This Week I Am Grateful For ~ Our Home Teacher~Brother Clark And His Wife!
I think there is something wrong with us. Our family. For our entire married life we have never, ever had a home teacher that has come to visit us regularly. They usually come one time and then that is it! Never to be heard from again! Maybe we are too scary? Well, I have had this same problem with visit teaching too! Once again my whole adult life I have someone come once, twice if I am lucky then I never hear from them again! Well, it happened here in my last ward. My visiting teachers came twice, then didn't come anymore. They switched me to someone Else, and they came once, then never again! Our home teacher came once, then never again. See... we are scary. And my feelings got foolishly hurt. BUT...We were assigned a new home teacher several months ago. And they have been so kind. And they have come every month. And they have been willing to help us with whatever our needs have been. Whether it is needing a blessing, or bringing by some chicken when I was sick and Tony was out of town, or substituting for our primary class when we were out of town, or tailoring the monthly lessons to the children. Bringing a story that they could relate too. Including both the little ones and older ones!
As we have been working on getting moved I have had a call from brother Clark to see what they could do to help us out. He was there on our moving day and even after working his bum off that day he still insist he will be there next week to help with our final load!
I have been so, so grateful to him and his wife for the service, kindness and love that they have shown our family! Thank you! Thank you! Thank you! It has meant so much to our family and for that I am very grateful!
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I have yet to have a home teacher or visiting teacher even call in over four years, oh I take that back. One day I asked the Bishop to assign a home teacher to me who would actually show up. I was really excited, because one finally called. I waited and I waited the day they were supposed to arrive and three hours later I received a call from him telling me he had forgotten. Never heard from anybody again.
I'm sorry Laurie for your bad experiences. The Clarks are wonderful and I am glad they were able to help you and be there for you. I'm going to miss you and I know your excited to be in your new home.
Good home and visiting teachers are priceless! Rom and I have been married almost 20 years, and until we moved here 5 years ago, we had had good HT/VT teachers for a combined total of maybe one year. We have never been neglected since moving here! It's nice to finally see how it's SUPPOSED to work!
It sounds like you are in a really crummy ward. My visiting teachers are friends of mine and they still come over anyway. Believe me, it's not you. It's too bad the ward you're in doesn't value the principles that Jesus taught...like service. But, it seems there is a diamond in the rough and you were the lucky one who got them. I'm glad you posted this because it is a good reminder to all of us that we need to be of service to on another. We don't have to kill ourselves doing it but if you think of Christ's life and death he was all about serving others.
We must be scary too, cause we seem to have the same effect on our HT! When ya get a good set, they are such a wonderful blessing! That reminds me, I have to get my VT done......
You are motivating me to be better. I know it is hard to get it all together and go, but it is always so worth it. It helps me be a better person!
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