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Come, Follow Me Handouts for November

10/30/2013

Update:

Our original download site has been up and down again lately, so you can also download these handouts here.

LDS Handouts for November Come, Follow Me from LDS NEST. Handouts for 4 weeks already up and ready for you to download! #lds #comefollowme #ldsnest

I'm trying something new...putting all of my handouts out at the first of the month. That way if you're covering a different topic that week you still have something if you want them! All handouts are 4"x5" so you can fit 4 on a page, or you can download the PDF versions. Enjoy!

Handouts for Why is work an important gospel principle? You can download them here or click on the images and save as. PDF version is available here.

Why is work an important gospel principle? Work is a commandment.

How will learning to work now benefit my future family? Journal card from LDS Nest

Handouts for What is the Lord's way for providing for the poor and needy? You can download them here or click on the images and save as. PDF version is available here.

What is the Lord's way for providing for the poor and needy? Welfare work brings...handout from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

When have I been blessed by others journal card from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

Welfare Work handout from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

How can I help others around me journal card from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

Handouts for Why is it important for me to gain an education and develop skills? You can download them here, or click on the images and save as. These journal cards and scriptures help the Young Women complete Personal Progress Knowledge Value Experience 2. PDF version is available here.

Education handout from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

Education handout from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest journal card

Education handout from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest What are you talents journal card

Handouts for What does it mean to be self-reliant? You can download them here or click on the images and save as.PDF version is available here.

What does it mean to be self-reliant? handouts from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

My Personal Self-Reliance Kit checklist. What does it mean to be self-reliant? handouts from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

What does it mean to be self-reliant? journal card from LDS NEST for Come, Follow Me #lds #ldsyw #ldsnest

We know a lot of you have downloaded our handouts, so thank you! Let us know in the comments; are they helpful? My Young Women love them!

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ME • I Choose to Be Happy Pillow

10/28/2013

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Look what I got today. I talked about it here. Just wanted to share that I love it. Choose to be happy!

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ME • Sunday Scripture Studying

10/27/2013

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Here's a little help with Sunday scripture study. If it helps, here's a Nestible (free printable) for you to use.
Happy Sunday!

LDS NEST Sunday Scripture Study Helps Free Download

FREE DOWNLOAD CLICK HERE

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17 DIY Christmas Gift Ideas for 2013

10/25/2013

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Now, I KNOW Thanksgiving hasn't even happened yet, BUT there are only NINE Saturdays until Christmas!! Yikes! This year I decided that I want most of my gifts to be DIY gifts...but a lot of the time I'm not very creative. So I compiled a list of homemade, DIY gifts! 17 ish. I'm not that I counted right, and I'm not counting again. Either way, that means you can do two-ish every Saturday from now until Christmas. Math is not my strong point, so if I'm wrong, just laugh.

baby backpack emergency kit from LDS Nest #emergency #preparedness #lds #ldsnest Christmas gift idea

Baby backpack emergency kit from Mom at LDS Nest (that's us!) You can really do this for anyone, and it's practical, useful, and totally cute.

Portable first-aid kit from Positively Splendid

DIY Telephone bookends from A Beautiful Mess

DIY animal bookend from Natalme

DIY Chalkboard Planters from A Beautiful Mess

You're My Best Friend wall art from A Beautiful Mess

Paint chip wall art from A Beautiful Mess

I heart Us Wall art from I Heart Naptime

DIY Corkboard map from Fine and Feathered

DIY Corkboard wall map from Fine and Feathered

DIY Copper bangles from Monster Circus (it's easier than you think! Also, the page is in Danish.) How fun would it be to use a metal stamping kit too? Like the ones here and here.

Story Stones from Crafting Connections.
You can actually buy these, but if you're artsy, you could DIY them too. and they are so adorable!

DIY Travel art boxes from Repeat Crafter Me

Dinosaur Coatrack

Glitter animals as art (this page is also in dutch!)

DIY Keepsake boxes

Travel Keepsake boxes for photos and stuffs

DIY terrarium (get creative! use fake stuff!)

I should actually probably get started...

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How can I become more Christlike? October Handouts for Come, Follow Me

10/24/2013

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UPdated: download the handouts here!

Come Unto Christ-October-How Can I become more Christlike?

Handouts are still the same--Charity and Virtue previously had the same scriptures on them, but now they have the right scriptures on them. We've moved where to download them and you shouldn't have any problems with the site! Thanks for stopping by! Make sure to follow us for updates!

