Vicky Hail

Last year for Christmas day we had the privledge of having our missionaries for the whole day. They had the opportunity to email their families early in the month on where they would be and they brought any presents sent to them here and put them under our tree. It was absolutely awesome, Not only spiritually but as a family we grew. We got each of them a set of writing paper and matching envelopes and enough stamps to use on them, and an address book (to write their favorite families in) lol. It was nice to have a fuller house on Christmas morning and I am pretty sure that the missionaries enjoyed it also, especially when one of the elders had just came into the mission field Thanksgiving week and one of the sisters had arrived in our area the week before Christmas. There is an organization in our area called "Heart House" they help throughout the year and not just on Christmas. They provide food, clothing, toys, even temporary shelter and will help a family get back on their feet and out on their own again by helping to find housing and pay a deposit and or first months rent. This might be the kind of organization you could check out in your local town to donate your items to. Giving a list to the missionaries of what you have or asking them what families are in need is an awesome idea since they are the ones that have the most contact with the members.

ok Tyvm for the help

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Everytime I come to the site I have to reload my avatar I've uploaded it to the site every time but it keeps going away on me why?

Happy Birthday!!!!!!!!!!!!

thank you very much. Great ideas

Make sure that your turn your heads to the heavens and say "Happy Thanksgiving Mom"

HOw about them Braves? lol let's step back for a second and remember we are adults and start concentrating on the posts instead of picking on each other :)

Honor is something that's earned, not demanded. This is one of the things that I have a hard time with. Some of the men of the church seem to demand respect instead of trying to earn it with me. Our President is awesome, he does not look down upon anyone, excluding the fact that he is the shortest person in our branch lol, he is great. He does not feel that anyone is less equal then anyone else, he takes everything that everyone says and puts it to work. But there are some that walk around like see me I'm a man respect me. Well phoey on them you best earn it from me first just as much as I have to earn your respect. You hit the nail right on the head thy little curvy one!

there is a difference between giving a thread a little controversy and coming across as an ######.

*gives a swift kick in the shins and walks away knowing that a lot more of us are so much more intelligent then giving and answer like that*

This can be really confusing to me. I have a list of what I should have for a years supply of food, but getting it going really seems to be hard. we don't have the room to put it in in our current home until we find one with a basement or some sort of storage area. How do you start? I know a little here and a little there, but how do you decide what to work on first? Do two weeks grocery shopping every week and store away one week of it when you can afford to?

My thoughts on this subject have been the same since I was old enough to understand what abortion was and what it was for. I believe that a woman and man have a right to end a pregnancy IF there is a danger of death to the mother or unborn child. IF the woman was raped, or IF the child is handicapped so severly their quality of life will be zero and the parents together feel it is in the best interest of the child for them not to have to suffer such a life. I don't feel that under any circumstances abortion should be used as birth control. There are too many ways out there to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. but not enough ways out there to help a family that can not have a child.

Ray, you are a very lucky man to have such a wife. She honors you, who possess the greater authority. She follows your leadership as head of the household….beautiful. I can see that this works for you. I honor the priesthood which my husband holds and blesses our family with (see my first post in this topic). I respect the leaders of the church to lead this church under the direction of Our Father In Heaven. I don't however presume any of those men to have a greater authority over me. My husband and I are a team and we are striving for the same goal...eternal life with our family. This is what I want to see is more "Team" work. There is no "I" In Team. We have to work "Together" if we want to achieve what Heavenly Father has set forth for us or we fail "Together." Neither the man nor woman is to blame or be totally credited for any failures or successes in our lives. "Together" we make the decisions that lead us into the next step in our lives whether it's a good step or a bad step we've gotten there "together" If it's good then we continue to enjoy it "together" if it's bad then we continue to strive to make it better "together." I don't want a man or a woman to take sole responsibility for a success or a failure we have to do it "together" to make it work.