More Tornado Cleanup

 The highlight of my week this week was when Elder Rasband came to speak to our mission. He is so cool. He flew in  night and had some stories to tell about his first experience with tornadoes that night. That was the night that the mother and her baby were killed and the tornado went right  through OKC. Elder Rasband was with other leaders of the church as they tried to out run the storm in a car. Welcome to OK Elder Rasband! haha! 

   He had some great things to say to our mission. He told us that he had attended Elder Eyring's B-day party the night before, and he took some time to talk to Pres. Monson about his assignment to come to OK. Before he could say anything, Pres Monson knew what he was going to ask. President Monson knew about the devastation in Moore and he had three things for Elder Rasband to tell the members and missionaries in Oklahoma.  They were:

1) Tell them that I love them

2) Tell them that I pray for them

3) And tell them thanks for all that they are doing.

     I think it is amazing that the Prophet of God knows all the things that are going on in our lives right now. He is very aware of our situations.

     Elder Rasband also invited the state representative  to come to the last few minutes of our meeting.  Elder Rasband wanted to show him all of us (the entire mission) dressed in our work clothes (the yellow helping hands shirts).  He called us an "army of servants."  Elder Rasband demonstrated how to do missionary work in this situation. In front of all of us as he told the representative why we are all in OK and what we are doing here.  He told him "they're here to serve the people in Oklahoma".

      It was also very spiritual to see Elder Rasband and this statesman sit next to each other and share a hymn book as we all sang the closing song "Put Your Shoulder to the Wheel".    I felt the spirit very strong in that meeting. 

      After the meeting, we all went out and did Disaster Relief in Moore.

  Today I am very sore form doing disaster relief back in Norman. President Taylor has been assigning different zones to go and assist stakes and wards as they do disaster relief.  Yesterday  was the second Sunday we have had a short sacrament meeting dressed in our work clothes, and after receiving the sacrament, we have gone out to perform service work for most of the day.

  We are building up our area as well. Good things are happening.

 Love Elder Shumway