{"id":5693,"date":"2012-06-13T19:33:49","date_gmt":"2012-06-14T01:33:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ldswomenofgod.com\/?p=5693"},"modified":"2012-06-13T19:33:49","modified_gmt":"2012-06-14T01:33:49","slug":"questions-for-visiting-teaching-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliefsocietywomen.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/13\/questions-for-visiting-teaching-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Questions for Visiting Teaching Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today our guest post comes from Amaryah Cannon:<\/p>\n

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I have always loved visiting teaching, and I know that it is a central part of our work as disciples of Christ. Visiting teaching not only allows us to make friends with sisters in our wards, but also gives us opportunities to serve one another and develop Christ like attributes. I currently serve as the 2nd<\/sup> Counselor in my ward\u2019s Relief Society, and as such have been assigned to work with the Visiting Teaching Coordinator and District Leaders. Our ultimate goal is for visiting teaching to be part of a fluid chain where visiting teachers can report how the sisters they teach are doing to their supervisors; those District Leaders can then report to the Coordinator, who then reports to the Presidency; and if needed, the \"\"<\/a>Relief Society President can then report to the Bishop about needs individual sisters may have.<\/p>\n

As a Presidency, we felt that we weren\u2019t getting enough information from the sisters about how their visiting teaching was going, so I created this list of questions to help the District Leaders know how to find out this information.\u00a0 We wanted to focus more on individual women in the ward, not just numbers, and so worked to make sure that all of the questions require more than just a yes or no answer. Furthermore, we aren\u2019t just looking to find out about needs of the sisters, but about their overall well-being; in other words, we want to know about good news too!<\/p>\n

I also included some questions in the list about the companionship.\u00a0 In my ward, people move in and out all the time, as we have to change companionships more often than we like. We hope that by encouraging District Leaders to also find out about the companionships, they can alert us to any problems there might be between companions, or difficulties they have in coordinating schedules, etc.<\/p>\n

District Leaders are not required to ask all or even any of these questions, but if they do, hopefully it will help them to get more information about and develop better relationships with the sisters that have been visit taught that month.\u00a0 We have already seen as a Presidency an improvement in the information we receive and we feel that it helps the District Leaders as well as individual visiting teachers to better see the importance of their callings.<\/p>\n

Possible Questions for VT District Leaders<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You do not need to ask all of these questions every month; you may not need to ask any of them.\u00a0 They are only meant to serve as a guideline to help you as a District Leader fulfill your responsibilities and to help the Relief Society Presidency be made aware of any needs or concerns that sisters might have.\u00a0 Please communicate frequently with the sisters in your District in order to better serve them.\u00a0 If your sisters email or text you their reports, don\u2019t hesitate to email or text them back some questions if you feel you need more information.<\/p>\n

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