This week has been CRAZY!!!
Monday
night we had dinner with Sister Gore and then the less active members
we wanted to see weren't home so we tried some other ones. We visited
with Sister Riggs and while we were there it started STORMING! Tons of
rain and lightening and thunder! Luckily when we left the rain had let
up, but the sky was still flashing and I felt like everything was
shaking because of how loud the thunder was!
Tuesday
we did service at the library and then taught Joe about church
attendance. It was a really good lesson! But he still didn't come to
church this Sunday
and we don't know why because we haven't been able to get a hold of
them. That night we had dinner with the Fish family and Sister Lavin
before going to the other Riggs family for a visit. Everyone we saw that
day was so talkative! It was hard to keep things centered on Jesus
Christ.
Wednesday
was the start of the craziness and it didn't stop until yesterday
afternoon. This week we did back to back exchanges with the two sets of
sisters up in Wilmington. It was crazy! From Wednesday to Thursday
I stayed in Shallotte with Sister Avondet. We had another lesson with
Joe that night at the Wood's home. They shared their conversion stories
and their testimonies of the Word of Wisdom and gave Joe a couple of
things to try instead of coffee. We also had some YELLOW watermelon! It
is good!
Thursday morning we went back up to Wilmington to exchange with the second set of sisters. From Thursday to Friday
I went to Wilmington with Sister Jones. Both she and Sister Avondet are
training new sisters and have a lot of questions. It is weird that I'm
the one they ask for advice! I still feel like I've only been out for a
few months... but forever at the same time. It's not uncommon to be the
"oldest" (in mission life) our of a group of missionaries. I can
honestly say that I didn't think this day would ever come!
Exchanges are fun but they are tiring! this time I
didn't break anyone's bike or get a sunburn... but Sister Behrmann got
70+ mosquito bites in one hour. Miracles happen! And sometimes they
happen in the middle of a field.... where mosquitoes live. But the
church is true!
Friday
I finally got to be with Sister Behrmann again and we went to visit
Sister Coffey and then we worked on our talks for Sacrament meeting.
That's right, we had two days to work on our talks because we needed to
fill in for someone kinda last minute.
Saturday
we went to the church around 9 and didn't get back until around 2
because there was a baptism for an 8 year old boy in the ward and we had
to fill up the font for them. While it was filling we also helped
Sister Nagy (Na-j) cut up fruit and get everything ready for lunch
afterwards. There was SO much food! I also got to play the piano for the
baptism, last minute. It was a great day and no worries, the ward takes
care of us! We got sent home with so much food from the baptism!
Sunday
we spoke in Sacrament Meeting and then had lunch with the Leggett
family. After that we visited Sister Skipper on our way to the Smigiels.
We got to hold their cute puppies again! Our lesson went well and
hopefully they could feel the spirit too and will be able to come to
church next week when she doesn't have to work.
I know, y'all are jealous of the cuteness!
Love you!
Sister Shurtz
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