Elder Dye had noticed on Monday that the floor in his closet was wet. We thought that was weird and just ignored it. Well Tuesday came around and water spots began to appear thru the carpet. There was at least a half an inch of water in his closet. We called the front office and they sent the maintenance man in to check it out. He thought it was the drain pipe from the dishwasher, so he replaced the valve, cut out the padding under the carpet where it was wet, and placed a fan...side note...the side of that blue fan says "Air Mover" so I guess that is the professional name for the industrial fan haha...un-side note...on the dry part of the carpet to dry things out. We woke up Wednesday morning to more water on the carpet than before and we hadn't used the dishwasher...the "Air Mover" had been running all night, bless it's heart, and things got worse. We called the apartment office again and they sent out another maintenance guy who found the problem...We have a pipe behind our shower that is leaking and it escalated this past week to where it flooded us. It seemed to be just a small leak that got larger and larger over time, and finally it gave way and flooded us. So, they turned off our water and when we got home for the night on Wednesday, there was a note on the counter that said that they turned off the water to our apartment and we were allowed to use Apartment #1802 for shower and bathroom use. We are in Apartment #902....#1802 is on the other side of the complex. So for the past couple days, we only use the restroom when we really, really have to and have been trekking back and forth across the apartment complex with our shower supplies every morning. As of today, they have a plumbing crew that is there and they are gonna have to cut a hole thru our shower to get to the pipe. The office told us to just move our living things over to #1802 for a few days until it gets fixed. So away we went in moving our bedding, some tables for studying, and some of our food with bowls and spoons, across the complex. I love being a missionary! It must've been pretty funny seeing two Mormon missionaries carrying a few mattresses across the complex this afternoon...In light of all this, we have had an incredible week and we are both stoked for General Conference tomorrow! Also, we received a call from the Assistants, and we will be getting another companion! He is a Visa-waiter who was temporarily re-assigned to our mission. He will be going to Brazil once he gets his Visa. We are pretty excited to have this new Elder with us; in the greatest mission in the world! So, how does our apartment flooding pertain to the gospel? If we let even a tiny little sin slowly creep into our lives, just like that leak behind the shower that slowly dripped away, and drip us down to complacency and justification, sooner or later we will give way and commit sins that we never saw coming. This is satan's doctrine and this foolish doctrine is taught among the prophecies of the many false churches to rise up in these the last days. "And there shall also be many which shall say: Eat, drink, and be merry; nevertheless, fear God-he will justify in committing a little sin; yea, lie a little, take the advantage of one because of his words, dig a pit for thy neighbor; there is no harm in this; and do all these things, for tomorrow we die; and if it so be that we are guilty, God will beat us with a few stripes, and at last we shall be saved in the kingdom of God." (2 Nephi 28:8) Yes, that was kinda on a whim, but bear with me here, ok? Let us all keep ourselves in check thru daily repentance and no justify even the smallest degree of sin.
I Stand All Amazed...at always keeping ourselves in check thru living the Gospel. (And also at the plumbers here in good ole Tennessee.)
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