"Sorry I can't talk the gators game is on" -everyone in g-ville this weekend
Hi everyone!! It feels like forever since I've been able to email last and there's a lot to update y'all on! First off we had our transfer call on Saturday and I found out I'm leaving Gainesville :/ I'm headed for a tiny town called Callahan right on the Florida/Georgia line and I'm super excited! From what I've heard its very very Southern haha! My new comp and I will serve as the Sister Training Leaders for the Lake City and Kingsland zones. It's going to be great and I can't wait to send more details next week after I get there!!
Compa<33 so sad we are getting split up Irma hit this past week and luckily we didn't have any damage where we live! We could hear the wind and the rain but we didnt have any flooding or anything and we onky lost power for aboit a day! They call g-ville tree city so we had a lot of work to do in the areas that weren't as lucky as us. We spent all day Saturday and most of Sunday morning hauling tree limbs out of people's yards. It brought back some fond memories from hurricane Matthew last year where we did service for about 2 weeks straight haha! I love doing service though! You get to meet so many amazing people that really need help and there's always such a sweet spirit there.
Some flooding from Irma
Saturday we were able to go and help a lady named Jennifer that the elders are teaching. She had a HUGE tree fall on the back part of her house and it just destroyed everything. Some members came to help and they used their chainsaws to cut it into smaller pieces and we pulled all the wood out to the curb. She had lost so much but knew that God was going to take care of her and was still blessing her.
Sunday during sacrament meeting bishop announced that right after we finished 1st hour there would be 3 big semi trucks delivering 36,000 lbs of food to be distributed by our stake to the people affected by the hurricane. He asked all who were able to help bring the food in from the trucks and into the gym. We made a line from the back door to the gym and passed down hundreds of boxes. Most of them had cans so they were super heavy and all of our arms were dead by the end haha! But it was awesome to see how high of a priority service is to the church
Yesterday was also the the primary program which is my always my favorite Sunday! One sunbeam screamed all the songs at the top of her lungs and it was hilarious! A small group of little girls sang on of my favorite songs and they did a verse that I'd never heard before but it really hit me and I wanted to share it with y'all
I’ll share my Savior’s love
By serving others freely.
In serving I am blessed.
In giving I receive.
He knows I will follow him,
Give all my life to him.
I feel my Savior’s love,
The love he freely gives me.
If there's one thing I've learned on my mission it's the importance of serving. I have been so so blessed to be able to serve and I am so thankful for that! I'm sad to being leaving Gainesvillle but excited to see what waits for me in Callahan! I'll send more updates next week
I love y'all! Have a blessed week <33
xoxo
Sister Morrow
Teaching an investiGATOR about the Book of Mormon