RooTheMormon

Everyday in our lives we see acts of service. Some acts of service go unseen, and some make a big impact on someones day, or even their lives. 
I thought it would be fun to start a tag where you recognize an act of service, however you'd like. Maybe share a story, or just say I saw so and so do something great today...
If the service was done for you, maybe write how it impacted you.
It can be recent, or old.
Everytime you post something, tag someone to share theirs on this thread.
I'd like to tag a bunch of random people to start this! :
@NeuroTypical @Sunday21 @MormonGator @sarah_22 @DoctorLemon
@pam
Dont forget to tag a bunch and like this so we can spread it! 
Galatians 5:13
"You, my brothers and sisters, were called to be free, but do not use your freedom to indulge the flesh; rather, serve one another humbly in love."
"May we show our love and appreciation for the Savior's atoning sacrifice through our simple, compassionate acts of service." -Elder M. Russel Ballard

Thanks @Suzie , I will do so!

@Latter-Day Marriage Thanks for the advice. 
I haven't gotten Molly Mormon yet, but I have gotten plenty of Goody Goodys and Goody two shoes! I know it is really a good thing

Okay Imma tag a bunch of random ppl who may or may not be active!:
@my two cents I know shes active im surprised she hasnt been tagged yet!
@honeybear @RebelMormon @small thyme @findingmyway
@k102174098 @QDJones @I_Am_Seeker @The Mormon Nerd

Service is service to us mormons! Its no different from anyone else's!
 Thanks for sharing!

I took to heart the teachings I'd listened to for years about being self-sufficient, but looking back I erred in that I added personal pride to the recipe of my life. The result was that I became extremely tight-lipped about anything that amounted to a need on my part, and I determined to "do it all by myself" without bothering anyone else.  After all, I reasoned, I had been responsible in church callings where it was my duty to serve and to organize, and not to be served. 
This was my mode of operation until many years ago when in March when the ground had thawed and most of the snow melted, I received a water bill exceeding $2000 which it turned out had resulted from the water line which had broken about six feet from the foundation of my house; and for a month water had entered my plumbing system without noticeable decrease in pressure but also wasting hundreds of gallons. The location of the breach made it my responsibility to repair.  And so I went to work digging not knowing before-hand precisely where the breach was or how I would repair it (and not seeking guidance from many neighbors  who certainly had experience and know-how both in their professional lives and also in their every-day lives by virtue of the years they had been in our neighborhood. My work began and resumed every afternoon after coming home from my job.
On the third day I had a hole about two feet in diameter and five feet deep with me at the bottom continuing to throw dirt up and out. I was getting pretty tired, a little frantic, and letting dirt slide back in.  A neighbor from the next block saw me and stopped by--it wasn't the first time he had asked me if I could use some help. This time, my recognition of my own fatigue and frankly my ignorance prevailed and I told my friend that I guessed I could use (and really needed) help.  In less than thirty minutes enough men with tools and experience had me out of the hole still wanting to feel like I was calling the shots but knowing I wasn't, but becoming smarter enough to get out of the way and let my friends help me. The next morning the job was done. 
The lesson I learned was one of gratitude, humility, and that it is important to accept help with a desire to pay it forward In addition to becoming self-sufficient. 
 
P.S. I would like to tag @Godless @mordorbund @changed @Jane_Doe @Maureen @Rob Osborn
 

Well, good thing I like all of those things!
Im not going to be on a strict vegetarian diet, just when I have the option!

Hi there, I am vegan. If you have any questions, etc please feel free to PM.

