A Chance for Service

It was abeautiful thing today as we drove to another town to help a woman from our branch to clean her parents home that she now owns, so it could be rented out.  She had no trouble asking us and the missionaries to help her and when we got ready to go she had two other friends with her.  We drove there and the missionaries were put to work pulling a bunch of weeds and clearing large containers that were stacked near the house. I went upstairs (outside stairs) where there was a bedroom and just outside was a bathroom.  I cleaned the bedroom while my friend scrubbed the bathroom from the ceiling to the floor.  The lady and her other friend were joined by her brother who was painting a bathroom downstairs.  When I had finished the bedroom I went downstairs and helped polish some wood furniture, doors and cleaned the dining room, then started on the kitchen. The lady had brought cookies and sandwiches for all of us to eat.  Here´s a funny thing.  A sandwich here consists of two pieces of sourdough bread, thick, and a piece of cheese.  Or a piece of meat.  No mayo, no lettuce, no tomatoe.  Just the bread and the cheese or meat.  The other thing that struck me was that this woman didn´t hesitate to ask and none thought anything of going to help a friend clean a house so she could rent it and get money.  She is their friend so they are glad to do it.  It was a beautiful thing!!