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Kraft brown bags- Good Works handout

I haven't shared a craft for some time...so, today I thought I would share a super easy fun little handout we did.

These were given to the ladies we visited at Ward Conference. (I have the calling as the Stake Young Women's Secretary)

Ward Conference

The stake presidency schedules and directs a ward conference once a year in each ward. Members of the stake presidency, high council, and stake auxiliaries take part in ward conference sessions as the stake president directs. The purposes of ward conference are to strengthen faith and testimony, provide gospel instruction, conduct business, and evaluate activity.

• just cut a triangle shape- with right sides together stitch, then turn out and sew top...onto double wide hem tape. If you don't have a sewing machine...I think hot glue would work. =)
• printed my quote  ( Download Good Works)on to large Kraft envelopes 

Put the banner inside the envelope.

 

Just to let the ladies know how much we appreciate all their "Good Works" and Service.

Good works is one of the values the Young Women in our Church work on.

Read about it here.

The envelopes are lots of fun and I have some plans to do something like this-

 

Have a wonderful day!

P.S.  if you follow me on this blog...you know how I love Banners- Happy Day =)

 

Remember when I used the bags for Bee's wrap?

 

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Giving-

Are you at a lost as to what to do to help out this year?  Go to my friend Amy's site and read what she is doing- perhaps this is something you would like to help with.

Raisin Welfare Farm-

 

President Thomas S. Monson: “Oh, the joy of harvest time! Picture the scene of ward members canning peaches, sorting eggs, or cleaning vegetables, all for the use of those who are in need. Brows are sweat-lined, clothing is soiled, bodies are tired—but human souls are refreshed and lifted towards heaven.”

We were not canning peaches, but tending to the needs of the Raisin Welfare Farm- several weekends out of the year; thousands of members volunteer their time to prune, pick, roll, and harvest the raisins; that will go to Bishop's storehouse for the needy.

{in the picture above we are standing in front of a fig orchard which is next to the vineyard, where you pass olive orchards to get there- seems a little Biblical  don't you think? ;} 

 

January 11, 2008 oops 2009.  Our Branch

 

People will bring their whole families, from small children to grandparents-

On all the rows you hear plenty of laughing, joking a few "yucks" {if someone came across a mouse or tons of spiders- {the spiders are BAD in August during the picking- not my favorite thing to do.}

After we finished at the Raisin farm- we came home to work on our Home Food Storage.

 President Gordon B. Hinckley (1910–2008): “The best place to have some food set aside is within our homes, together with a little money in savings. The best welfare program is our own welfare program.”

We just received several boxes of New freeze-dried food- so we took some time to organize, and get rid of anything from the old boxes that was out of date.  One of my favorite ways to store things is with this Shelf from shelf reliance- makes rotating things a whole lot easier.

 

Service, and preparedness are both part of my January goals of "Living a balanced life."

 

 

 

{A Beautiful Life- started by Melissa}

 

 

Emergency Response

Today I was called in to help with the relief efforts surrounding the "Telegraph fire."  Mainly to help unload a truck of supplies- {Donated by our Church, to be used in the community to help those in need. Not just Church member.}  In fact, as far as I know none of our Branch members were affected, other than having to evacuate their homes.

“All about us there are many who are in need of help and who are deserving of rescue. Our mission in life, as followers of the Lord Jesus Christ, must be a mission of saving. There are the homeless, the hungry, the destitute.”

President Gordon B. Hinckley, “Our Mission of Saving,” Ensign, Nov. 1991, 59

It looks like the fire is pretty much contained. So now the clean up part starts- I believe there will be many deliveries to this area from the church-{clothing, house supplies, etc.}  Next week, our Stake will be  involved with the efforts, working through the Red Cross.

We had a big crew there today, many more than were needed.  Wonderful that so many were willing to come help-  In fact, I pretty much just took pictures while there. The men took care of the unloading- just wasn't enough room for everyone to be in the back of that truck.

We were unloading from our Truck into the Budget Truck.   Below is a statement from the church website to read more click on Emergency Response.

Emergency Response Each year, millions of men, women, and children are impacted by war, floods, earthquakes, tornadoes, hurricanes, and other disasters.  In these desperate circumstances, quick response is often the difference between life and death. The Church continually gathers donations of food, clothes, medical supplies, and relief items. The resources are then pre-positioned in key locations for shipping on short notice.  Because of this preparedness, the Church is able to respond immediately in times of emergency. When the timing of response is critical, international relief agencies have come to rely on the Church for food and materials. In addition to providing materials, the Church also helps with funds and volunteers.  Volunteers often make the most difference in restoring hope in the lives of those in crisis.  A recent example is the more than 10,000 days of labor donated by Church members to assist victims of Hurricane Katrina in Louisiana and surrounding states. From 1985 to 2006, the Church has shipped 54,905 tons of food and 107,061 tons of other supplies to more than 150 countries.  In 2006, the Church provided $14.9 million (USD) in cash and materials in response to the conflict in Lebanon, the earthquake in Indonesia, for refugees in Burundi, Sudan and Uganda, and 76 other disasters.

The Tuscany way of life ...

Okay so when I think of Tuscany I think of vineyard, sunset etc. Something straight out of a Hollywood movie...This is what Hollywood would have you think of a vineyard.

But here is reality...                
                                                                     

                                                         

Dan's shirt is not wet with water, that's sweat, it was hot that day!

We're finished! Now in a couple weeks we go back to roll, and then there is the pruning, and then ,,,,,

Vineyard-

{A plantation of grape-bearing vines- grown mainly for wine-making, but also raisins and table grapes.}
This is the week end that about 3,000 people descend on a LDS Church vineyard in Madera County. It will be a great way for Kent to have fun before Fall semester starts.... he likes to point out that everytime he comes to visit...at some time during the visit he is working at the vineyard.  Our small branch is in charge of one very, very long row of grapes.{thank heaven it's just one row, it takes able bodied people to work on it and the average age in our branch is 65 or older, so it's up to younger ones to take care of it; as it should be.}  You can stand at one end and not see the other...truely!
  The grapes we pick are dried and become raisins, that go to the church welfare program, and to help when there is a natural disasters or humanitarian purposes.
It's not at all glamorous, like you see in the movies...it's a dirty, sweaty, spider filled day.{and this week end it's suppose to be one of the hottest days this year, oh joy!} You leave there like you hadn't had a bath in a year! So Friday as early as we can get up, we are going to the vineyard.  All four of us Kent, Mason, Dan and myself, to enjoy the pure fun of picking grapes together, or something like that, right? I will take some pictures and post later this week.

Grapes of Wrath!

Today Mason, Dan and I headed to the Church Service farm to volunteer our service. We do this Several time through the year {6-8 week ends}  We roll, pick and prune the grapes {for raisins} The farm relies on the service of the church member to get the work done, the raisins are then shipped to all the Bishop store houses, and given to those in need.
  Today we pruned, which is one of the better jobs! Oh my goodness picking is a mess! Tiny spiders and dirt everywhere! When we roll we are on our knees the whole time, and the row we work on is about 1/2 to 1 mile long! So pruning is a great job compared to the others!  Today was our Branches service day-  Five people showed up, counting the 3 of us! So it was a slow go! Here's a picture of the crew.