Prepare Spiritually: FHE

FHE: Teaching Others by Shauna Gibby

But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. (Mosiah 4:15)

Conference Talk:
For more information on this topic read "Teaching Helps Save Lives," by Russell T. Osguthorpe, Ensign, Nov 2009, 15-17

Thought:
Our son [a physician] saves lives by sharing his knowledge of medicine; missionaries and teachers in the Church help save lives by sharing their knowledge of the gospel.
(Russell T. Osguthorpe, "Teaching Helps Save Lives," Ensign, Nov 2009, 15-17.)

Song: "Teach Me to Walk in the Light," Children's Songbook, p. 177.

Scripture: But ye will teach them to walk in the ways of truth and soberness; ye will teach them to love one another, and to serve one another. (Mosiah 4:15)

Object Lesson:
Materials needed: A packaged of dehydrated food (such as macaroni or instant potatoes)
Procedure: Show the family the dehydrated food. Ask what this food needs. (Water.) When water is added the food swells up and reaches its full potential.
Explain that in a sense, as we teach others about the doctrines of Christ we offer them the water which will help them to swell and reach their full potential.
Help everyone understand that we all can be teachers, regardless of our age.
(Beth Lefgren and Jennifer Jackson, More Power Tools for Teaching, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1991], 88.)

Story:
Marvel Young
The far-reaching effect of a good teacher has been very impressive to me. President David O. McKay once said: ". . . children who, through instruction from noble teachers, become imbued with eternal principles of truth, radiate an influence for good, which, like their own souls, will live forever."
My mother, Verna Fowler Murphy, was one such noble teacher. From her earliest years, she had a burning testimony of the gospel and was able, even as a teenager, to express it well. She was especially good at teaching little children about the Savior and his gospel in a way that impressed them deeply. She loved to teach Sunday School and Primary children, never realizing that her teaching would help her own unborn daughter in the years to come.
One of the little children in her Sunday School class in Ogden, Utah, was Johnny Emmett. He was so thrilled with her stories of the Savior that he would go home crying to his mother, saying how wonderful the gospel was and how much he loved the Savior.
At Christmastime, she told them the story "The Other Wise Man," by Henry Van Dyke. The next day, Johnny's mother called my mother and told her how impressed he had been with the story, and how he cried as he told her that he wanted to be like the Other Wise Man and to help other in every possible way when he grew up.
Years later, I was laboring in the Eastern States Mission, in Binghamton, New York. One day, as my companion and I were tracting and receiving many rejections, we became very dejected. When we were about to give up for the day, I was impressed that we should knock on just one more door. We did so, and when a lady appeared at the door, I told her that we represented The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, more commonly called the Mormon Church. She immediately threw open her door and invited us in so quickly that my companion and I looked at each other in amazement.
After we were seated, she explained that if we had come to her door a year before, she would never have allowed us to enter, because she had been a devout Catholic and had not wanted to listen to missionaries from any other church. However, a sad experience in the last six months had changed her thinking, especially concerning the Mormons. She said that her husband had just passed away at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota. He had been attended by a Mormon doctor at the clinic, who had done everything in his power to help her husband to live. He had also gone the extra mile to help her to have faith in the Lord, in spite of their many problems.
She said, "That doctor was an active member of your church; he taught classes every week in the church there, besides being so busy helping everyone medically. He truly lived as the Savior would want us all to live. I feel that any church that could teach a man to be as wonderful as that doctor was must surely be wonderful, too. I am now ready to listen to anything you have to teach me."
My companion and I were thrilled, and before we began to teach her the gospel, we asked the name of the doctor who had inspired her so greatly. She said, "His name was Dr. John L. Emmett, of Ogden, Utah."
Truly, the effects of my Mother's gospel teaching in Sunday School had affected at least one little child so deeply that he radiated the spirit of the gospel by the way he lived. He impressed all whom he knew with his fine example. Without knowing it, he had also helped two lady missionaries find a "golden contact," transforming a discouraging day into a thrilling one. Surely we were led by the Spirit to that special door on that very special day!
(Leon R. Hartshorn, Remarkable Stories from the Lives of Latter-day Saint Women, vol. 2, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1975].)

