Peppers with 3 bumps on the bottom are sweeter and better for eating. Peppers with 4 bumps on the bottom are firmer and better for cooking.
Add a tsp of water when frying ground beef. It helps pull grease away from meat while cooking
April Spotlight
Brenda Dansie
Where were you born? Payson Hospital
Where did you grow up? Spanish Fork and Salem
What High School did you graduate from? Spanish Fork High
Where did you meet your husband? Cruising Main
Any fun story you'd like to share? I worked at a taco place with his sister so he used to come in there all the time.
How long have you been married? 16 years, we dated for 4 years before we got married.
How many children do you have? 3 Steffen 16, Tritney 15, Courtney 10.
Any exciting experiences you would like to share? I have led a good life and have appreciated all of my experiences, and I can't wait to have more.
Where have you lived during your married life? Spanish Fork and Salem
Do you work? Where? Yes, I'm a lunch lady at Mr. Loafer Elementary.
Your favorite hobbies? I love to scrapbook, do crafts, help others, and sew.
Your greatest joys? My husband and kids, camping, fishing, hunting, 4 wheelers and spending time with my family.
Fun experiences or travel you could tell us about? We go see my grandparents every year 1 or 2 times in the summer and play with them in St. George.
March Presidency Message
Self-Reliance is taking responsibility for our own spiritual and temporal welfare and for those Heavenly Father has entrusted us with. Only when we are self-reliant can we truly emulate the Savior and bless others. Our ability to serve is increased or diminished by the level of our self-reliance. (Robert Hales)
We become self-reliant by gaining knowledge and education, by managing our money and resources wisely, studying, serving, and becoming spiritually strong. By preparing ourselves and families for emergencies and by having good physical health and emotional well being. Self-reliance is an essential element in our spiritual and temporal well being.
What am I doing to help myself and my family become self-reliant? Do I know how to raise a garden, harvest it and put away food? Do I have a year supply of food and water? Can I sew and mend clothing? Am I prepared for an emergency? Am I budgeting, saving, and living within my means. Am I strengthening myself spiritually, emotionally, and physically? Will my testimony sustain me in times of trial?
There is great peace and satisfaction that come from becoming self-reliant. Many of life's problems can be avoided when we live this way. The church teaches us that responsibility for ourselves and family rest in this order:1-Ourselves (With the help of the Lord, 2 Family,3-Church (Ward Family)
President Boyd K. Packer states: "The aim of the church is to help people, help themselves. It is a self-help system, not a quick handout system. Our Bishop's face increasing calls to councel members with problems that have more to do with emotional than physical. There is an epidemic in the church of Counselitis. This problem drains spiritual strength from the church. We live in an instant society and seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions for our problems. Spiritual independence and self-reliance is a sustaining power in the church. If we rob members of it by solving all of their problems, how will they learn to get revelation for themselves. They need to know how to get answers to their prayers."
It is meant that life would have challenges. I think we sometimes forget that we are but a prayer away from the Master Counselor of the Universe. A 24/7 service, free of charge! I know that we can be directed in every problem that we are faced with when we involve the Lord. He knows us and always knows what we need, He is the one to whom we should turn to for answers to life's problems. The scriptures are full of examples of people taking their problems to the Lord. One I find very remarkable is the Brother of Jared in the book of Ether. He was truly a man who knew how to pray and get answers. Read Ether Chapter 1, 2 and 3.
We are sent here to learn to become like the Savior and to learn to become God's and Goddesses. Without experience and growth, we can not do this.
Our trial may be physical, spiritual, economic, or emotional but when we treat them as opportunities to grow, standing self-reliant, doing our part and involving the Lord, great blessing will come into our lives.
We become self-reliant by gaining knowledge and education, by managing our money and resources wisely, studying, serving, and becoming spiritually strong. By preparing ourselves and families for emergencies and by having good physical health and emotional well being. Self-reliance is an essential element in our spiritual and temporal well being.
What am I doing to help myself and my family become self-reliant? Do I know how to raise a garden, harvest it and put away food? Do I have a year supply of food and water? Can I sew and mend clothing? Am I prepared for an emergency? Am I budgeting, saving, and living within my means. Am I strengthening myself spiritually, emotionally, and physically? Will my testimony sustain me in times of trial?
There is great peace and satisfaction that come from becoming self-reliant. Many of life's problems can be avoided when we live this way. The church teaches us that responsibility for ourselves and family rest in this order:1-Ourselves (With the help of the Lord, 2 Family,3-Church (Ward Family)
President Boyd K. Packer states: "The aim of the church is to help people, help themselves. It is a self-help system, not a quick handout system. Our Bishop's face increasing calls to councel members with problems that have more to do with emotional than physical. There is an epidemic in the church of Counselitis. This problem drains spiritual strength from the church. We live in an instant society and seem to demand instant everything, including instant solutions for our problems. Spiritual independence and self-reliance is a sustaining power in the church. If we rob members of it by solving all of their problems, how will they learn to get revelation for themselves. They need to know how to get answers to their prayers."
It is meant that life would have challenges. I think we sometimes forget that we are but a prayer away from the Master Counselor of the Universe. A 24/7 service, free of charge! I know that we can be directed in every problem that we are faced with when we involve the Lord. He knows us and always knows what we need, He is the one to whom we should turn to for answers to life's problems. The scriptures are full of examples of people taking their problems to the Lord. One I find very remarkable is the Brother of Jared in the book of Ether. He was truly a man who knew how to pray and get answers. Read Ether Chapter 1, 2 and 3.
We are sent here to learn to become like the Savior and to learn to become God's and Goddesses. Without experience and growth, we can not do this.
Our trial may be physical, spiritual, economic, or emotional but when we treat them as opportunities to grow, standing self-reliant, doing our part and involving the Lord, great blessing will come into our lives.