October 2010 General Conference

General Conference is THIS WEEKEND!!!
For more information on how to view this go to: LDS General Conference

Cox Cable Communications - Phoenix – Digital (for Zip Code 85210) Channel 114 BYUTV

DirecTV - BYU-TV Channel 374

Dish Network: BYU-TV Channel 9403

Free StoryTelling Event - EVERY SATURDAY!

Saturdays Community Kids Activity!

Beginning Saturday, Oct. 2 children ages three to five can experience the magic of storytelling at the Red Mountain Library.  Volunteer storytellers will be on hand every Saturday at 11 a.m. to read to and engage children a wide array of educational and fictional books.

Please meet in the Open Book Lounge at the Red Mountain Library, 635 N. Power Road. 

Relief Society Lesson - 9/26/10

This lesson was taking from the April 2010 General Conference talk: The Blessing of Scriptures

Relief Society Lesson - 9/19/10

Here is the Relief Society Lesson taken from Chapter 17 "The Church of Jesus Christ Today"

Sister Alatini's Recipes From September's Relief Society Dinner

These recipes are old recipes from my mother and she never wrote them down - they were just by word of mouth.  My mother never cooked with recipes- that’s what made her a great cook.  I know these just because I had watched her over and over again make these recipes.  So I am trying to put these instructions in a way that everyone can understand.  I too only know these recipes by mouth and do not have exact measurements.  I apologize.  If anyone has any questions or gets stumped when making these, just call me and I will be happy to walk you through.  Also Mexican food is very oily and very fattening which is why it is so yummy.  I always say in moderation. Ha! Ha!  It is a nice treat here and there.

Rice:         This rice is a bit different - not the way everyone is used to making rice.  I know I use a rice cooker most of the time, but when you make Mexican rice, you need to have flavor, and unfortunately Mexican rice or Spanish rice is made in a greasy, but tasty, yummy way, and of course, is only eaten every once in awhile. 

1 c. oil

4 c. rice (calrose rice is best)

1 bunch cilantro

2 cubes caldo de tomato or tomato bullion

8 c. water  (2 cups of water for every cup of rice)

seasoning salt, to taste

Use a pot that has a deep dish for several cups of water.  Put about 1 cup of oil in the pot on med high.  Once the oil is hot enough, put 4 cups of rice on the stove with the oil.  Keep mixing the rice into the oil until rice changes to a white color.  When most of the rice has changed colors, add 8 cups of water, mixing the rice very well.  Add 2 cubes of Caldo de Tomato. Chop the cubes into small pieces before putting them in the water.  Chop up one bunch of cilantro into small pieces and throw it into the water.  Add some seasoning salt and mix very well (until you see the caldo de tomato pretty much dissolved.) Cover with a lid letting a crack be open on top to let the steam out.   Turn stove down to med and let cook until water is gone.  I usually watch rice very carefully.  Half way in between, mix it one more time.  Rice is done when all the water is gone.

Enchiladas(Chile quiles) :   

corn tortillas

salt

2 cans green Chile sauce (las Palmas)

cumin

3 cans green chilies

pepper

4 c. oil 

1 boiled chicken,

shredded

cheese

Boil chicken, then shred chicken or cut into pieces.  Put chicken in cooker for about 2 hours with 1 can Green Chile sauce to simmer. Add salt, cumin, and pepper according to your taste.  Add about 3 cans of green chilies to your chicken as well to simmer. When chicken is done, you can start layering.


First put a little green sauce on the bottom of your pan as a base for your tortillas.  Heat up about 4 cups of oil to dunk your corn tortillas in to soften them up.  (You do not fry them to where you are going to make a complete tostada shell.  You just dunk in oil for them to crisp just a little.)   Put in pan one by one to cover the pan (about 7 tortillas all on the bottom of the pan with the sauce.)  Put on top chicken with the sauce.  Add a layer of cheese.  Smother on more green sauce to cover all layers of chicken and tortillas.  Keep repeating this until you have done about 2 or three layers. 

