Sister Tanner was out of town for the Nampa & Boise classes this week.  Below you will find an "introduction" video to the Communication class as well as a link to the 2018 Communication class.  

Homework: 

1. Fill in the blank:  "I will strengthen my ability to communicate by...."
2. Focus on listening to understand.  Ask 3 questions first.
3. Create time in the family for talking
4. Teach and use good cell phone manners.
5. Help each child set a goal, make a plan to accomplish it, and follow through with them.  This gives them a good opportunity to communicate with you. 
6. Focus on better communication with Heavenly Father in your prayers.

Homework:

1. Read "Beware of Pride" by President Ezra Taft Benson 1986
2. Read "Helping Children Develop Feelings of Self Worth" Feb 2006
3. Identify your spiritual gifts. Look at your Patriarchal Blessing, pray, and/or ask someone you are close to for suggestions.

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HOMEWORK:  

1. Go over syllabus and the Parenting styles for each color.
2. Get a separate notebook or paper.  One page for each child & your spouse.  Dedicate one day to each person.  During that day pray specifically for each child (or your spouse).  Have a conversation with Heavenly Father to seek enlightenment to understand who that child is.  What are their strengths?  What are their weaknesses? How can you best influence them for good.  Look at each one as an individual and try to go in with an open mind and not preconceived ideas.  Express your love to that child (or your spouse).
3. Read "Divine Discontent" October 2019 Sister Michelle D Craig

Here is a link to the Hartman Color Code Personality Test.  The Basic assessment is Free.

Homework: 

1. Read..."Teach Them To Understand" Elder David A Bednar  Rick College Devotional 1998
2. Read...."A Plea To My Sisters" President Russell M. Nelson October 2015
3. Read one of these 2 talks....."Teaching In The Home a Joyful & Sacred Responsibility" Devin G. Durrant May 2018  OR  "Small & Simple Things" Dallin H. Oaks April 2018

Homework: 

1. Study with your family "Proclamation on the Family".
2. Ponder 1 experience where you have gone through all 4 levels of learning and share it with your family.
3. Begin a list of what you want your kids to learn before they leave home.  Then pick one and plan how to do it. 
4. Read "Come Follow Me" By Practicing Christian Love & Service by Robert D. Hales November 2016.  Make a list of things you can do to be a better parent.  Then choose one to focus on.

Philosophy Professor & Chalk Story.....

There was a professor of philosophy there who was a deeply committed atheist. His primary goal for one required class was to spend the entire semester attempting to prove that God couldn't exist. His students were always afraid to argue with him because of his impeccable logic. For twenty years he had taught this class and NO ONE had ever had the courage to go against him. Sure, some had argued in class at times, but no one had ever *really gone against him* (you'll see what I mean later). Nobody would go against him because he had a reputation.
At the end of every semester, on the last day, he would say to the class of 300 students, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" In twenty years, nobody ever stood up. They knew what he was going to do next. He would say, "Because anyone who believes in God is a fool. If God existed, he could stop this piece of chalk from hitting the ground and breaking. Such a simple task to prove he is God, and yet he can't do it." And every year he would drop the chalk onto the tile floor of the classroom and it could shatter into a hundred pieces. All of the students could do nothing but stop and stare. Most of the students were convinced that God couldn't exist. Certainly, a number of Christians had slipped through, but for 20 years they had been too afraid to stand up.
Well, a few years ago there was a freshman who happened to enroll in the class. He was a Christian, and had heard the stories about this professor. He had to take the class because it was one of the required classes for his major. And he was afraid. But for three months that semester, he prayed every morning that he would have the courage to stand up no matter what the professor said or what the class thought. Nothing they said or did could ever shatter his faith, he hoped.

​Finally, the day came. The professor said, "If there is anyone here who still believes in God, stand up!" The professor, and the class of 300 people looked at him, shocked, as he stood up at the back of the room. The professor shouted, "YOU FOOL! If nothing I have said all semester has convinced you that God doesn't exist, then you are a fool! If God existed, he could keep this piece of chalk from breaking when it hit the ground!" He proceeded to drop the chalk, but as he did, it slipped out of his fingers, off his shirt cuff, onto the pleats of his pants, down his leg, and off his shoe. And as it hit the ground, it simply rolled away, UNBROKEN. The professor's jaw dropped as he stared at the chalk. He looked up at the young man and then ran out of the lecture hall. The young man who had stood up proceeded to walk to the front of the room and share his faith in Jesus for the next half hour. 300 students stayed and listened as he told of God's love for them and of his power through Jesus.

Homework:  Read, study, ponder, & pray about "Revelation for the church, Revelation for our Lives" by President Nelson April 2018

Homework:  

1. Read the Marriage Parable:  Alma 32:37-43
2. Women...plan a "hot" date - something different that you haven't done in awhile.  It's can't be electronic.  You plan it.  You get the babysitter.  You take care of all the things. 
3. Sometime this week have a "remember when..." conversation with your spouse. 
4. Use a white board and write specific things you love and appreciate about your spouse with no expectation of it be reciprocated.
5. Read "What Lack I Yet?"  by Larry Lawrence.  Ask...what do I need to do to nourish the marriage.

Homework: 

1. Work on prayers of gratitude.  Express gratitude and then express why.  Once a day have a prayer of just gratitude.  Pray with real intent
2. Read "Remember, Remember" by President Eyring October 2007.  Consider doing a gratitude journal from now until Christmas.
3. Write a note or letter to someone not in your family that has influenced you for good. 

Homework:

1. Think about how you are following the prophet's counsel on reading Book of Mormon.
2. Review the talk & exact blessings from President Nelson October 2018.
3. Read "You Are My Hands" April 2010 Dieter F. Uchtdorf
4. Evaluate yourself  in each of the roles in your life (mother, sister, daughter, ministering sister, etc) on the Service Continuum (pg 84 of the syllabus).  This is not for guilt, but for awareness. 
5. Create a family service project that will last from now until Christmas.  This is to help move you from "I Want To..." to "May I" because of my love for the Savior I want to give.  This project needs to require real effort.  

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Homework: 

1. Study the "8 Tips To Teaching Children To Work" on pg 70 of the syllabus.  Be prepared to discuss them next week. 
2. Make work fun!
3. Read "Be Not Troubled" by Ronald Rasband October 2018 Conference
4. Do the 7 Homework assignments in the syllabus on pg 74

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