Tuesday we did service at the library and then went to Autumn Care, the nursing home, and visited Brother Coffey and Brother King. I love those two men so much! I can't wait for the day that they will be able to have their perfected bodies and not have to be fed or pushed around in wheelchairs. They, and their wives, are amazing examples to me of their faith in the Lord even when trials come.
That night we had dinner with the Ruth family and then went to visit Sister Pollock (a less active member) We took her some cookies because she had twisted her ankle pretty good last week so we just stopped by to let her know we were thinking about her. As we were standing outside talking to her I got 10 mosquito bites on just one arm from my elbow to my shoulder. And you know how huge my bites get....
Wednesday we had district meeting and then ate lunch before going to visit Sister Evans. She needed some help with moving stuff around on their screened in porch. It has been SO HOT this week! And it doesn't look like it's going to cool off any time soon. From Sister Evans, we went to the dentist because Sister Behrmann's mom wanted her to get her teeth cleaned and because I found a hole in my tooth on Monday morning! The office was super nice and sent the x-ray to Dad and called him and everything. But when we were there on Wednesday they looked at it and said I needed to come back and get it filled. So we needed to call President and ask him if I needed to make my appointment before the 9th because of transfers...... I got it filled yesterday so I'll be ready to go on the 9th :)
Thursday we went to the thrift store to do service and then we drove up to Joe's house and had a lesson with him that went really well. He is still "waiting for his answer." Brother and Sister Mintz came and at the end of the lesson they invited Joe over to their home for dinner on Saturday when they were feeding us! It was perfect!
After Joe's lesson we had dinner with the Riggs and then got to drive for 2 hours up to Fayetteville to spend the night and then the next morning we drove up to Knightdale (just North of Raleigh) for our Mission Leadership Council meeting. The meeting was great, but the 7 hours of driving was really tiring!
Saturday morning we went to the church to help out with a funeral for Sister Leggett (another member who lived in Autumn Care Nursing Home). She was close to 90 years old and has 7 kids, the 4 brothers all live in our ward. There was a talk about the Plan of Salvation and I loved an analogy they shared. I lead the music and then after we helped the Relief Society set up lunch for the family. After the funeral we did a little bit of weekly planning and then went to dinner at the Mintz's with Joe. We had a good lesson on Prophets and watched a couple of good videos. (Here's the links for the videos)
On our way home from dinner we stopped by a less active's home, Brother Hewett. We stood outside and talked with him for about an hour! He is really busy and hard to meet with. We got to know him a lot better and hopefully will be able to meet with him again this week.
On Sunday Joe came to church! We were so excited to see him pull into the parking lot. And he stayed for all 3 hours! And everyone in the ward talked to him! Even people who don't talk to us went up and introduced himself to him. I love this ward!
Yesterday we started on our "Shallotte Bucket List" of things to do together. We went to the dentist (not on the list but needed to be done), went to The Purple Onion Cafe for lunch, went to Belk to see what it was like (It's like Macy's), and we went to the frozen yogurt place, Fuzzy Peach.
It's an amazing time to be not only a full time missionary, but also to be a member missionary. Stand up for what you believe in and be a Christlike example at all times, in all things, and in all places.
Love y'all!
Sister Shurtz
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