The Yellow-shirted Army of Angels
Having spent the previous week in the house answering the phone calls from the victims of Hurricane Matthew and creating work orders for them, yesterday I felt like I needed to get out of the house. So bright and early I packed a lunch and headed out the door with Mike and our neighbor. Before heading out into the community to serve, we joined 100s of the yellow-shirted Mormon Helping Hands army for a short worship service. The power I felt as we gathered was unlike any other I have felt before. As in ancient times (see Alma 48:9 ), we gathered to fortify and strengthen ourselves before heading out to help and strengthen others. photo credit Michael S. Lavoie Our crew's first stop of the morning was to a group of homes on the east banks of the St. Johns River in southern St. Johns County. The destruction the water caused was unbelievable. Chainsaws hummed as downed trees were cut down and dragged to the street and large pieces of their ruined docks were cut so the