Every year at Christmas my husbands family gives up the traditional Christmas gifts and donates $100.00 to a vacation pot. We then vote on three locations and at our Christmas party we "unwrap" where we are going. This year was Disneyland in CA. We were excited! We had never been there as a family.
But then life hit us with a bang. The economy affected my job, we had medical bills come up, and Scout camp and our Disney savings dwindled. We had struck Disney from the list and was hoping to make California and the beaches, but last week we set the kids down and informed them that we would not be going to Disney this year or the Lingwall family vacation. My husbands parents offered to help. But we felt it important to live with in our means and teach that lesson to our children.
Sacrifice...it is a powerful tool.
This week we encourage you to share a story about sacrifice.
1. We know we don't like to talk about ourselves. But as women we know you have made sacrifices. Share one.
2. Those pioneers in your life who made sacrifices to accept the gospel.
3. Has someone sacrificed for you?
4. The ultimate sacrifice. The atonement of our Saviour.
5. A sacrifice that someone else made that touched you.
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