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Week 52

  Our blizzard!  Hello Everyone! Well, my first year has come and gone! Time passes so quickly! To catch you up since I've not written for a couple of weeks.New Year's Day eve we went to the assisted living center where we visit with a couple of ladies who seldon get visitors. We read 3 Nephi chapter 11 where the Savior comes to the Americas. The spirit was really strong. One of the ladies was in tears she was so moved by the scripture. We also showed them the video of Christ appearing to the people in the Americas. It is a beautiful video. If you haven't seen it, you should watch it. It's on the library app. These two ladies we visit are in the beginning stages of dementia. They don't really remember anything we read to them, but they do remember the spirit that is there when we come. They always enjoy our visits just as much as we do. We call bingo at another assisted living center. We go there  at 2:00  in the afternoon. The ladies and men that are there...

Week 55

  Hello Everyone! Time keeps marching on! It's February already! Since I'm the activity person for RS. We planned and activity for Jan 16., a Saturday. It was a Family History Activity. We had a lady in our branch that has been writing in her journals for 50 years! she even makes her own paper and journals. She talked to us about journaling and how important it becomes to our posterity. She has done so many journals. After she spoke to us we broke into 3 groups. One was on journaling, (how to get started, what kind of journal to keep, what to say etc.) Another group was Family Tree. This group had a picture of a tree and they were able to put names on the branches. Once framed, it could be hung on the wall. The last one was on technology. We wanted everyone to have "Family Tree" app on their phone or computer as well as the library app. I was over this group and the little technology I knew was more than most of the sisters there so that was good for me. We had a lunc...