Activity:
Inform each person in advance to bring something to show and tell about to the rest of the group. These objects can be art and craft items made as a hobby, interesting things from faraway locations, school assignments, etc.
Let each person take a turn being the teacher and to tell about what he has brought.
(George and Jeane Chipman, Games! Games! Games!, [Salt Lake City: Shadow Mountain 1983], p. 41.)

Refreshment
Chocolate Buttermilk Cake

1 2/3 cups flour
1 cup sugar
1/3 cup cocoa
1 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 cup nonfat buttermilk
1/4 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 teaspoon vanilla

Preheat oven to 375° F. Coat a 9-inch round cake pan with nonstick cooking spray; set aside. In a large bowl, sift together flour, sugar, cocoa, baking soda, and salt. Make a well in center of mixture. Blend buttermilk, water, oil, and vanilla. Pour into well in dry ingredients, stirring until smooth. Pour into prepared cake pan and bake for 20 minutes or until a wooden toothpick inserted in center comes out clean. Cool completely in pan. Sprinkle lightly with confectioner's sugar.
(Lion House Lite Recipes, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 1996], p. 119.)

Community Events

Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Class
*** FINAL CERT Class until the fall: Saturdays May 1 and 8, 8am-5pm and final scenario on Sat. May 15 8am-1pm. All classes @ Herriman City Hall. *** More details and registration ONLINE.

Pedal Palooza
Herriman City is sponsoring the third annual “Pedal Palooza” bicycle race Saturday, May 8th, children’s bike rodeo, safety and helmet event. The main event is a women’s bike race --- 600 riders are registered! Fees from each registration are helping purchase helmets for children in our community. Please see the publicity postcard. More volunteers are needed to assist with this event and they’ve asked CERT and other community members for help. If you can help, please sign up ONLINE and choose your assignment. You’ll receive a T-shirt and a lot of thanks for your help!

Medication Disposal drive –
THIS SATURDAY "Clean Out Your Medicine Cabinet" event on Saturday, April 24 from 10 am to 2 pm in the Herriman Smith's parking lot, 5560 W. 13400 S. Go online FOR A PDF document with more information. Contact UsYou may obtain information about our Be Ready Herriman efforts in the following ways:
Email: BeReadyHerriman@gmail.com Phone: Damon @ 801-891-3828 (cell), Coralee @ 801-949-3162 (cell)Website: http://bereadyherriman.blogspot.com/Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/BeReadyHerrimanTwitter: http://twitter.com/BeReadyHerriman

Preparedness For Health Feb.18

In times of need or emergency, our health is in our own hands. Brigham Young counseled members to use the herbs along their treck to the Salt Lake Valley. These same herbs are still here for our use (D&C) and if we know how to use them for our health, we will be better prepared and self-sufficient. There will be a class on the use of herbs (condensed into essential oils) on Feb 18 in South Jordan. To view more information about the class, visit http://www.butterflyexpress.net/

February 27th Meeting Coming Up

The city of Herriman is having a meeting in preparation for the March 13th drill. The drill will involve our area being effected by an earthquake and water tanks being broken. There is more information on how we are to act in our areas if this was a real earthquake. They would like us to meet on Saturday, February 27th From 12:30 to 2pm. This is important information and we all need to plan to attend. Please mark you calenders for both the preparatory meeting on the 27th and the March drill.

Herriman Earthquake Drill March 13

If you ever wondered what you would do in an earthquake and what help would be available, here is a great way to learn how the system is set up so you can use it if your family is hurt in an emergency. If you have taken CERT or are assigned to be a Block Captain (Leader), or Team Leader, you are already trained on what to do and we need your help to make it work! Here is some extra info to help us get ready for the drill:

CERT Drill, Saturday, March 13, 2010 @ 9am
A representative from Utah Task Force One, an elite disaster-response team, will be coordinating our March drill. We will practice our earthquake scenario so prepare to self-activate at 9:00 a.m. Our flexibility in completing our own tasks while responding to assignments will be challenged in this drill. Incident Command System (ICS) Training

