OCTOBER 12, 2006
QUEEN BEE: “Hello sister worker bees.
Thank you for attending our swarm today. The latest buzz is
that we have added three new “wanna bee” sister worker bees to
our hive. We would like to welcome them at this time.”
“Would you sisters stand and give us your
name?”
#1 – I am sister Can Bee
#2 – I am sister Will Bee
#3 – I am sister Shall Bee
QUEEN: “It is so great to have you with
us. You will be able to get to know our other sister worker
bees shortly.”
“Sister Bees, as you know we all have a
very important work to do. It is that of a visiting teacher.
This is no job for a drone! We have so many sister bees in our
hive who need our attention and there is nothing that gets my
stinger up faster than finding out about a sister bee who did
not get contacted during the month.”
Remember the Six B’s that our bee keeper,
President Hinckley, spoke about? Let’s all repeat them
together.”
ALL OF THE CURRENT VISITING TEACHERS
REPEAT AS QUEEEN BEE POINTS TO THEM ON THE BOARD.
BE GRATEFUL
BE SMART
BE CLEAN
BE TRUE
BE HUMBLE
BE PRAYERFUL
QUEEN BEE: “Now that we are all
sure we know the Six B’s, let’s talk about how we can apply
these qualities to our visiting teaching skill. Sister Busy
Bee, tell us how you think GRATITUDE helps you to bee a better
visiting teacher.
BUSY BEE: - gives very short
explanation on the B of gratitude.
QUEEN BEE: That was wonderful, thank
you. Now Sister DOBEE, do you think a good visiting teacher
must beee Smart?
DOBEE – replies that it helps
because we must work smart in our visiting teaching. The way we
do this is…..short message.
QUEEN BEE – Thank you so much for
your thoughts. We know what intelligent creatures we bees need
to be. Sister BuzzBee you understand how important it is for us
bees to keep our hive clean but what are your thoughts about how
we need to be clean in order to fulfill our calling as a
visiting teacher.
BUZZBEE – Gives message on “B”
Clean.
QUEEN BEE – Well, so far I can see
that you sister bees are the “Honey” of this hive. Sister
NeedBee we haven’t heard from you yet. Can you share your
thoughts with us on “being” True?
NEEDBEE – short message on the B of
True
QUEEN BEE – Thank you Sister NeedBee.
We definitely know how important that one is to be a successful
visiting teacher. Sister MayBee, the 5th “B” is to B
Humble, certainly that is a vital element of being a good
visiting teacher. Wouldn’t you agree?
SISTER MAYBEE – Explains Humble
QUEEN BEE – And now the last but
certainly not least of the six “B’s” is Prayerful. Why is this
so important Sister HoneyBee?
HONEYBEE – gives thought about being
Prayerful.
QUEEN BEE – Thank you Sister
HoneyBEE and thank all of you for being such good worker bees
and helping with such an important task. That is all of our
“B’s” for today.
SISTER CANBEE – Wait, I have a
thought of another B, Be Happy!
SISTER WILL BE – How about Be There?
SISTER SHALL BEE – And Be a Friend!
QUEEN BEE – That is very good. I
think you new sister bees have been gathering lots of pollen
today. I can see that you will be a valuable addition to our
hive. May we all spread lots of sweet honey as we become real
busy bees and visit teach each and every one of our sister
bees. We would like to end our swarm today with a very special
treat. A little song that will help us remember what visiting
teaching all about.
TUNE OF POPCORN POPPING
(Two sisters sing)
I looked out my bee hive and what did I
see?
Sisters waiting for a visit from me.
I will bring them such a nice surprise,
Cookies, flowers or some fruity pies.
I could take a message that is so sweet
A thought from the Ensign that can’t be
beat.
It’s lots of fun you see, to get a call
from me.
A visiting teacher is the thing to be!
(One sister sings)
I looked out my bee hive and what did I
see?
Visiting teachers on the way to see me.
Cheerful faces and a lovely smile
It’s so nice to sit and chat awhile.
I can have a friendship that never ends.
Helping hands and two thoughtful friends.
It’s very nice you see that they will visit
me.
A visiting teacher is the thing to be.