Tag Archives: Visiting Teaching

Are You a Good Visiting Teachee?

The Relief Society has instituted the wonderful program of visiting teaching to help the sisters in the ward. Usually when you read about visiting teaching, you read about ways to become a better visiting teacher, but have you ever thought about how to become a better visiting teachee? There is one sister who I visit who I absolutely love to visit. She has a large family with children several years older than mine. Each time I visit I feel that she imparts knowledge to me about to help my children and how I can be a better mother. She does … Continue reading →

Five Tips for Successful Visiting Teaching

You may have made a New Year’s Resolution to be one hundred percent for visiting teaching this year. This is a great goal, and it is important that you plan well in order to achieve it. Here are five things you can do to help make your visiting teaching successful this year. 1) Take the time to get to know the sisters you visit. It would be great if you could be friends with all the sisters you visit. Go out of your way to say hello to them at church. You can call to chat during the month, just … Continue reading →

The Errand of Angels is Given to Women

From the day I joined the church, I have been a huge fan of visiting teaching. My very first companion was a ‘hundred percenter’ (or fairly close); she took the time to sit down with me and discuss the responsibilities and need for visiting teachers, and it has been a lesson I never forgot (thanks, Jada!). I know that visiting teaching can be difficult, especially once you add children to the mix, but I strongly believe that it, along with home teaching, is a vital part of the church. As with children, I have wondered if the women I visit … Continue reading →

Five Tips to Complete Your Visiting Teaching

Sometimes it can be difficult to complete your visiting teaching each month. This can become more difficult as the Holidays approach and schedules become even more hectic. It is important to continue to contact your sisters and reach out to them. The stress that accompanies the holidays can often be alleviated by a short visit. Here are five suggestions for scheduling visits with your sisters. 1) It is often easier if you can schedule each of your visits for the same day. This is not always possible due to scheduling conflicts, but you can try to do two visits in … Continue reading →

Visiting Teaching

Visiting teaching is a wonderful thing. It is a chance for us, as sisters in the gospel, to connect with each other. It is a chance for us to form friendships that last, and to learn from each other. It is a chance to sit down each month and listen to a gospel message. It is a chance for each of us to feel loved. I think too often we get too caught up in the “have to” of visiting teaching. It can seem difficult to figure out how to juggle three women’s schedules so that they are all available … Continue reading →