Service and Scriptures

Wow. Service really does bring happiness. I can’t even describe the amount of joy I felt when going to shovel mud out of a house. I wanted to go back every single day, but they wouldn’t let us. I didn’t care about the soreness of my muscles, the dirt all over my everything, and the blisters on my hands. I just wanted to see the smile and knowing that I was really helping someone. I wanted to keep doing that.

I know that it was just manual labor, but I really enjoy it. That is Charity! That is a way of showing love. We had a great sacrament meeting from a mission farewell about charity. It really made me think. Everything drops when there are those natural disasters, and everyone wants to help during those times. Who is willing to help when it is just something small like cleaning a kitchen, or pulling some weeds.  No one thinks if the little things, but that is almost more important than the natural disasters. I thought of something yesterday as well. We are told that we need to bear one another’s burdens. We need to be willing to do anything to help one another. It might be as simple as a smile or as hard as shoveling mud out of a basement. No matter what we are following God’s commandments and helping His Children. It is what makes us the happiest, being able to really help, using your talents and strengths for someone else.

Other than the service we haven’t done a lot to report on this week. I have been seeing members and just developing a relationship with them. We are trying to help them to start missionary work on their own and just getting to know them. People are amazing and each of us has a story. I love hearing those stories and seeing how the Lord has blessed not only my life, but the lives of all those that I get to meet. I love getting to meet new people! I also am almost done reading the Book of Mormon. I am in Moroni now. And this week I got back to reading in the New Testament. I am learning so much! I love searching and studying the scriptures. Understanding really does come the more that you read and study.

Well I hope that you are all having a great week, and can’t wait to hear from you soon!

Love,

Sister Bell   

P.S. Here are some pictures of how dirty I got doing service this past week.