Monday
night we had dinner and Family Home Evening with the Sanchez family. We
taught them about obedience (because Sister Sanchez said they needed a
little help with remembering to listen to their parents). We taught them
why it was important and then we played Simon Says.
Tuesday we got a surprise package in the mail! It
was a new phone!!! (no it's not an iPhone) We were so excited because
the phone we have been using was old and it would freeze on us and just
never work quite right. We spent an hour making phone calls and getting
the new phone all set up. After that we did a deep clean of our
apartment.
That afternoon we had a lesson with Sister Regina
Evans (who broke her ankle a few weeks ago). She has asked us to come
and visit her and teach her the lessons so we get practice and so she
doesn't go crazy sitting there all day alone. She has amazing faith and
such a strong testimony. No matter what problems she has faced in life
she always looks at it as an opportunity to grow. She has been mostly
blind her whole life, defeated breast cancer, and now has a shattered
ankle and will have lots of physical therapy to do to get back to
normal. She is an inspiration to me!
Wednesday we taught in District Meeting and then
went to lunch at a really good little cafe/bakery here called The Purple
Onion. They have really yummy food! After lunch we went to Joe's and
taught him about the Gospel of Jesus Christ and committed him to a
baptismal date in August. He is so amazing and we love him! He didn't
come to church this week... but that's a whole different story that I'll
get to in a little bit.
After our lesson with Joe we had dinner with Sister
Wilson and her friend Lindsey. She asked us a lot of really good
questions about the church and we were able to help her see how the Book
of Mormon and the Bible go together and both teach and testify of our
Savior, Jesus Christ. We read Luke 22:41-44 and Alma 7:11-12.
Thursday we had a lesson with Brother Evans after
doing service at the thrift store. We had Sister Capitano come with us
and we taught him the end of the Plan of Salvation. It has taken us 5
lessons to make it all the way through so we also did some recap using
the amazing cut outs that Renae sent me last year. Thanks again! Those
have really come in handy over the last year!
Because Sister Behrmann and I are Sister Leaders now
we had a meeting to go to up in Raleigh on Frieday. So after our lesson
we drove to our apartment and picked up our overnight bags and threw
them in the car to rush to dinner and then rush to Fayettville (a two
hour drive and where Sister Berhmann was before she came to Shallotte).
We spent the night with the 1st ward sisters there (Sister Draper and
Sister Fullmer) and then woke up early and drove the last hour and a
half to Raleigh for our meeting that started at 8:30
in the morning. Needless to say we were all very tired but the Combined
Missionary Leadership Council (CMLC) was amazing! We talked a lot about
how to follow the spirit and how important this work is. This gospel is
the only way to have the peace and guidance that we need in this life
and as missionaries it is our responsibility and our duty to share that
message with everyone 24/7!
After the meeting we drove back to Fayettville for
dinner with a sister there that Sister Berhmann knows and she took us to
a Greek restaurant. After dinner we drove the remaining two hours back
home to Shallotte. After getting unpacked and planning for the next day
we went to bed and we slept really good! We were so tired that I don't
think anything could have woken us up except for the alarm at 6:30. And even then it took a few minutes to wake up.
Saturday we did weekly planning and made a LOT of
phone calls because our ward didn't have church this Sunday and we were
asked to tell people about it. The chapel PA system is under
construction and it was supposed to be done by Sunday but it wasn't. So
we got to go to the Southport branch for church yesterday, which is why
Joe wasn't able to make it. It is an hour drive and he had some medical
things going on that morning.
It has been a great week! I am so blessed and so
happy to be a missionary serving the Lord! I know that the gospel is
true and that the Savior lives and loves us.
Love,
Sister Shurtz
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