How can I become more Christlike? Come, follow me handouts for October #comefollowme #lds #ldsnest #ldsyw

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These handouts coincide with the lesson outline "How can I become more Christlike?" for this month in Come, Follow Me. You can download these handouts here or click on the images and "save as". If you've already done this lesson, we also have handouts for lessons "why is it important to be grateful?" and "how can I be more Christlike in my service to others?"

{4"x5" handouts and journal cards}

You're invited to come unto Christ! How can I become more Christlike? Come, follow me handouts for October #comefollowme #lds #ldsnest #ldsyw

Journal Card-How can I become more Christlike? Come, follow me handouts for October #comefollowme #lds #ldsnest #ldsyw

I plan on handing out these cards for my class to look up the scriptures and then tell us what they learned from that scripture.

{3.5"x2" Christlike attribute cards}

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Come, Follow Me LDS Handouts for October

10/16/2013

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Free handouts from LDS Nest for Come, Follow Me in October #lds #ldsnest #ldsyw #ldsideas

Here are some handouts for your classes from October's Come, Follow Me "Why is it important to be grateful?" You can also use the journal cards found here that I made for my aunt's Relief Society activity. You can download all of the cards for this lesson outline here or click on the images and "save as". Handouts are 4x5 so you can fit 4 on a page. Print on card-stock and you are good to go!

These are mini 3x2 cards to be used throughout the week. Print them on card-stock and have the girls take a few to write down the blessings they see throughout the week. Again, here is the link to download them.

Are these helpful in your lessons? Comment and let us know!

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Short and Sweet Family Home Evening Idea: Obedience

10/14/2013

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Short and Sweet; quick and easy FHE ideas from LDS Nest #lds #ldsnest #fhe

Did any of you use last week's Short and Sweet FHE idea? Here is one for this week!

SING: Nephi's Courage
SAY: 1 Nephi 3:7
SHOW: Tools needed to build a boat (like a hammer). You can liken the boat to testimony.
SWEET: Swedish fish (or gold fish!)

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Come Follow, Me, October: Christlike Service

10/10/2013

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Come, Follow Me handouts for October-How can I be more Christlike in my service to others? Free download from LDS Nest #lds #ldsyw #ywidea #ldsteaching

Here are some handouts for Come, Follow Me this October; "How can I be more Christlike in my service to Others?" You can download the handouts here or click on the images and "save as". I switched things up this time and the handouts are 4x5 instead of 4x6. This way you can fit 4 on a page without re-sizing the image! Hope this helps!

These are 3x2 "love note" cards for the girls. Print on cardstock and have your girls take a few for the week to write notes of encouragement and love on the back. Encourage them to then give them to those that could use a kind word. Great way to apply the lesson! Again, the download link is here. Please tweet, pin, or share these on Facebook!

Love note: Come, Follow Me handouts for October-How can I be more Christlike in my service to others? Free download from LDS Nest #lds #ldsyw #ywidea #ldsteaching

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Short and Sweet FHE: Follow the Prophet

10/6/2013

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Short and Sweet family home evening lesson idea from LDS NEST #lds #ldsnest #familyhomeevening #fhe

My husband and I have a toddler just shy of being 2 years old. Family Home Evening is a little hard sometimes, simply because toddlers have short attention spans...but if we are being totally honest, so do I. So we came up with "short and sweet" family home evenings. We will share one every week, so make sure you sign up for our email updates to get them sent straight to your inbox. Here is this week:

SING: Follow the Prophet
SAY: 1 Nephi 19:24 and/or one thing you learned from General Conference this past weekend
SHOW: Thomas S. Monson (or picture of a prophet)
SWEET: Skittles! (simply because we have some leftover from conference)

Don't forget to leave your email address here if you haven't already signed up! This way next week you will get Short and Sweet sent straight to your email.

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October 2013 Saturday Session

10/5/2013

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There is an urgency for each one of us to be engaged in sharing the gospel. -M Russell Ballard #ldsconf2013 #ldsconf #ldsnest #lds

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I am totally amazed at the speed with which LDS quotes from General Conference are put out. I'm not that fast. I like to sit back and enjoy conference! But, I love the quotes, so of course I made just a couple while my husband was at the Priesthood session. Why not, right? I think the emphasis on missionary work is huge! I've always been afraid of missionary work, but I love what M. Russell Ballard said; "Pray for the strength to become more bold" in sharing the gospel. What did you get out of Conference?

