Lesson 11: Extended Family Relationships

Sister Wade gave a lesson on Sunday about Extended Family Relationships. We have a lot to learn from all of our family members.

Elder Vaughn J. Featherstone told a story about his great-grandmother and how she had a great influence on his aunt.

"I have a sweet Aunt Beryl Hollindrake. She told me that when she was just three or four years old that my great-grandmother, her Grandmother Featherstone, would hold her on her lap and tell her about the Savior, all the beautiful stories. Then she would recall how my great-grandmother would tell her about the Savior's trial and how they beat him and cursed him and spit upon him--how they dragged him and forced him against the cross and drove huge spikes into his hands cruelly. She said, 'As my grandmother would tell me the stories, tears would stream down her cheeks.' And she said, 'It was on the lap of my grandmother that I learned to love the Savior with all my heart and soul.'"

Extended families can also help us learn about our heritage, our individual worth, and can provide stories, names or other family information that is needed for temple work. It is our responsibility to love and care for all members of our family; Heavenly Father wants us all to live together as family in the eternities.