The Field is White all ready to Harvest: Week 65: A Heart Warmer

Monday- I am grateful for relaxing, guitar, reading, and safety.

Tuesday- I am grateful for doors, lemonade wings, sanitizing, and good days.

Wednesday- I am grateful for fresh snow, guardian Angel's, The Book of Mormon, and card games.

Thursday- I am grateful for produce, circle k, sandwiches, talks, feelings, and the temple.

Friday- I am grateful for sleep, videos, languages, and Facebook.

Saturday- I am grateful for good plans, powerful verses, Bible study, reminders, and positivity.

Sunday- I am grateful for talks, new days, food, and ongoing jokes.

You ever just have an outright GOOD day?

That happened to me on Tuesday. Everything was just so good that day. We had service in the morning, a good comp study, a language call, and then went to a restaurant. It's a wing place and they are just now completing it. We helped them sanitize EVERYTHING and put up their big front sign, and they paid us in wings!! They were the best wings of my life and they had a "lemonade" flavor that was quite amazing, I can't even begin to describe it. We ended that excellent day with dinner and Facebook videos. Those days are just gifts from God

We had Zone Conference this week and it was especially good. Everyone gave good trainings and I felt the Spirit teach me more about chastity and virtue, as well as developing Christlike attributes!

Me and Elder Ross

But all during our conference it was snowing buckets. Inches of super soft fresh snow. Well, I was going to Decatur after for an exchange and we were driving and the roads were as you could imagine, terrible. They were snow packed, icy, and just downright dangerous. Well, Elder Smith thought he had slowed down enough to turn right onto the freeway ramp and so he turned the wheel. The car turned and then stayed turned and we floated right off the road, down the hill into foot high weeds that are next to just about all the freeway entrances. Well, it was all really crazy and terribly smooth. We didn't hit anything and just floated down the hill and came to a stop. Well, we started thinking about what to do next when one of the elders just said hey why dont you just drive out.

Somehow we just drove right out of the huge ditch and up the little hill to get onto the freeway ramp. It was absolutely insane. We were in a Corolla, in a foot of snow with another foot of weeds. Going over huge holes and we just went through the whole field, floated up the little hill and were on the on ramp that we originally intended to be on. Just absolute madness.

I know we were protected by guardian angels.

On the rest of the drive we saw 5+ vehicles down in the ditch or off to the side of the road stuck.

Me, Elder Toomey, Elder Ross, and Elder Brown

It was a good exchange, we made a Facebook video and played card games. Among other good things of course.

It's been over a year since I've been to the temple, oh boy do I miss it.

My comp and I did quite a bit of finding through Facebook this week and good quality hours of service. I am grateful for both

I love my household, we have so much fun together.

Here's a heart warming story:

Before we headed out the door to church yesterday I looked at my keys and felt that I should bring them. I wasn't driving that day so it was just a little odd to bring my keys but I grabbed them. I felt a calm feeling that I might need the oil vial on them.

We had our sacrament with the other missionaries in Springfield and there was a Sister who was having a really bad migraine. Everyone of course looked to me.

I felt the Holy Ghost prompt me to ask her if she would like a blessing.

She accepted, another Elder used my oil vial to anoint, and everyone agreed that I should give the blessing because I knew of the pain she was feeling.

I knew the pain she was feeling but the Savior knew ALL the pain she was feeling perfectly. That was very evident to me during the blessing. I walked away from it feeling different.

It was a special blessing and it warmed my heart to give a blessing similar to what I have received.