Service

Last week in our ward (church group) we had are Stuff Swap. Which is when everyone brings stuff they don't want and we just take want we can use. We had so many people bring stuff but not as many people took as was given. We had a lot of great things leftover that I needed to figure out want to do with. I really didn't want to just donate it to Goodwill. So after a crazy couple of days and a few suggestions I ended up holding on to the stuff. A couple of days ago I had a sister call and tell me about this family. A couple of days before that their A/C got plugged and it made the cords catch on fire. Which caught the curtains and then the rug on fire in just a matter of seconds. So they lost everything they had. They are living with family right now and are in search of a new home. They have nothing except what was on their backs. This good sister from my ward was hoping that we could give them the stuff we had leftover from the Swap. Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting and giving this sweet family the items from our Swap. They have all girls and we just happened to have a ton of clothes in their sizes. They were so grateful and gracious in receiving these items. It made me so happy to be able to help them. With all the problems that come at me while being in the Relief Society Presidency, situations like this make me so grateful to be able to help out. I was so very grateful to have been able to witness their kindness to me. But the biggest thing that I witness was that they weren't angry at the situation they found themselves in. They were so very, very humble. I am so very blessed and grateful for their example to me.