Giving service to others has always been a way of life for me as I learned it at home from my mother. She was many time the president of the woman's organization of her church. She often carried meals, helped out with cleaning or laundry to members in need. She worked with a gleaner's group in the Dunkirk-Fredonia area. As I became an adult, I was often involved in the same type of things with her.
After joining The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, I learned a different way of doing service. We also carry meals or aid in family care but our services extend to more spiritual things as well. One of the most important things we can do to provide a great service to all is to serve as a temple worker. For the past year, I have been working at the Palmyra Temple two days a week. It has been the most satisfying year of my life. I was hesitant because of my age and the distance to travel, but Heavenly Father has been at my side the whole time, so I had no mis-haps on the road and was able to learn the routine and word-for-word ordinances with relative ease. I feel that I have been blessed out of proportion to the effort involved. Anyone can serve and every one should, even if only as a patron for family file names. It is service with eternal blessings.
Sister Janet Dickinson, (Janet just recently moved away from the Fredonia Branch)
