating money for every crane made (carters is one of them I think), primary childrens hospital is always accepting fleece blankets for their little patients, maybe your community has park clean up days where you can go pull weeds. And sometimes, just a friendly smile is all a person needs. One time brian and I were out to eat and a ragged older man came into the restaurant to use their restrooms and left. I still feel horrible for not following the prompting to invite him to sit and eat with us. I'm sure he could have used the food, but I think he could have used the companionship more.Brian and Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09465482190119153935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post-70164781559438370212011-04-11T16:53:00.094-05:002011-04-11T16:53:00.094-05:00We had a similar discussion in Relief Society yest...We had a similar discussion in Relief Society yesterday. One person recommended taking children with to visit shut-ins. Another sister piped up with a very strong, "NO!" Some older people get very nervous about small children around their very unchildproof belongings. I think the bottomline is to be aware of the needs of the children at the same time being aware of the needs of the person you're offering service to. Outdoor work in a flower garden may be a blessing for the aged, but it may be a curse if all the "weeds" were actually flowers not yet bloomed that were pulled up.<br /><br />Saturday night we passed a woman on a street corner with a young child and a sign saying the shelters were full and she needed help. We drove past her and I felt bad I didn't even have a $5 in my pocket I could give her. Then yesterday during the lesson, I was asked to read the scriptures from Mosiah about not turning away a beggar because, after all, aren't we all beggars. Suddenly I found it difficult to read, because I felt so bad about not helping that woman.<br /><br />I think there are many things you'll be able to think of to help - there are so many different ways we can serve. The important thing is to reach out and DO. I am the one who would run to call 911, myself. Your comments on top of yesterday's lessons were aimed directly at me. Thank you.Julie Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02537558866433902486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18330500.post-32102035974162266682011-04-11T14:35:32.975-05:002011-04-11T14:35:32.975-05:00I have been thinking about this with my children a...I have been thinking about this with my children as well. I want them to grow up in a house where they were actively involved in service so it feels natural and good to them as they leave the nest and venture out into the world. My parents were great examples of service, but we never all served TOGETHER, and that's something we'd really like for them. We actually decided last night to dedicate one FHE a month to service. Ours will not be as far reaching as Japan, but will rather tackle some of the problems here in our own backyard. We plan to visit the widows/other lonely people in the ward for starters... and we'll see where it goes from there. I hope it's a tradition that starts small but has an impact-- and I hope that it will grow. I hope you will post some of the things that you do! I would love to steal your ideas :)Ashleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01926159543041501421noreply@blogger.com