A Renewed Commitment to Visiting Teaching!

In this month of September, every visiting teacher is encouraged to recommit herself to visiting teaching! :) It's so motivating to have a "fresh start" setting new goals. With the summer over and school just beginning, it is the perfect time to rededicate ourselves to magnifying our responsibility to "watch over one another". Will you accept this challenge?

Here is one idea that you can use to begin your quest to become a better visiting teacher (1998 Ensign):
Remember that flexibility, creativity, and commitment help us fulfill our callings as visiting teachers.

Establishing a set appointment
Visiting Teaching can be accomplished by setting a standing appointment or by asking for two or three possibilities of convenient times (noting the days that are not available) both for you and for those you visit. Flexibility and compromise might be necessary, but the security of having an established appointment removes a surprising amount of pressure regarding visiting teaching.

Here is an experience of a sister who uses this method:

Kathleen Berger, a visiting teacher in the Palm Bay First Ward, Cocoa Florida Stake, “We have several sisters we visit, and they all know we always come on the first Tuesday morning of every month,” she says. “We all live far apart and sometimes feel cut off, so these visits are important, and the sisters enjoy them. These Tuesday morning visits are something they can count on.”

That's one idea! If you have any other ideas that can help with visiting teaching efforts, please email them to Kim Judd at sixnephites@msn.com. We would love to post them!