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!
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