In a nutshell...lol

It is natural to want people to like you and be nice to you, but he fact of life is that you have to choose what kind of people will be that in your life and what kind won't.  You want the respect and friendship of good, righteous people and having that goes hand in hand with not having the respect and friendship of those who glory in wrongdoing. You have to pick a side. 
One of the best things you can do is learn to stop caring what people on the other side think of you.  I relate very much to feeling like I was the only one of my peers that really had a testimony and actually wanted to live the gospel.  It can feel very lonely, but it is better to be alone than to be with the wrong crowd, and just because they were baptized a few years ago doesn't make them the right crowd.  Remember in Lehi's vision of the tree of life, the building full of people laughing and mocking those holding to the iron rod.  Those who ignored those mockers made it, those who were worried about being judged and mocked by them didn't make it.
Don't go along to get along and compromise your values, but don't be snobbish, arrogant or self righteous about it either.  Be ready to be called a 'molly mormon' or something like that and not let it get you down (in reality, it is a compliment).  Stay on good terms with them as much as possible so the door stays open for them to join you as they mature. 
In time things will change.  They will mature, or go away, others will come into your life, and somewhere along the way you'll find somebody more like you who will become a close friend.

@Snigmorder @Mike @Fether
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    Heres a couple more recently active people to tag!
@anatess2 
 

Okay Imma tag a bunch of random ppl who may or may not be active!:
@my two cents I know shes active im surprised she hasnt been tagged yet!
@honeybear @RebelMormon @small thyme @findingmyway
@k102174098 @QDJones @I_Am_Seeker @The Mormon Nerd

Service is service to us mormons! Its no different from anyone else's!
 Thanks for sharing!

I've seen a few pregnant moms end up with CPS taking their newborns. So, I'm convinced their are special rewards for those families that step up and care for the babies of those who end up imprisoned--and especially those who continue to care for them until their mommy's recovery (often from drugs) is complete. THEN, a double-blessing for those who, despite attachments, return those children to the mother (assuming she's established in her recovery, of course).
@AnthonyB2 @LiterateParakeet

@Snigmorder @Mike @Fether
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    Heres a couple more recently active people to tag!
@anatess2 
 

Service is service to us mormons! Its no different from anyone else's!
 Thanks for sharing!

Given my profession, which you can probably slightly guess by my handle, I've seen some incredible acts of what I consider service.  However, I'm not a member of LDS, so I don't know if "service" might mean something different to you.   The community I live in is one big act of service.  Not a day goes by, literally, that I don't drive by a farm or homestead and see a neighbor helping a neighbor.  Sometimes I get to be on the giving end, sometimes the receiving.  I love that we have a community like you read about from days gone by. Last weekend my neighbor cared for my animals while we were out of town.  The week before that I spent the weekend helping his family pitch hay.  The week before that was a BBQ at the farm down the road.  
I'm blessed with the life I have.
I don't know anyone to tag, unfortunately.  Feel free to offer some up for me.

I tag @Maureen and @prisonchaplain

Back in at the beginning of February, my daughter came down with bacterial meningitis. I remember the sitter calling me in the middle of the day, saying Footpath was throwing up big time. She had been sickly prior to this, but this was a big deal. I told my principal what was happening, my TA agreed to teach the rest of the day, and ran home. I wound up being out the rest of the week, plus part of the next week.
Now I pride myself on parent communication and homework upkeep and all that, but that very day a parent went up to my assistant principal and complained how I wasn't there to answer a homework question for her and how annoyed she was. My AP explained what was happening. He passed the story onto me, which was kind of upsetting.
Anywho... that mom and a few other parents really stepped up. They came in and helped my TA and the other sub. A couple of them brought us dinners. They left me treats. It was such a blessing during a time of trial.
 

Dear @RooTheMormon
What a great idea for a thread!
I knew a mormon family when I was about 14. My family was having some real problems and my parents were not very interested in their daughters. We were a nuisance. The mormon family semi-took me in. They took me on trips. They took me to church. I will be forever grateful to them! I can never thank them enough!
I tag @Palerider @Mike @askandanswer

Working as a junior programming writer, I badly wanted (and needed) a mentor. An older writer, also LDS, took me under his wing one day. Over the next six weeks, until he left the company, he had lunch with me and tutored me on the general theme of How to Survive in a Corporate Environment and Get Another Job When Your Current Job Goes Away. He encouraged me always to keep my resume up to date. He told me that, when looking for employment, my job was to be an expert on myself. When asked about a previous position, I shouldn't say, "Well...um...oh, yeah, I think we were trying to do thus-and-such." Rather, I should be prompt and sure in saying, "I worked with Joe Blow, dividing the writing load in support of documenting the Great Software Leap Forward of 2008 at Microsystems Humongous." I absorbed some fraction of what he told me, to my great benefit. I wish I could say I've provided the same to someone else; I hope I have done something of the sort, and hope to do more of it in coming years.
Oh, let's see. Who do I want to hear from who hasn't already been tagged? @mordorbund @Backroads @LeSellers (yeah, he hasn't been here in a while, but I'd like to hear his input) @ProbablyOthersI'mForgetting

