My mother is a woman who speaks with her life as much as with her tongue.
                          Kesaya E. Noda

What a remarkable thing it is to witness the love of good women one for another.  They mingle together in the bonds of love with friendship and respect for each other.     
                                                President Gordon B. Hinckley

Mom Thought

E.T. Sullivan once wrote these interesting words: "When God wants a great work done in the world or a great wrong righted, he goes about it in a very unusual way.  He doesn't stir up his earthquakes or send forth his thunderbolts.  Instead, he has a helpless baby born, perhaps in a simple home and of some obscure mother.  And then God puts the idea into the mother's heart, and she puts it into the baby's mind.  And then God waits."

Visiting Teaching Update

Here are the Visiting Teaching statistics for the first part of 2011.  We made a great start in January with 82% of our sisters being visited.  We dropped a little in February with 80% and sadly, March took us to only 62% of our sisters being visited.  We were given such wonderful words at Ward Conference this week about the importance of Visiting Teaching and knowing each other within our ward.  Let us all try harder to do a little better as we remember the words that were prepared for us.

STRAWBERRIES!

I have been waiting -oh, so impatiently - for strawberries to come!!  They are ready to be ordered!!  They are $13 for a flat - there are 12 baskets in a flat.  Money is being collected until April 24th - you can send it to me or drop it off at my house until then.  My address is 6820 Sweet Pecan Street , Las Vegas , Nevada 89149 .  I will be picking up the strawberries on April 29th at around 6pm and I will need for you to come pick them up as soon as possible after I get them - please let me know if you have a problem with that evening to pick up and we'll see what we can do. 

These strawberries are the best strawberries I've found here (believe me, I've tried the cheaper deals around this time of year, but they DON'T COMPARE!).  Remember I don't get paid for this, so you know I'm being honest when I say you won't find better - hopefully, I don't eat my words this year - but I've ordered these strawberries for the past 3 years and so, I think it's a pretty safe bet. :)

Let me know if you are wanting a class on strawberry jam - it's super-easy, but if you need help, I'll try to figure out a time to do a class for you!

Elizabeth Kay

Service opportunity

This is for a sister in Maggie Johnson's ward, she is a member and needs a live in companion to help her.  Please contact Vicki Corbett if you can help!

CPR Class

The American Red Cross invites the public to attend a free Adult CPR Class on Saturday, April 23, 2011 at the Thomas and Mack Center.  Called “CPR Saturday”, the event will train 1,000 people in one day in the lifesaving skill of CPR.

The event is open to the general public. Two sessions will be conducted; one beginning at 8:30am and a repeat session at 1:30 pm. Each session is three hours. A two-year Adult CPR certification will be issued upon successful completion.

Stake Women's Conference

"Let the Holy Spirit Guide"
The conference will be held May 7th at the Stake Center from 9:00 AM to 2:30 PM. 
We are so blessed to have Sister Patrice Tew as our special Keynote speaker. 
We will also be doing a service project for the humanitarian center as well as having other classes.
Lunch will be served and it will be a day that will be fun and uplifting. 
We would like to invite the 2nd year Laurels to join us as well.