All AREA LEADERS, TEAM LEADERS and BLOCK LEADERS are asked to attend two ICS training sessions: Saturday, January 23rd, 12:30pm – 2:00pm @ Herriman City Hall
Subject: Proper emergency-oriented leadership techniques (ICS) Q&A Saturday, February 27th, 12:30pm – 2:00pm @ Herriman City Hall
Subject: Preparation “table top” for the March Drill. Cost: FREE
No registration necessary.
Herriman City Hall is @ 13011 S Pioneer St (6000 W) CERT Classes
Herriman City has scheduled three Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) Classes: Wed.’s, 6:30pm-9:30pm TONIGHT, Jan 20, 27, Feb 3, 10, 17 and final scenario on Sat. Feb 20 (morning) all @ Herriman City Hall Wed.’s, 6:30pm-9:30pm on Feb 24, Mar 3, 10, 17, 31, Apr 7 and final scenario on Sat. Apr 10 (morning) all @ Herriman City Hall Sat.’s May 1 and 8, 8am-5pm and final scenario on Sat. May 15 8am-1pm all @ Herriman City Hall More details and registration ONLINE.

One Day HAM Radio Technician Class Certification!

When: Saturday, Feb 20, 7:30 am-5pm with break for lunch.
Where: BYU Campus (see below for more details)
Why? Lots of reasons: Because the phones go down in every disaster to save airwave space for the emergency crews for sometimes up to 2 weeks or more
Because a ham radio can have reception where even cell phones don't
No monthly fees
Call your loved ones, or send a message, in an emergency
Help your neighborhood during an emergency
Offer roadside communications when cell phones don't have service
Have fun with other Hams during a community event
Steve NV7V
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I must limit the size to 40 people so sign up early to reserve a spot. If you must cancel please let me know immediately so I can free up a slot for someone else. If you must cancel please do it as soon as you knowyou will not be coming to make room for someone else!!-. ...- --... ...-One Day Ham Radio Class for the Technician (entry level) license.Saturday, Jan. 2nd, 2009 7:30am to 5pm
Room 276 in the Howard W. Hunter Law library in the J Reuben Clarke law building (JRCB) on BYU campus. If you get lost ask someone on campus. We start before the library opens so be on time so you can be let in. Park in the lot immediately east of the law building. Don't park in the restricted areas like Dean's spot, delivery etc....Enter through the right set of the east facing doors just left of the service entrance and go halfway down the hall and turn right. You are now facing 3 doors with the elevator on your left. go through the door on the right that has the large round sign "caution automatic door". Go through the detectors by the main entrance and past the circulation desk. Room 276 has a green blinking light right next to the door to your left about 100 feet in. I have an interior map I will send if you want.
An interactive map of campus is here: http://byu.eduClick on "Campus Map" in the lower left. It is building #17 on themap; the J. Reuben Clark building JRCB.Another map is here: http://map.byu.edu/campusmap.pdf It is building#17 in this map also.GPS N 40 14.977' W 111 38.718'
From 7:30am to noon is classroom instruction and then a break for lunch between noon and 1pm. Bring a lunch or you can buy lunch at several places close by on and off campus. Between 1pm and 5pm is self study using a computer program. When you are ready, in the afternoon, you may take the exam. You don't have to take the test that day if you are not ready and would like to study more.
Each student needs a laptop computer for self-study in the afternoon. Every student who can needs to bring a laptop that runs MikeRowesoft Windows. Borrow a laptop if you don't have one. Bring an extra laptop if you don't mind loaning it. The room we will be using has power at every seat for a laptop. I also have a CD for Linux and Mactel (The newer Mac that has an Intel microprocessor) laptops if you can boot off the CD drive. If you have access to a laptop but don't want to install the program I have a disk that will allow you to run the program without installing it (this is great if the laptop is not yours or if it was borrowed from work).
I have a handful of laptops to loan during the class. There are not enough of them to cover all who attend so everyone who can needs to bring a laptop. If you have an old laptop gathering dust you no longer use that runs any form of Windows I am looking for donations to use with the class.
There is no charge to take the class but the cost of taking the test is $14.00. You also need to bring two forms of ID, one preferably with a picture. The electronic form you will fill out requires your Social Security number (thanks to congress....). We do not put your SSN on any forms we keep or send in. The most common mistake is forgetting ID and a Social Security number for those under 18...... Don't forget!!
No programmable calculators.....The test is given on computer and graded immediately. Specific instructions how to run the program will be given. It is similar to practice exams available on the Internet.
E-mail nv7v@ucares.org (preferred) or call Steve or Susan N7QZU (801-465-3983) to let me know if you are coming and bringing a laptop (please bring one... beg, beg....bring extra laptops if you can).
Don't forget:
$14 check or cash
Laptop if possible
--2 FORMS OF ID and a Social Security Number-- !!
Oh... and just in case I forgot...... don't forget to bring two forms of ID, one preferably with a picture. These qualify as ID: SSN card, driver's license, CCW permit, library card and just about any document issued by a government entity. Credit cards are not ID.
If you have any questions please e-mail me.
nv7v@burgoyne.com

