Monday, March 21, 2016

Service Days!

Hey Yall! 

First off.....HAPPY BIRTHDAY ELDER DURTSCHI!

This was was CRAZY! We had so much clean up from the flooding! We had almost 20 hours of service in just 2 days! I felt sooo bad. The people we were helping lost everything! We had to cut sheetrock out of houses, tear out carpet, and move everything from inside the house out to the garbage pile outside by the road. It was a long and tiresome week. Always be grateful to live in a dry place and cherish the things you have!

We also went out for the first time with some members. We tried to see tons of less actives...but no one was home. We did tho find one of the neighbors home at a nursing home, and can i tell yall they were the funniest old ladies yet! They called there neighbor (the less active) "the wicked witch of the West! She hit me with a plate! Shes a WITCH!" It was by far the funniest thing I'd ever heard! Love the south!

We found out that one of our investigators is actually a member! We were teaching her and she said "oh im already a member, I been baptized and know all!" we bout died. she had all of her grandkids there and we laughed because they are named Money, Dolla Bill, 50 Cent, and Boss Man. Thats what everyone calls em and they respond. It was great! 

The rest of the week we were doing damage cleanup which was a very humbling experience! So many people came to help! We actually were suppose to speak on sunday, but we didnt have a normal sunday. We had the sacrament, sister demo and i gave our testimonies and then we were on the road to help out in Cleveland. For sure didnt feel like a sunday! But it was great because we helped so many people and helped people feel the love of God.

As we were doing the clean up we were on one of the streets that our investigator lived at. She needed some help so we helped her. She hadnt been to church yet....but guess what. SHE CAME SUNDAY! It was a tender mercy as we didnt have a whole lot of time to go out and teach because we were helping with clean up. After the meeting she asked who Joseph Smith was and was SUPER interested! I was sooo happy to have followed the spirit and not given up on her because she was now finally understanding and interested in the message! 

Alway remember how much the Lord is aware of our circumstances! He leads and guides but it's our responsibility to do our part. Read your scriptures, say your prayers, go to church, go to the temple, go to seminary, and all the other things He asks us to do! 1 Nephi 3:7. 

I love yall and hope you have an amazing week!
Sister Durtschi
Greenville has their own brick!

Random kid from the street wanted to go tracting with us! He was a sniper soldier and was waiting for his nerf battle!

When we finished we had to take a snap shot:)

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