FAMILY!!!
I have seen SO MANY miracles in this last week! Sadly though I will not have enough time to email about all of them so I will try to summarize the main ones! A woman that Sister Pelfrey taught when to the Temple for the first time today so we spent the whole day in the San Diego Temple which was really hard on me... NOT! I am still debating if I will make you all come out to San Diego for when I get married in the most beautiful Temple in the world... Don't worry that won't be for another year. :) I really could feel each one of your prayers and love on Friday as we fasted together. It was such a blessing to feel like I was with you all for even a day and then to have Sister Newman's parents call Mom while I was serving at the Temple made it even better! The result was Monday a day of miracles. The first counselor in the Mission Presidency named President Jespersen is a chiropractor in San Diego. He did a check over on my neck and found that I had a pinched nerve on the right side. After using some sort of electrical stimulant on my neck, he started to realign my spine and neck. I wish I knew all the technical terms for what he did but I call it a miracle. My head feels a THOUSAND times better. I could not stop smiling because for the first time in SIX weeks, I had my head back again. What a relief! He also refuses to charge me any money and will continue to realign my neck until I am all fixed. So with the combination of eating SUPER healthy and having my head back, I am at a 100% once again. After the chiropractor, we went and taught Hugh a lesson. HE WANTS TO BE BAPTIZED!!! We had just gotten all together and he looked at us and said, "Why did you never tell me that if I believe what you are saying that I should get baptized!? I want to get baptized and soon!" Sister Pelfrey and I just looked at each other and laughed. "Hugh, we have been telling you that the whole time!" We are going to finish getting him taught and he will step forward with a firmer foundation then he has ever had in his life. I CANNOT WAIT! The ward is picking up even more and every single day we are seeing the Lord's hands in this work. Miracles do happen and I am a witness of so many of them. Sometimes it just takes patience and I am horrible at being patient but I am slowly learning. It is going to take a lifetime until I master patience but I am going to keep puttering along. An interesting blessing in my life recently has been Great Great Great Grandpa William's journal. It has strengthened my faith in ways that I could not have imagined. The stories have should me that with faith, service, and sacrifice we can overcome any trial. It is just sooo cool that it is real stories about our family! In one of the stories, one of James’s cousins persuaded him to put a coal in gun powder and blow on it. Needless to say he lost his eyebrows and had to cover his face with a bandana for a while. I laughed and laughed when I read it because it sounded like something that one of my brothers would do... :) He had such faith and it is an honor to be a part of his legacy while I honor him every day at the Mormon Battalion Historic Site. I love you all so much and am forever grateful for you love and support this last week.
Love,
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