How do you help a sister in need?

I would love to hear your comments on this subject. Please make your comment below and I will be sure to add them to this post. Here are some of my ideas from past experience......
1. Be a listening ear. Let her do the talking. Remember Visiting teaching isn't about you, but about her.
2. Pray for guidance, and when it comes, act on it.
3. Lift her spirits with a little surprise from you her Visiting Teacher such as inviting her to go get an ice cream, remembering her birthday, an unexpected phone call, a note on her door saying, "Just dropped by because I was thinking about you today!"
4. Sometimes lifting a burden from her life even something small such as offering to take her kids for a couple hours so she can go shopping, or offering to do her shopping for her.
5. When you say, "Let me know if there is anything I can do for you," mean it, then Do it!!!
6. Warm Chicken Soup really does help a cold, and who wouldn't like to be able to not cook when you are sick?
7. Think about how you would like to be helped if you were in her situation. What would help bring peace to you?
8. Go to http://www.newsroom.lds.org/ldsnewsroom/eng/news-releases-stories/visiting-teachers-provide-ongoing-support-to-mormon-families and see what some very good visiting teachers did to help a new in the ward family... in need!

Links with great ideas

I found another site that gives you a monthly hand out for Visiting Teaching each month. Go to http://theideadoor.com/RS/monthly_handout_for_visiting_tea.htm to see what they have to offer.
A very cute site that has darling little hand made things you can use all year round can be found at http://www.sugardoodle.net/Visiting%20Teaching/A%20years%20worth%20of%20creative%20gift%20ideas%20for%20your%20vt%20sisters.shtml
I just happened upon a site where there are literally tons of Visiting teaching ideas. Go to http://209.85.173.104/search?q=cache:2HlpI58e_8YJ:www.geocities.com/perudol1/new.htm+Visiting+Teaching+program+with+angels&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=9&gl=us
Here is a link to a cute Song that is made up about Visiting Teaching to the tune of "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean." http://lds.about.com/library/bl/reliefsociety/aa_visiting_teaching_sistersing.htm
This is a very cute idea for a gift to give to the sisters that you visit teach. It is a soup label that you make to replace one on a can of soup. Very cute! http://lds.about.com/od/visitingteaching/a/vt_souplabel.htm
Another link for a great theme of "Hands" http://www.mormonchic.com/gospel/visiting_teaching_04.asp
and... here is the link to Sally DeFord's song "My sisters Hands"http://www.defordmusic.com/mysistershands.htm
This is another great website with very cute ideas on Visiting Teaching and more..http://www.mormonshare.com/relief-society/visiting-teaching-workshop-ideas.php
Another link to Visiting Teaching Songs written to the tune of commonly known songs http://www.geocities.com/perudol1/vt7.htm I just added this site to the list as it is a fun one http://www.sugardoodle.net/mambo

Angel Themed Visiting Teaching Ideas

Several years ago, I wrote a skit and had an evening with Angels, that is ministering angels. It was a wonderful evening with all the Visiting Teachers invited , who were indeed ministering angels. We served Angel Hair Pasta, a Heavenly Salad, and Angel Food Cake for dessert. I am trying to find the script, and I will post a link to my script however I have found a couple links to other skits with an Angel theme. Go to http://www.geocities.com/perudol1/vt56.htm and there are 2 skits there. Once I find mine, I will add it for your use. Another link is http://www.geocities.com/perudol1/vt32.htm and it sounds more like my idea. Another skit can be found at the following page that is called "Relif Sole Society Sole Skit" http://www.geocities.com/perudol1/vt12.htm I don't know who originally wrote the skit and I would really like to give them credit, but several years ago, I found that skit and wrote it into a whole play that was a done for a combined Relief Society Visiting Teaching Conference and a Home Teaching Conference. It was great because it was advertized as a "Date Night Out", that included dinner and a play. I had designed theater tickets as the invitation and asked them to bring their tickets to get into the play. It really turned out great. This was alot of work for me but it is Hillarious and everyone loved it! For the dinner, we decorated the tables with boots holding flowers inside. The food for the evening was "SOLE" food. We had thought of Filet of Sole, but that was a bit too expensive for a church party. Appetixers served could be fruit "Leather" and dessert could be "Shoe Fly Pie". If you would like me to email you a copy of this play, please leave a comment on my blog stating you want a copy and leave me your email address, and I will send it to you.

May 2008 Visiting Teaching Message

This month the message is taken from the General Conference talks that were given in April. You can pick the talk that you prefer, but for me, one particular talk made quite an impression. I loved the talk that Elder Joseph B. Wirthlin Of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles gave on the topic of "Concern for the One." There was one quote that stuck out of that talk in that just painted a picture for me. I hope it does the same for you. Feel free to use it as a handout to take with you when you go visiting teaching. If you go to http://lds.org/conference/talk/display/0,5232,23-1-851-6,00.html you will find the whole talk to print out. You can find it in the Conference issue of the Ensign as well. Print the hand out on either Photo paper or white card stock. ENJOY! Leave me a quick note if you use it.

April 2008 Bookmark handout

April 2008 Visiting Teaching Handout

The April 2008 message is titled..."Marriage between a Man and a Woman Is Ordained of God". I typed up the last paragraph of this message, which was a quote from Elder Richard G. Scott of the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. I made this quote into a bookmark, actually 3 bookmarks per copied page. Print them out on cardstock or laminate them and cut them out. Feel free to pass my these on and use them freely.