Transfers were today...EEKKK... Sis Redd didn't get transferred so... the dynamic duo lives on!
I've taught two lessons recently!!!!!!!!! That's right, I'm a BIG girl now!
We did service for a lady named F the other day! We moved 2 cords of wood by ourselves! Do you have any idea what a cord is? "Cord" makes it sound all sweet and small and dainty...um I don't think so! A cord is the equivalent to a heap, a bunch, a ton, an obnoxious amount of wood! Imagine moving a truck full of wood, not one of those little fake Toyota trucks, a real Ford F150 truck full....twice!
Which leads me to my lesson for the week.
Mosiah 2:17 And behold, I tell you these things that ye may learn wisdom; that ye may learn that when ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God.
As we moved this never ending pile of wood, it was hard not to notice the male family members of F, gather outside and watch Sis Redd and I preform our service. Piece by piece we moved, and stacked and our audience watched on; until near frozen and soaked through... we were finally done. I thought of DL (her grandfather) and knew how he would have handled this situation, no woman would have ever worked as men stood idly by! I thought of my dad, whom would have taken this opportunity to show these men about the importance of hard work. I thought of my mother and her quick tongue and knew that she would have the words to put these men in their preverbal place!
However, this was Sis Redd and I, and we knew that nothing would do more than to preform our service with willing hearts and smiling faces, for we were in the service of our God.
We had dinner with President Brown and his family and I think I may love them! I told them the story of the wood drama, in true Hutchens story telling fashion and we all laughed till we cried! I appreciate that our "lesson" can bring others such joy. :)
I speak in Sacrament meeting again on December 29th, I'm not even nervous...I don't know if that's a good sign, maybe I'm so in tune with the spirit, talks can't even phase me!
It's still cold, it's still wet....it's so far out of my comfort zone and I LOVE it!
I love my sissies, I love you Mom, I love you Dad, and I LOVE being a missionary!
Birthday this Week!!!! Oh Me Oh My!Love Y'all!
Sis Z
Our Lesson this week in YW is Stand as a Witness and you are an amazing example of a Witness to me! love ya
ReplyDeleteWhat a great example you are!! I can't believe how much wood you moved, especially while others were watching. So many more blessings because you did it out of love and didn't complain!!!!
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