Beginning this month, "Visiting Teaching" is changing sisters "minister" to each other in a more personal way. Rather than providing a specific "visiting teaching message," each month a "visiting teaching principle" will be given to provide ideas to help us minister more effectively to each other.
Visiting teaching is about ministering. Jesus ministered anytime and anywhere. We can do the same.
To "minister" is to give service, care, or aid that contributes to the comfort or happiness of another. Visiting teaching is about discovering new ways to minister to those we visit. Jesus Christ ministered to all, anytime and anywhere. He fed the 5,000, comforted Mary and Martha at the death of their brother, and taught His gospel to the woman at the well. He did it because of His sincere love.
Following His example, as visiting teachers we can come to know and love each sister we visit, remember that love is the foundation of all we do. When we pray for inspiration to know how to serve her and help her strengthen her faith, "the angels cannot be restrained from being [our] associates."
Making personal connections, listening with an attitude of love is the essence of visiting teaching. Modern technology and face-to-face visits help us to do it anytime, anywhere, and in many ways. That is ministering as Jesus did.
Let us stop worrying about "what counts" as visiting teaching and instead focus on what each sister needs from us. Do what she needs.
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