So, guess what we caught in our apartment yesterday morning? A MOUSE! The mouse...he's left our house! :) And he did, thankfully--when we caught him and released him in the bushes outside. But it was a bit of a shock to walk out into the living room and see him crawling up our wall! A great start to a Sunday morning. :)
Speaking of Sundays, I love them! Sunday really is my favorite day. I am always so grateful for the opportunity to take the sacrament, and to be renewed and spiritually filled so that I can go through another week. We truly, truly cannot do this work alone--we must have the Spirit with us. And I'm grateful for the simple promise given to us each time we take the sacrament--that we can have His spirit with us if we always remember Him.
We had a busy weekend at sites--we took 3 tours on Friday and 4 tours on Saturday (as opposed to the winter where we were lucky to get 1 :) )! One of the tours we took was with a girl named Molly and her family. They are on their way to Provo to drop Molly off at the MTC--she's headed to Ukraine! So exciting. :) Her sister, Rachel I think, is also submitting her papers soon--the work is hastening! Rachel went to BYU and played viola in the Phil--so she knows a bunch of my music friends like Rob Qualls and Nate and Nicole. What a small world. :) We also got to take Sister Smith on tour! Well, Pam now. :) She served in the Bowling Green ward with me my first transfer there, and she was in Lima my second, which was one of the areas we worked with as Sister Training Leaders. She is amazing, and was such a great example to me. She went home at this last transfer, and she and her sister stopped at Kirtland on their drive back to Utah! It was such a tender mercy to me that we were the ones who just so happened to take them on tour. I know that there are no coincidences--Heavenly Father knows us, and knows who we know. :)
Plus, we got to help at the Kirtland Strawberry Festival! They have a festival each year similar to our city festivals in Utah Valley--with a carnival, small parade, etc. The Kiwanis Club always does a strawberry shortcake booth, where they sell various strawberry desserts. Every year, the sisters take shifts to help them serve--what fun it was! I am such a lucky bug--the parade was during our shift on Friday! And here I thought I'd be missing parade season. ;) We didn't actually get to see much of it, but it was fun to hear. And the members of the Kiwanis club that we worked with are all awesome--I invited a few of them to come and take a tour at sites, so hopefully we'll see them again soon. :)
We had a great lesson with Lamar yesterday--a member from the YSA Branch came with us and we taught about prayer. Lamar is really interested in studying different religions to find the truth--and we know that no one can know of spiritual truths without prayer. I'm so grateful for that knowledge, and for the opportunity that we each have to communicate with our Heavenly Father daily. One thing my mission has taught me is how desperately I need the Lord--and how grateful I am to be able to communicate with Him throughout each day, about anything and everything. We also had a great lesson with Dan. Thank you for keeping them in your prayers!
Thank you for the quotes and experiences. I love them. :) Thank you, always, for sharing! Please tell everyone hello for me and that I love them all. Have a wonderful time in Hawaii! I hope Dad's camera doesn't go swimming this time. ;) Love you!
Love,
Sister Wygant
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