Service - Young Women - Lesson #30 - Playing Our Part

I decided to finish another hand out I had going but had forgotten about.  I came across it again last night and decided to put it together.  I thought it was so cute that I just had to make it even though I made the "Footprints of Service" earlier.  This handout reminds us that we all need to play our part in building up the Kingdom of God, and what better way to serve God than by playing our part in serving others.  A scripture, found in the Book of Mormon, Mosiah 2:17 states:  "And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God." 
I got the templates for the popcorn boxes and the POP (play our part) cards off of the Internet.  If you would like to see/use them (they are free downloads), click on the popcorn boxes and POP words highlighted in red to go to the original sites.  The popcorn boxes were a bit small for what I wanted so I had to blow it up bigger and the POP cards were also too small so I just made my own, using the idea from the other blog.  How clever some people are!

A Watched Pot Never Boils Over

I'll be doggers..........it really works.  I was cooking some macaroni on the stove when the thought came to me that I had seen many, many places on the Internet that if you put a wooden spoon over a boiling pot, it won't boil over.  I cranked the stove up to "high" and left it there the entire time and guess what?..................it never even came close to boiling over.  I didn't have to scurry from another room to the kitchen when I heard water boiling over and running all over my stove.  Amazing!

Here it is boiling at it's highest point and still..............NO BOILING OVER.  I'll be sure to remember this little handy bit of information!

 

Young Women Swimming At The Reservoir

On Tuesday, August 28, 2012, we took our Young Women group up to the Mackay Reservoir to go swimming.....it was their choice....ah, to be young again.  When we got there, I decided I would put my purse in the trunk of the car for safe keeping.  Just as the trunk was shutting, I realized that I had the car keys in my purse.  It was like a slow motion NO-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o, as I was grabbing for the trunk.  Too late.  No problem, I would just borrow my counselors cell phone and call my husband, who was out doing his home teaching, to bring them up when he got done. 
There were two young men that heard we were going up to the reservoir so they went up a little early and hid out under the dock waiting for the girls.  What little did they know that we were running a little late so they were hiding under the dock for at least 15-20 minutes.  When we got there, one of the girls heard a noise and when she looked over the edge of the dock, the two boys popped out.......scared the girls a bit.  When they got up on the dock, their jaws were totally quivering from the cold.

 

 The girls decided that if it was cold, there was only one way to go in.....run and jump off of the edge of the dock.  By their reactions, I think it was a rude awakening.

But once in the water, and after their bodies got used to the temperature, the really had a great time.

My counselor was sitting by me on the dock and was trying to teach/tell me to get off of auto mode on my camera and try out some different shots in manual mode.  It was actually pretty interesting and the below picture of one of the results.  The water isn't blue but I think it is a cool shot.

As you can see, the moon is shining on the water and we are still at the reservoir swimming.  One of the reasons, my husband had totally lost track of time and didn't get to the reservoir with my spare car keys until 8:35pm.  But, it all boiled down to the girls having a great time, late or not.  And, I did learn that girls must be of a stronger caliber than the male species......didn't see the girls shaking half as much as the boys that hid out under the dock.  Way to show em, girls!

Homemade Chicken Pot Pie

Does this look good, or what?  My daughter came home this weekend....total surprise, yes!  She brought this recipe home for homemade chicken pot pie that she got from her previous roommate.  It totally took us both 1 1/2 hours to get it ready to bake, another 40 minutes to bake it and then another 15 minutes rest time after it was baked.  It sure tasted good, though.  What took so long in the preparation was all the chopping and dicing of the veggies.  It made two full -size pie pans.  It was a keeper recipe but one that would be best prepared ahead of time.  As for the pie crust, not the prettiest but hey, does pretty really count when it comes to flavor?  We had some left-over sauce that we used in the filling so we used it today mixed in with pork chop mushroom gravy.  Mmm-m-m, it sure made great gravy.