Before y'all start worrying about how I'm doing because of the
Hurricane that happened this last week, I thought I would share a
picture with y'all that shows the extent of the damage we had here in
Shallotte, NC.
That's right. We had a lot of rain and enough wind
to knock over a chair or two. We were advised by President Bernhisel to
stay inside and not go out because some areas would get harder, so we
did our weekly planning, took a nap, made some phone calls, made a
scripture case for Sister Behrmann, cleaned, organized, wrote in
journals, put people in the GPS, and made area lists for where all of
our members live. It was a good and productive day, while still
relaxing.
We watched some "mormon messages" (http://www.mormonchannel.org/video/mormon-messages )
while we ate dinner. During that time we missed a text message from our
District Leader asking if we were alright because some other
missionaries in the Zone had lost service to their phones. We texted
them back as soon as we saw the message, but it was too late. The Zone
Leaders called us to ask if we were alright! They said that President
Bernhisel was sending out an email to all the parents to let them know
that we were safe.... so they needed to know that we were still safe! As
soon as we got off the phone we imagined the email saying, "All of our
missionaries are safe, except for the two sisters serving in Shallotte.
They are MIA."
As for the rest of the week nothing super big happened, mostly just small tender mercies. :)
Monday
night we had dinner with the Cheneys. Brother Cheney left the next
morning to go to Utah for another month to help his daughters with some
stuff. It's not as fun to be here without Brother Cheney!!!
Tuesday we had lunch with Hazel after we vacuumed
her floors. And that night we had a lesson with Brother Nemerov after
having dinner with Sister Capitano. I love all the people here! It is
crazy for me to think sometimes that I wouldn't know all these people if
I hadn't come on a mission. The Lord really does know what is best for
us and He will put us where we need to be.
Wednesday we were going to go on exchanges after a
Zone Meeting, but because of the hurricane that was coming the next day
we decided to cancel it and change it to be next week.
It seems like no matter what we planned this week and who we were going
to try to see that nothing quite worked out except for our lesson with
Brother Evans. We had a REALLY good lesson with him on Friday and he is
slowly progressing.
Saturday we visited with a couple of less active
families and had dinner with the Apple family. They are a LOT of fun!
They have 4 daughters, ages 10-18. They have really strong accents and
they have a lot of animals. They have ducks, chickens, pigs, turtles, a
cat and a dog.
Sunday we tried a LOT of houses... and talked to no
one. But we had dinner with the Sanchez family and it was SO GOOD! After
dinner we held their adorable puppies.......
......and then went to see Brother Neverov
again. It was a GOOD lesson. You can see the wheels turning in his head
and he gets it! But he keeps saying, "I'm never coming back to church."
Never say never my friend! :)
I don't remember if I've told you this or not, but
Brother Williams (the 72 year old less active from Fuquay) received the
Melchizedek Priesthood a couple of months ago and is working on going to
the temple soon. Never give up on ANYONE!!!!
Love y'all! Have a good and safe week!
Sister Shurtz
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