Dear Sisters,

It is September! The summer is just leaving and fall is arriving. How I love the fall! I can just tell when it's here because the sunshine changes. The weather begins to cool off a little and walks are much more enjoyable.

It was delightful to see and visit with so many of you last Thursday at the Auxiliary Training Meeting. I hope you enjoyed being there as much as we enjoyed having you with us. I thought I might just go over a few things we talked about:

1. Success is in the "Cans" and not in the "Can-nots"
2. In order to better reach the sisters in your wards and branches a challenge was given to have supervisors make phone calls in the middle of the month to help remind the visiting teachers that the end of the month is coming. So often, the end comes and no one is ready. (Wow, does that sound a little like a Bible story?)
3. The Visiting Teaching Leader to use small handouts or reminders to help the visiting teachers keep visiting teaching on their minds.
4. Teachers can bring their own "spice" and "tools" to their lessons, by using their own experiences, testimonies, and by concentrating on the parts of the lesson the Spirit leads them to use.
5. There are always new and exciting ideas that can be used to make our Home, Family and Personal Enrichment meetings a richer experience. From home-made laundry detergent to pie in a jar. By looking for ideas that are new, we can make our meetings a place that everyone wants to be.
6. Every president needs a secretary. Secretaries can bring peace and a calmness to the Relief Society President by taking some of the burden and helping her with it. The secretary can make sure the agenda is complete before Relief Society starts. She can meet the new sisters in the unit and make sure she has their name, address, and phone number to pass on to the President. A secretary can keep minutes of meetings and make sure that everyone knows what their assignments are. A secretary is a must in a presidency.

As I mentioned in the meeting, I know that we look at numbers, but truly, sisters, we are looking at souls. A question was posed to me not long ago. "How do we save souls?" I said "One at a time." I truly believe that. Each sister is precious and needs our love and compassion. She also needs to be included in all the activities and events we hold in our units. I know we are up to the challenge and with every one doing their part, we can and will success.

Keep us the good work. I love you all and hope September brings you health, happiness, and joy.

Pat Romney,
President