Recap of Sunday's lesson: What Have I Done for Someone Today? By President Monson

"A few years ago I read an article written by Jack McConnell, MD. He grew up in the hills of southwest Virginia in the United States as one of seven children of a Methodist minister and a stay-at-home mother. Their circumstances were very humble. He recounted that during his childhood, every day as the family sat around the dinner table, his father would ask each one in turn, “And what did you do for someone today?”¹ The children were determined to do a good turn every day so they could report to their father that they had helped someone. Dr. McConnell calls this exercise his father’s most valuable legacy, for that expectation and those words inspired him and his siblings to help others throughout their lives. As they grew and matured, their motivation for providing service changed to an inner desire to help others."

We talked about how to help our children learn how to serve. The following are some of the answers the sister gave...
*A service a day keeps Satan away
* Provide opportunities for children to serve
* Teach children how to recognize if someone has a need, and how happy you can make someone by fulfilling that need
*Help those around feel part of things. Recognize when someone feels lonely or sad.
*Something little you do for someone can really mean a lot..it doesn't have to be a big production
*Pray for guidance to fulfill a need of someone around you.

"My brothers and sisters, we are surrounded by those in need of our attention, our encouragement, our support, our comfort, our kindness—be they family members, friends, acquaintances, or strangers. We are the Lord’s hands here upon the earth, with the mandate to serve and to lift His children. He is dependent upon each of us".
"You may lament: I can barely make it through each day, doing all that I need to do. How can I provide service for others? What can I possibly do?" “Find someone who is having a hard time or is ill or lonely, and do something for him or her.”¹⁰
"I was overwhelmed when this year for my birthday I received hundreds of cards and letters from members of the Church around the world telling me how they had fulfilled that birthday wish. The acts of service ranged from assembling humanitarian kits to doing yard work."
"If we truly listen, we may hear that voice from far away say to us, as it spoke to another, “Well done, thou good and faithful servant.”¹⁵ That each may qualify for this blessing from our Lord is my prayer, and I offer it in His name, even Jesus Christ, our Savior, amen."