Tuesday
we did service most of the day and then had dinner with the Wilson
family. Sister Wilson loves to cook creative foods for April Fools! She
made a cake out of meatloaf, and the frosting was mashed potatoes. We
also had a cup of jello with a straw in it that looked like juice but
was too thick to drink! She is amazing :)
Wednesday
we had a zone meeting in Wilmington and right after our meeting we had
exchanges with our Sister Leaders, Sister Doty and Sister Ashworth. I
stayed in Wilmington for the day with Sister Ashworth and the first
visit was to a member of the ward who had just had surgery. She is from
Escalante, Utah and recognized Grandma and Grandpa's names! After
visiting with her we visited a sister who has been known to have bed
bugs in the past, so as soon as we were finished visiting her, we went
straight to the apartment and changed our clothes. So far so good :)
Thursday
we did weekly planning and had a fun Relief Society activity that
night. The theme was "being an 8 cow woman." There were different
sisters who presented different ways we could be an 8 cow woman. Things
such as finding our creativity and being able to have the spirit as our
constant companion.
Friday we spent a LOT of time in the car. We drove 3 hours up to the temple. Luckily our session was at 10:45 so we only needed to leave at 7:00.
We had fun driving and even drove through Fuquay! We took pictures of
fun things we saw and we ate some snacks we had bought. When we got to
the temple we were so excited! We walked into the changing room and
there were Sister Moon and Sister Zrubek from Pittsboro! I was so
excited to see them! We saw the "new, new" temple film. There are so
many people who talk about having a favorite one, but I just love them
all! I learn something from all of them... and isn't that the point? To
learn something new every time?
On Saturday and Sunday we watched conference and ate dinners and lunches with different members in the ward. Ryan was able to watch the Sunday
morning session. It's a little hard to get it out of him what he
thought about it. He's pretty shy. But hopefully we will be having a
lesson with him tonight and helping him to set a baptismal date.
Because of facebook some of the members here knew it
was my birthday, but no one really made a big fuss of it, which I was
actually really alright with. :) Thank you everyone for your cards and
thank you Renae and Dad for the presents :) Emily Shurtz also sent me an
amazing package full of inside jokes and a box of brownie mix. I am so
blessed to have the family I have! Y'all are seriously the best!
Hope y'all have a great week and know that I'm praying for you. Love you tons!
Sister Shurtz
Sister Bartholomew and I at the temple.
Pictures with Sister Moon and Sister Zrubek at lunch at Panda Express
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