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| You definitely know that you're next to the beach when people use shells in their yard and drive way to fill in holes! |
Tuesday
we had deep clean day. We cleaned our apartment for a few hours and did
some organizing. That day we also went to lunch with some of the Relief
Society sisters. Once a month they go out to lunch and whoever wants to
come... or remembers to come... meet at a restaurant and just have fun
together. Sister Bartholomew and I ordered some pasta and a monte cristo
sandwich... that was deep fried! You know you're in the south when they
deep fry sandwiches! It was really good... but really not good for you!
We also snuck over to a Sister Strickland's apartment and decorated her
door for her birthday!
Wednesday we had our last district meeting with
Elder Mortensen as our District Leader. He will be going home tomorrow
and Elder Allred is going to be our new District Leader. He is a lot of
fun and I'm excited for this next transfer, especially because Sister
Bartholomew and I are staying together! She has already been here for 6
months! By the end of this next transfer it will almost be 8 months...
but we are SO excited to get to work together for a while longer... and
excited to not have to drive for 3 hours to and from transfer meeting up
in Raleigh.
Wednesday night we met with Sister Sanchez to go
over some music that she wants to sing in Sacrament Meeting. I will be
singing a duet with her this Sunday on Mother's Day! I wish y'all could
be there to hear it because it is really pretty.
Thursday we did service in Calabash at the thrift
store and on our way home we had great visits with Brother King and
Brother Coffey. They both live in an assisted living facility and they
are just the sweetest! It is hard for them to communicate, so we just
sung them a song and you could just see their eyes light up!
We also tried to do a volleyball activity... but no
one showed up. But Sister Bartholomew and I figured out how to set
everything up and we found someone with a volleyball!
Friday
we met with Sister Sanchez again to go over the song we are singing
with our pianist, Brother Cook. And then we went to the Library and did
service until we had dinner with Brother and Sister Cheney. Brother
Cheney is the Ward Mission Leader and this is the first time I've met
him! He's been in Utah the whole time I've been here! He's so fun and
loves to crack a joke. It's good to have him here.
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| Sister Bartholomew and I in Ash next to a corn field! |
Ok, so it's finally time for the surprise! On Friday
we got a call from our Zone Leaders telling us that Elder Andersen is
in Raleigh and wants to meet with all of the missionaries in the Raleigh
mission tomorrow!
That means on Saturday we got to drive for 3 hours
up to Raleigh and meet with Elders Andersen, Piper, Parker, and
Martinez. We all got to shake his hand and listen to his amazing and
inspiring counsel. We are so very blessed to live in a day when we have
Prophets and Apostles to lead and guide us and visit with us!
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We've done lots of road trips together! They're the best! She's the designated driver and I'm the designated photographer!
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Yesterday we got a new bishop in the Shallotte ward.
Bishop Carroll has been serving for 6 years now and is ready to be
released. Bishop Fish is going to be amazing and his whole family is so
much fun and always so willing to help with whatever we need. We are so
excited!
We also visited with Brother Nemerov, a less active
member, and really get to know him better and help him to understand the
importance of scripture study and prayer. He always cuts some flowers
for us now when we come! Last time it was azaleas, and this time it was
roses. He is so sweet and I love visiting with him.
Hope y'all have an amazing week. I'm sorry I missed
Apple Blossom! But there is always next year. Happy late birthday
Melinda!!! And Happy Mother's Day to all of you who have been amazing
examples to me over the years.
Love y'all so much!
Sister Shurtz
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| There are LOTS of dirt roads that we venture down in North Carolina! |
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