Some of you may or may not know that I currently have a nephew who is serving a mission for our church in Argentina. He is frequently in my thoughts.
Thanks to my husband whose calling at church is to work with the missionaries in our area, I get to interact with lots of young men around the same age as my oldest nephew who are doing the same thing he is. Because of my nephew who currently serves and my parents recent return from their mission, missionaries have a soft spot in my heart. They are incredible young men and women. And older men and women. :)
So on Saturday, after recovering from heat exhaustion due to garage saling ( ha ha - funny but true ) these 2 young missionaries from our area showed up at our door.
Almost the first words out of one elders mouth were "Could I please do your dishes?" You might think that strange as I did. He went on to further explain that he had only been out on his mission a few days and back home he had a sister who was married and had 2 kids and was also taking classes in college. He explained that he used to go to her house all the time and do her dishes for her because he knew what a service he was giving to her with everything else she had to do on a daily basis. After getting over my embarrassment, I allowed him and his companion to unload my dishwasher, and then the original elder went on to fill my dishwasher with the dishes in my sink. I repeatedly thanked and re-thanked him. And he did it all with a VERY happy smile on his face.
When I asked him if I could take his picture for my blog, he looked at me like I was some kind of weird-o and then said the same kind of thing to me. I convinced him though and promised him a picture in return that he could send to his sister back home.
I have thought often of that elder this weekend. What an act of love and kindness he gave to me.
It made me so relieved the rest of the day to know the dishes were done because of him and gave me the time to do so many more important things.
I want to try a little harder to be like this Elder. Don't we all?
2 comments:
Alysa - I love that!! What a neat elder who realized how important service is to him and those around him! Love you guys!
I still think that is so funny that he volunteered to do your dishes... I don't even want to do my own.
And yay for the awesome run on Saturday... and yesterday! I'm really so proud of you for sticking with it and not quitting on me and yourself! I'll see you tonight!
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