August 2010 Newsletter

August Lessons

August 1 RS Presidency/Group Leadership Teacher
August 8 Gospel Principles #14 “Priesthood Organization”
August 15 Gospel Principles #15 “Lord’s Covenant People”
August 22 “Preparation Brings Blessings” Conference April 2010
August 29 Bishopric Instruction

The Lady of the Month
Last month I had mentioned spotlighting Sister Tafui. However, when I received the email from Sister Elissa Cascio, I knew that Sister Tafui wouldn’t mind. We want to thank Sister Cascio for giving us her story.

Ancestor of the Month
Sister Elissa Cascio has also given us some information concerning her very interesting linage.

Future Requests

As I mentioned in the July issue, it is sometimes difficult for me to know who to approach concerning Sister of the Month. There are those who really do not want to do it. Although I feel that it’s like jumping into a cold lake, hard to get started but enjoyable once you do it, I can understand how they feel. Also, there are those who would like to do it but not at this particular time. There are others who intend to do it, but keep putting it off/forgetting (I’ve told a couple of people that there’s one advantage about getting it done – I stop bugging you for a story). This is compounded by the fact that, after 22 issues, I find it hard to remember who has already done it – and even harder to remember those who have refused. To this end I have attached a sign-up sheet. Hopefully this will ease some of the problems with this part of the newsletter.

Scripture Thought

There was interesting article about bearing testimonies which is worth review. There’s a plaque entitled “All I need to know I learned in Primary.” This same principle is true concerning things we can glean from the New Era.

August Recipe

Here are some fun recipes from the August 2000 edition of The Children’s Friend Magazine. We also had a delightful opportunity to learn about bread making @ Sister Brown’s house. Some of the tips she included were that Wondra Flour (in a container (tall and not to round) is very good for putting on your breadboard when kneading and rolling out. This also works well for thickening gravies or other recipes that call for flour as thickening. The flour she likes to use in the bread is Turkey Brand flour from Lehi Roller Mills. She buys it at Coscos but Lehi’s products can be purchased on line @ http://www.lehirollermill.com/.

Summer Fun Ideas
Since August is quite a hot month, there are some fun water activities for cooling off. Also here are some fun thoughts from Dian Thomas for having fun close to home.
Here are ten ideas you may want to consider as you prepare and set up for your staycations and daycations that you can have all year long.
1. Decide how phone calls will be handled. It is possible to unplug and phone and turn off the cell phones.
2. Food can be planned and prepared ahead of time.
3. You may want to use paper plates and toss-out containers so that there are minimal dishes to be washed. With all the money you are saving, you may want to eat some of the meals out if you budget allows.
4. Each member of the family could be responsible for one day. This could be a great learning experience for the whole family as they research out the place or event that you want to go and visit. Calls can be made to get details and research can be done on the Internet.
5. Put a budget of the amount of money you want to spend on each staycation or daycation.
6. Create a scrapbook. You may want to have the best artist in the family responsible for the picture taking and scrapbook or slide show.
7. Videos can be taken and made into video clips with all the new technology.
8. September and October are a great time to plan out the off time you will enjoy together during the year.
9. Since you are not going to be spending money on travel, you may want to go out to different restaurants each night. You could also experience different cuisines each night.
10. Perhaps you have a friend or neighbor in the community that is from a different country. Invite them in to share their experiences of their homeland with you.


Summer Energy Tips
Here are some tips from Wattsmart for saving energy on cooling, water heating, laundry, use of kitchen appliances, lighting, TV and entertainment equipment, and in our homes while we are on vacation.

Health Tip
Attached are a couple of useful tips from a Senior Citizen newsletter. The main audience of these articles is senior citizens; a group that is well represented in our Ward. Also, I think that there are things in these articles that can be used by any age group. Also, since during this time of year, we are more likely to be outdoors and out in nature, I have included information concerning Lyme disease.

Emergency Preparedness
Since we never know when an emergency will arise, it is important to prepare for one as if it could happen at any time. There was a song I heard recently that an interesting phrase in it that I found credited to St. Augustine (354-430) and St. Ignatius Loyola, The
Jesuits: Their Spiritual Doctrine and Practice, p. 148. It is
“Pray as though everything depended on God and act as if everything depended on you.” To paraphrase this, we should prepare as if an emergency could happen immediately but plan as if we may need to keep our supplies ready for quite some time (i.e. rotation, etc.). I have included some tips for emergency situations.