My thoughts on this sort of thing have always hovered around these verses:
I have received many acts of service, but I prefer to beg my Heavenly Father to bless the doers for their kindness rather than to praise them in public.  I know, there's a difference between someone looking for praise and a recipient giving it freely.  And I know that good can come from hearing stories of others giving service.  Nonetheless, my thoughts always return here...

Can I just say that this is an excellent idea for a thread.   Thank you so much for starting it.

Thanks Roo.  I'll start this off by telling a story of my own father.  This is from back when I was a teenager so it happened a LONG time ago.
I grew up in San Diego less than 5 miles from Tijuana, Mexico.  My dad was huge on helping those in Tijuana that had absolutely nothing.  I went along with him a few times when he went down there to do some work for people.  He got to know quite a community of people who lived on the side of a hill in cardboard shacks.  He was always taking them food and formula for babies and other items that they might need.  
Unfortunately a fire broke out in this community and wiped it out.  A baby died in the fire.  The family was so poor they couldn't even afford the 5 pesos to get the baby out of the morgue so they could bury it.  My dad not only paid this fee but also for the funeral and burial which he also officiated.
My dad taught me to have a great love of the people in Mexico which I still have to this day.  He taught me a lot about compassion for those less fortunate.  We didn't have a lot of money ourselves in those days but yet my dad found ways to help out these people.  
Let me tag @mirkwood and @classylady
 
 

Hey Roo,
This sounds like an excellent idea. If you focus on getting your nutrition from mostly whole plant sources it is next to impossible not to get enough protein as long as you're meeting your energy needs. You only need around 5% of your calories to come from protein which almost all plant-foods will give you, so unless you plan to live on only fruit which tends to be lower in amino acids (protein) than vegetables, grains, nuts/seeds and legumes you should be just fine as far as protein is concerned. The obvious other thing to watch out for is not to eat a diet consisting mainly of processed foods. If your plan is to live on pasta, crackers, potato chips and sugary drinks then you will have to be concerned with protein among many things that are lacking.
The number one nutrient you do actually have to worry about getting on a vegan diet is vitamin B12. As a vegetarian that is not strictly vegan you'd likely get plenty of this as well depending on your allowed animal sources, but it's very safe to supplement either way.
Calcium is often brought up as a concern for those not using dairy products. Eating an abundance of leafy greens will ensure sufficient calcium.
Iron may also be a concern, but doesn't need to be for most people. While no plant foods are considered high in iron compared to animal sources there is plenty of iron in plant sources which is sufficient for most people, but you do need to watch that you're eating actual vegetables and so on to get a diversity and adequacy of many nutrients. The funny thing is that people walk around all the time with various nutrient gaps that are common when following the typical western eating style which is heavy in animal products, but people don't seem to get as worked up to tell them that how they're eating is going to lead to deficiencies. Here is an interesting chart showing some of the most common nutrition gaps in the general population (keep in mind this includes all kinds of extreme diets as well)

Other minerals such as zinc and iodine are also often found in lower levels in plant-based eaters. Zinc is abundant in nuts and seeds, particularly pumpkin seeds and iodine is higher in sea vegetables or you can simply use iodized salt.
You might also end up hearing about particular macronutrient ratios that are important. Macronutrients are those that provide calories - protein, carbohydrate, and fat. Some vegans are very set on the idea that they need to be very low fat and high carbohydrate and tout 80/10/10 as the magic ratio 80% carbs, 10% protein, 10% fat. Don't get caught up in worrying about that type of thing. There is strong evidence to suggest that macronutrient ratios are really not that important. What is important is meeting your micronutrient (vitamins and minerals) needs and your energy needs (total calories needed for body functions and daily activity).