“The Standard of Truth has been erected; no unhallowed hand
can stop the work from progressing; the truth of God will go forth boldly,
nobly, and independent, till it has penetrated every continent, visited every
cline, swept every country, and sounded in every ear, till the purposes of God
shall be accomplished, and the Great Jehovah shall say the work is done. “
Nothing can stop the work… except a little bee.
The week started out great. We had our first (and probably
only) 100% day on Monday. We only had five names to knock but we found someone
home at all five places! Four of the five actually live at the address too.
None of the four want anything to do with Church but we at least know they live
in the ward. We were feeling pretty good about things.
Tuesday we had a great zone training. After our meetings we went to a Mobile Pantry
site that has never been assigned before so we thought we’d better check it
out. It is down the street from the Homeless Shelter area. We found out that it
is only for seniors that live in this one complex and that they don’t need
extra help from the missionaries. While we were talking to the Food Pantry
coordinator I felt a sharp pain and looked down to see this nasty little bee
stinging me. Why? I don’t know, I was minding my own business. Well that was the beginning of a painful
week. My finger blew up and it made my
hand swollen. I carried a frozen water bottle around for two days. Sleeping at night was hard. My finger is finally feeling better. Where I
was stung is still red and swollen but the rest is feeling normal. A bee sting
does slow the work. We still did the things we needed to but I know that bees
are Satan’s tools! Everyone needs to be
more specific when praying for the missionaries. We pray for their protection
but no one specifically mentions bees.
Bees are a real detriment to the work.
Thursday we did one of the Mobile Pantries that we volunteer
for on our own. I had a baseball mitt-sized hand that day but they have us wear
rubber gloves so I wore an x-large glove on one hand and a medium glove on the
other. We enjoy our time at the Pantry.
Saturday Elder Hardman and I spent with the Relief Society
of two wards doing a Super Saturday.
They had to have a priesthood holder in the church during the three hours
and Elder Hardman volunteered. I had signed up for a craft, just to rub
shoulders with the sisters in the ward. I didn’t realize it meant that we would
be there the whole time and do the cleanup.
We have spent a lot of time cleaning the Church!
We have heard several comments about the Sun Valley area. At
the Super Saturday one man that works for FedEx said that the whole town is a
Trailer Park. I know it doesn’t sound quite like some of the other trips we’ve
taken but we decided to check out Sun Valley. They were right, the whole town
is a Trailer Park. We balanced the trip
with driving to see a pretty area of Sparks.
This week we have started wondering what our purpose is now.
When we had 500 names to go through we had a pretty good idea what we needed to
do. We are looking for ways we can help build up the ward, fellowship those
that come and are trying to find ways to reach out again to those that don’t
come. The young missionaries receive so much training on their purpose. Senior missionaries have to try and figure it
out on their own. Anyone have any great ideas?
Elder Hardman broke down and made bread.
He says he doesn’t want to be known for making bread. It turned out well.
That sums up our week. We were so excited to hear that
Garrett passed the Bar. We are proud of you! We also enjoyed watching their new
puppy on Facetime. We have loved the pictures of the kids with Grandpa
Hardman’s cows and seeing a picture of their Great Pumpkins! Grandpa has
learned the trick to having the grandkids come visit, plant pumpkins!
One of the ladies we tutor told me that having a bee sting
my hand would take care of my arthritis. I didn’t have arthritis but I choose
to believe that there was a good reason I was stung. We hope you have had a great week. Our
thoughts and prayers are with you always.
The Gospel’s true and we love you!
Love,
Elder and Sister Hardman
Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz…………………………!
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