FHE-- Prepare Your Family Spiritually

FHE: Preparation by Shauna Gibby

The preparation must begin long before the crisis.

Conference Talk:For more information on this topic read "Be Ready," by Henry B. Eyring, Ensign, Nov 2009, 59-62.
Thought: The preparation . . . must begin long before the crisis. Those who are prepared will be ready to answer [the call].
(Henry B. Eyring, "Be Ready," Ensign, Nov 2009, 59-62.)
Song: "Choose the Right Way," Children's Songbook, p. 160.
Scripture: Prepare ye, prepare ye for that which is to come, for the Lord is nigh. (Doctrine and Covenants 1:12)
Object Lesson: If there is a Boy Scout in the family, have him recite the scout motto ("Be prepared"). Ask your family to imagine that you're going on a long cruise together. Have each family member choose something they would want to take on the cruise and bring it to the kitchen table. After the family has gathered, discuss what each person brought to the table and how it would make them "prepared" for their cruise.
Explain that Lehi's family really did go on a long cruise. Have them scan 1 Nephi 18:5-8 and make a list of the things that they took with them. Discuss each item by asking why it was brought along and how it helped them to "be prepared." (Your list could include fruits, meat, honey, provisions, seeds, and family members.) You might ask the following questions:
How do you think their preparations helped them when they arrived in the promised land?
What can we learn from their physical journey to the promised land that might help us on our spiritual journey to the celestial kingdom? (See Alma 12:24.)
According to D&C 38:30, what great blessing comes to those who are prepared physically and spiritually?(Dennis H. Leavitt and Richard O. Christensen, Scripture Study for Latter-day Saint Families: The Book of Mormon, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2003], p. 40.)
Story:
The Ten Virgins (see Matthew 25:1-13)
There was a great marriage planned. Ten women took their lamps and went to meet the bridegroom. Five were foolish. They brought their lamps, but only with whatever oil was already in them. Five were wise, bringing along extra oil to refill their lamps.
The bridegroom took a long time before coming, and the ten women fell asleep while they waited. At midnight, the women were called out to meet the bridegroom.
The five foolish women awoke and saw their lamps had gone out. They asked the others to share their oil. But the wise women had brought only enough for themselves. If they tried to share, all their lights might go out.
So the foolish women had to rush to buy more oil for their lamps. While they were gone, the bridegroom came. The five wise women went with him to the marriage, and the door was shut.
Later, the others came and knocked on the door. They cried, "Let us in!"
But the answer came, "I don't know you." So the five foolish women were left out in the night because they were not prepared. I don't want to be left out when Jesus comes, so I will prepare myself. What are some things that I can do now so that I will be ready when He comes again?
(Randy-Lynne Wach, Illustrated by Jerry Harston, Jesus Teaches Me: Parables for Children, [Salt Lake City: Deseret Book, 2007], p. 38.)
Activity: The family is arrange into pairs. They stand back to back with their elbows hooked. One player is chosen to be "it." At the signal "everybody change" players must find other partners. Players are notsafe unless elbows are hooked. The odd player tries to get a partner and one one who is left out is "it."
We have to be prepared or else we may be left out and not able to recieve blessings.
(Alma Heaton, LDS Game Book, [Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1968], p. 39.)
Refreshment

GingerSnaps
3/4 cup margarine or butter
1 cup sugar
1 egg
1/4 cup molasses
2 teaspoons baking soda
2 cups flour
1/4 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1 teaspoon cloves
1 teaspoon ginger

Cream butter and sugar until light and fluffy. Mix in egg and molasses. Stir in dry ingredients. Shape dough into small balls and place on greased cookie sheets. Bake at 375° F. for 10 to 12 minutes.