Another Late Post...Value Video of the Month: Good Works!

January is...shall we say...not my favorite month. Right up there with September. I apologize to those wonderful people out there who were born in those months or who have set either (or both!) of those as their favorite month(s). But for me, January is a drag. After the initial excitement of the New Year, it deflates fast. School starts back up, the cold comes with a vengeance (even here in the South!), and everyone is trying to be less fat, less tired, less cold, less guilt-stricken with the thought of all the unfinished goals of last year and the impossible ones for this year. Not to mention that January is one of the longest months of the year! Thank goodness for February--OH WAIT! It's a Leap Year! Does this sufficiently explain why I have been a slacker and forgotten January's Value Video? Well, let's not make it any later than it already is!

I loved the music video for 2015's Youth Theme, Embark in the Service of God. The video depicts tons of acts of service, of people doing good works and brightening the hearts of other people.

Embark in the Service of God

Go, youth! 

Serve, Serve, Serve!

Hey everyone! Good Works must be a really great value if it's already getting two posts just to itself! (Read the other here.) But it goes really well with the Mutual Theme this year: 'O ye that embark in the service of God, see that ye serve Him with all your heart, might, mind, and strength, that ye may stand blameless before Him at the last day.' (D&C 4:2)

In the January New Era, there was an article called 'Serving God Through Personal Progress'. It gives some great ideas for ways to serve and live the 2015 theme while doing Personal Progress. 

In addition to the suggestions given in this article, Good Works Elective Experience #6 is great! Three hours of service, however, seemed a bit...much. How could I possibly find that much service??? I wasn't sure if I would be doing that one...

Until my awesome ward and Young Women leaders plan two separate service projects that are each about three hours.

Yep. I just hit the mother lode. 

I had actually been not-too-seriously pondering this experience, but I was still trying to think what types of service I could do. Then, over the pulpit in Sacrament Meeting, the bishop's counselor announced and outlined our annual 'Day of Service'. We'd literally spend three hours just serving our beautiful community! That's going to be in a few weeks. Just two hours later, in Young Women Opening Exercises, the YW President told us that next week, we'll be going to an orphan relief place and spending the whole morning serving there. 

Seriously, this is the best coincidence. Or maybe not. I don't really think it's a coincidence. But there it is. More than enough service hours for me to do this awesome experience and serve others! I'm excited for these opportunities, and I'll keep you posted (pun not intended). 

Have a lovely Wednesday! And tell me your favorite service experience in the comments. I'd love to hear about it!

You can share That Little Pink Book through email, Twitter, YOUR blog, Facebook, Pinterest, and Google+ using the gray bar of buttons at the bottom of each post!