Now is the time for members and missionaries to come together. -S. Gifford Neilson #lds #ldsconf2013 #ldsconf

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PS. You can download the above images for free by clicking on them, or check out this other stuff! (Christmas is coming up, and these would make awesome gifts!)

http://society6.com/WordsfortheBirds/bags

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MENTOR • 2014 Mutual Theme Print & Paint

10/4/2013

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Life's a little slower for us. Yesterday the Rainbow Maker and I did a little art project. Here's how her's turned out.

Rainbow Maker's Art

http://ge.tt/3JWzArt/v/0?c

It's the Church's 2014 Mutual theme, here with my design. I wanted to see how this type of design would turn out with it. It's a hand drawn, ink drawing and I kind of like it. I did my print on watercolor paper and watercolors. She did here's on smooth art paper and markers.

LDS NEST 2014 Mutual Theme B/W Printable

Black & White Printable

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LDS NEST 2014 Mutual Theme Color Printable

Watercolored Printable

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Here are the values with the design. You can print them off on colored cardstock or white and color them.

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And because some of you aren't in YW here is a blank one to use. This might work for youth to color in during General Conference and put a quote in the blank section. Or maybe something for Primary. You can tell us how you thought to use it.

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ME: Coping with my sister's death and things that helped

10/3/2013

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Coping with my sister's death; a list of things that helped me <3 #lds #ldsnest

Death happens differently for each person, but the outcome of it is the same for everyone it touches. We are left to mourn someone we love and a chance to live again.

My sister died about two months ago. If you’re new you can read about it here, here, here, and here. If you’ve been with us for that long, you basically know the story. I still don’t understand why she’s gone, and that’s okay, but I wanted to share my "tips" for dealing with death. Hopefully they can help you too.

It’s okay to not be okay. People will ask you, “How are you doing?” Simply and politely be honest. Most of the time when people asked me, “Are you okay?” I replied with, “Not really, but I will be”, or “I don’t really know”. Most people will leave it at that.

Realize that people who say you “I know exactly what you’re going through...” really mean well, and want to empathize with you. This was really hard for me. My sister was only 28 when she died and was never conscious to see her firstborn child, and when well-meaning people would say things like, “Oh, I just had a grandmother who was married for a thousand years, had 13.689 kids, 2983 grandchildren, and lived a million years passed a year ago…” (slight exaggeration). I had to remind myself that these were friends, just trying to let me know that I wasn’t alone.
It's okay to talk about it. It's also okay to not talk about it. Sometimes, you just don't want to. and you don't have to.

Don’t blame people for the death; not God, not the doctor, not the drunk driver, not anyone. It doesn’t make you or anyone else feel better.

Let go of guilt. I think there were three times I could have seen my sister in the three days before she was on life support in the hospital, and I didn’t go see her. I’m sad that I didn’t, but I know she doesn’t blame me and wouldn’t want me to be mad at myself for the rest of my life because I didn’t.

Look for beauty in tragedy. It’s there. You just have to look.

Pray always. Not sometimes, or often, or whatever. Pray always, and pray for yourself. Always have a prayer in your heart. This actually helps me with life in general, but especially with the passing of Leila.

Pray for those that have died. Just because they are gone, doesn’t mean you can’t pray for them. I simply pray for Leila to know we love and miss her, and it makes me feel better.

Utilize the atonement. “There is no sin or transgression, pain or sorrow, which is outside of the healing power of His Atonement.” –C. Scott Grow. The atonement isn’t just for sin! It’s for anything that we can’t bear alone. Remember that Christ knows how you feel, and knows how to comfort you. You just need to ask.

Write to those that have passed. Sometimes I just miss people. Writing out my feelings as if I’m speaking to them helps a lot. Our family actually set up an email account so people could email letters about Leila to save them for her son. I love reading other people’s memories of her.

Remember them. My sister blogged and took pictures all of the time. Her blog is still up, and her Facebook account is still active so far, so we have been able to look at pictures, and leave notes on her wall like she’s still here. We talk about her as a family. We remember her every day…and sometimes we still make jokes at her expense, just like we used to.
Visit their grave site. Sometimes I just drive by and say, "Hello!" out loud. You can call me crazy.

Go to the temple to find peace.
Serve someone, because there is no better way to forget yourself than remembering someone else.

Remember that families are forever.
It's okay to be happy.

How have you coped with the death of a loved one? Add to the list in the comments!

UPDATE: Right after I initially posted this I realized the post title should actually read, "Coping with my sister's death and things that HELP". Because coping with death is on-going...it never really goes away. We remember every day. We live on every day, but it doesn't necessarily make the missing go away. It's a daily thing. I still hope you can find the post helpful to you. Remember to read the comments that have been added for more ways to help cope! (11/06/2013)

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