Gisela Pinargote - Columbia 3rd Branch
How has Relief Society blessed my life? I'm so grateful for
the example and dedication of all my sisters. The teachings and
compassionate service that I have learned and received through all my life has
made me be the kind of woman I'm today. When helping others makes it easy to
forget all my struggles, I can see that I'm blessed and greatly strengthened. Being a military wife,
a mother of four, I just can't thank enough all my visiting teachers, leaders,
friends that help with meals, phone calls, helping with the kids, doctors
visits etc. "Charity never
faileth"
I love my sisters in
Zion.
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Kellie Nuss - YSA Branch/Savage Mill Ward
The intersection of
the spiritual and the temporal that is Relief Society has always been summed up
for me by this famous quote from Lucy Mack Smith:
“We must cherish one another, watch over one
another, comfort one another and gain instruction that we may all sit down in
heaven together.”
In my mind, the
blessings of Relief Society are interwoven completely with every blessing of
the Atonement of Jesus Christ. Women are beloved by the Savior, and Relief
Society puts me in a position to stand with Christ and do His work in a way
that reinforces the fact that I can be raised and healed, and I can help others
along the way.
I am grateful that I
have always felt a part of Relief Society, even when not regularly attending
the Sunday RS meeting because of other callings. I feel this way because
cherishing, watching over and comforting others have nothing to do with age,
circumstance, or the walls of a particular room in the church building. I have
learned this through many years of experience on both sides of those sacred
acts.
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Sara Nuss - YSA Branch
Relief Society has helped me to better
understand my role as a woman. I'm not married yet. I don't have kids. But that
doesn't mean that I can't have an impact on the world around me-both in and
outside of church. I've learned that I not only have the responsibility to
spread the Lord's love and light, but that He qualifies me for this work.
Above all else, I've learned of the impact I can have in my future home with my future husband and future kids. The Relief Society structure has helped me prepare for these future roles so I can be a positive and uplifting influence on my family.
