THE F L O O D

so i feel like this last week or so Heavenly Father gave all of us here in Houston a chance to sympathize with Noah a little bit because holy heaven did it FLOOD!?!?!?! fortunately enough the area in which i live was not effected too bad and our apartment didnt experience anything out of the norm as far as flooding goes (like our parking lots turn into little lakes but thats nbd..) BUT we were asked to help in the neighboring areas that just got WRECKED!!! like i mean FOUR FEET of water filling up homes, a tornado tearing up an apartment complex, and gallons upon gallons of sewage contaminating EVERYTHING. so as far as service goes...we would remove drenched/bacteria filled couches/furniture, tear out entire rooms of carpet, rip up linoleum floors, and just chuck it out into the street...and after everything was out on the curb--proceed to sweep/mop/bleach EVERYTHING. it was unreal. fun fact: i had a razor in my back pocket for multiple days because ripping up carpet is my favorite thing...like its SOOO FUN! also..we had to take hammers to furniture because the water made the wood warp and in order to get the drawers open it had to be destroyed...probably one of the craziest things ive been apart of..and also probably one of the most rewarding! ive always wanted to be able to help in a natural disaster like this and feel sooo lucky for the chance to serve :) and what can i say, bright yellow tshirt+PANTS+masks/gloves=never looked better haha 

since the vast majority of the week was devoted to flood recoop..proselyting was kinda put on pause...but we still did have a couple miracles and both involve someone named alvaro!!

on friday? i think.. (the days are all a blur) as we were driving back from service, alvaro (from colombia) called us!! he had a date for last month but we lost contact with him for like three weeks...but he called us and informed us that he had been out of town but that he would love to start visiting with us again!! 

also, we were able to get in contact with Alvaro Lopez (the one from english class?) and he casually brought up reading the Book of Mormon...said that he was reading it and really enjoying it..when we asked where in the book he was he couldnt remember exactly so we doubted a little...but then he started telling us stories from what he had been reading and guys...THIS MAN IS IN ALMA!!!! AND WE GAVE HIM THE BOOK LIKE A WEEK AND A HALF AGO!!! 

we feel like even though we werent able to visit a lot of people this week "proselyting wise"..the Lord blessed us for saving the lives of those affected by the flood.

the church is soooo true it kills me! tell a friend if you feel the same ;) and also do Houston a favor and kiss the dry ground you are standing on. please and thank you haha

Love yall!! have a blessed week!

hermana hull

also, something cool that our mission president pointed out to us this morning..."Mayor Parker of Houston personally thanked the Church several times this week because of your efforts.  We were also featured in several newspaper and television reports. More importantly we made a difference in people’s lives.  We found one disabled man who is in a wheelchair, and who sat through the flood in chest deep water.  When we found him on Thursday or Friday he had received no help since the flood and his home was a mess.  The missionaries who found him literally saved his life.  In total we had 2,566 service hours last week."

im the one in the army green pants..."the back of yo head is ridiculous!!" haha

also i love my ward so much. they are family. gave a talk and church yesterday and loved looking out on all their cute faces!! (post-church picnic we have...every week!!)