What happened on Sunday

1. We missed Rachael who was up north as her brother got married yesterday.

2. We welcomed back Esther and Evelynne who have both been away since late last year - it's nice to have them back with us again. It was also lovely to see Faye with us again who has served for such a long time in Primary and in more recent years in Nursery - it's lovely to have her with us in Relief Society and we hope she felt comfortable and at home after so long serving elsewhere.

3. We also welcomed Lyn (who is just a regular in our ward now!) We also welcomed two sisters who were visiting from the States, one sister who has just finished serving a mission in the Suva Fiji Temple with her husband, the other sister was here with her husband who had served as a missionary 54 years ago in Hobart!!

4. Sister Diana helped us learn more about finding our way around the hymn book which involved a little quiz that was fun to do.

5. Sister Kristy lead us with the lesson taken from Elder Bednar's talk about prayer. She played a song at the beginning of the lesson and another one at the end to help us think about our prayers.

"Prayer becomes more meaningful as we:

1. Counsel with the Lord in all our doings
2. Express heartfelt gratitude
3. Pray for others with real intent and a sincere heart.

I witness that Heavenly Father lives and that He hears and answers every earnest prayer."

A beautiful talk which we hope you will all take the time again to read, to uplift, teach and inspire you and help you as you communice with your loving Heavenly Father each and every day.