Lemonade recipe: 

Lemonade Kool-aid

Sugar

Mango flavoring (Smart and Final)

Frozen fresh peaches, and sliced lemons

Just mix lemonade kool-aid with sugar according to taste in one gallon container or whatever container you decide to make it in.  Always mix it according to taste with the sugar.  When you put it in a glass pitcher, you then put one to two cups (again according to your taste) of the mango flavoring.  Then just add the frozen fresh peach slices and lemon slices.  This drink is meant to taste good, but also serves as a pretty drink on your table. 

Relief Society Lesson - 9/12/10

Here is the Podcast for Sunday 9/12/10 Relief Society Lesson.

It is taken from Chapter 16 "The Church of Jesus Christ in Former Times"

During the lesson, a quote was given, and was requested by many. Here it is:

Faith is the power,

Obedience is the price,

Love is the motive,

The Spirit is the key, and

Christ is the reason.

[Japan Fukuoka Mission Motto, 1991–1994]

Humanitarian Aid Project - Sat Oct 23rd

Below are links to the same info on the church website. 

The info in the first link called "service project guidelines" is way more than what we're doing. So I need to specify that we will ONLY be working on the items under the headings called "Hygiene Kits" and "Orphanage Modules." We will NOT be doing the ones under the titles "Medical modules," "Newborn kits," and "school kits." However we are accepting any clothes for any sizes and any sex from newborns to teenagers. We are just not going to specifically attempt the entire "Newborn Kit." 

The second link called "toys" is for a list and guidelines of games and toys we'll be accepting. Also, we don't need anymore combs or bars of soap, we have a lot still in the R.S. storage. 

We will be taking the time from now until Sat. October 23rd to collect all items. On Sat. Oct. 23rd at 6:00 pm we will spend a fun night assembling and organizing the kits to be sent off to Salt Lake. 

If you can donate something but can't make it on Oct. 23rd, WONDERFUL. 

If you can make it to help out on Oct. 23rd but can't donate anything, WONDERFUL. 

And if you can't do either, you're still WONDERFUL. 

We are all in different stages of our lives and can't feel guilty because we don't do EVERY thing going on in our ward. Please at least take a 3 minutes to take a look at the link to the video I'm attaching  to appreciate how amazing our church is at quietly working miracles all over the world. It's true that this is Christ's church because this video is evidence of his work.

For donating items:

-You can drop them by at church on Sundays

1) link to list of clothes and hygiene items we're accepting

http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/patterns/service-project-guidelines.pdf

2) link to list of toys and games we're accepting

http://www.ldsphilanthropies.org/humanitarian-services/patterns/toys.pdf

3) link to 3 min orphanage video in the Dominican Republic

boyhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYrNBpJly9s&feature=player_embedded

"Survivor" Saturday

Survivors ready?! 

“Survivor Saturday” is coming and no one is immune! Bring your families to the Stake Center on Saturday, September 25th from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm to participate in the Emergency Preparedness Committee’s “Survivor Saturday.” Each of the following workshops will begin each half hour:

Why Be Prepared? - Winners from Past Seasons Tell All
Water Storage - The Survival-in-the-Desert Reward Challenge
Communication With Your Family in Any Circumstance - So No One Ends Up on Exile Island
Grab-n-Go Kits - Outwit, Outlast, Out of the House

The tribe has spoken and they want to see you there!

Good News!!!

Podcasts are BACK!!! I have finally been able to find a different way to bring the podcasts back on the site. I have uploaded the past 2 weeks for everyone. Some additional good news is that these podcasts will not be up for only a limited time. So you should have the ability to go back to them and review them several months later. It's a good day :)

Podcast 9-5-10

This lesson discussion was taken from the General Conference talk: "When the Lord Commands"
Points that were emphasized:
1. We feel that the commandments don't apply to us
2. Thus commandment is not important
3. We feel the commandment is too hard to obey

Relief Society Evening

Please join us for our Special
Kleinman Park Ward Relief Society Evening
Thursday, Sept. 9, 2010 @ 6:30pm
There will be a light supper and Entertainment
A nursery will be provided

Podcast 8-29-10

This lesson was presented by the Bishop. He spoke on things that were shared to the Bishops in the area by Elder L. Tom Perry. This was regarding the family, Church and community and our roles with it.