Crazy Week

Dear family,

We had a crazy week that absolutely flew by. Tuesday we had zone conference, Thursday we had Mission Leadership Council, Friday we had an exchange, and Sunday we had cottage meeting. Lots of sharing testimony and lots of very spiritual experiences. I'm so grateful for my mission! I really don't know where the week went to.

The highlight of my week was that the exchange on Friday was with the Halls Lake sisters. Sister Smith stayed in our area and I was able to go back to my old area with Sister Stringfellow! We saw so many miracles and so many people that I used to work with from those transfers. By the end of the day I felt like Heavenly Father was reassuring me by saying, "You have done enough. Your sacrifice has been acceptable to me, just look what a difference you have made!" It was exactly what I needed.

The sisters have an investigator named Brandon who I met Thursday night at volleyball. Brandon is preparing for baptism in December. When I introduced myself he looked at my name tag and said, "Wait a second, are you the only missionary named Sister Slade?" I told him that I was and he proceeded to tell me that almost a year ago some sisters had knocked at his door and he had wanted to listen, but he knew that his roommates would be rude, so he didn't invite them in. He said, "I have no idea why, but I've always remembered the name Slade. You don't happen to have been here around that time?" I can't count all of the doors that Sister Glancy and I must have knocked when we first whitewashed into Halls Lake a year ago. I don't remember Brandon, but it was so amazing to see where he's at now and to see that somehow he remembered that I knocked at his door. We never know the impact that we may be having even when we obediently do all of the small, seemingly insignificant things!

The other highlight from the exchange was that I got to see Melissa! I lost her email so I haven't had contact with her since her baptism and wedding 8 months ago. I got to talk to her and Randy and it was so rewarding to hear that they are both 100% active, loving everything about the gospel, and preparing to go to the temple in a few months! Not only that, but she just found out that she's pregnant with TWINS! Too much joy to contain!

Still excitedly looking forward to Heathers baptism! She meets with President one more time this week, and if he feels that she is ready he will officially write the First Presidency and everything should be clear for the 22nd. Please keep her in your prayers this week.

Love this quote from Gary E. Stevenson: "I express my utmost confidence in your abilities. You have the Savior of the world on your side. If you seek His help and follow His directions, how can you fail?" I hope you all have a week full of feeling the Saviors love for you and lots and lots of successes!

Love all of you!

Love, Sister Slade