Oh my gosh what an amazing week! I don't even know where to start. I feel so blessed and have all everyday for the past 7 days. This week has been a week of miracles, not because I've been doing missionary work different or anything but because I was looking for them. You truly will find what you look for, in people, in situations, in work, in love, in life in general. That is part of the reason that it is so important to look to God in every thought, to keep your sights set on the temple, and to have an eye single to the glory of God. 

When you really think about it you go where you look. I mean you can try to walk with your eyes closed but you aren't going to get anywhere very fast and you will probably end up hurting yourself. If your eyes are looking only at the things of this world how in the world are you going to walk in the paths of God? I think about David. Looking was his downfall. So look to God and see miracles all day everday. 

I wish I had the time to share with you all the amazing miracles that I had this week but I dont so I will give you some of my favorites...

On Wed we had a lesson planned with a woman named Elain. She is a friend of our bishops. He asked us to go and see her so we did. When we went over the first time she was busy but told us that we could come back and talk with her more next week (being this week). She also told us that she was catholic and not planning on changing ANYTIME soon. 

So we go over and talk with her for about 30 min. She is not interested in our message but will sit and talk about life with us. Lucky for us every aspect of life relates back to the gospel. LOVE IT! In talking she told us of some really hard trials that she has had to face and ones that she is facing right now. We asked her if we could share an uplifting message with her, and to that she agreed. Usually I can think of something really quick to share and a scripture to put with it. But my mind was BLANK. Ahhhhh worst moments as a missionary. I was rambling on as I flipped through my scriptures trying to think of something that would connect to her situation. 

Then a thought came to my head that I had had earlier that day at a LA's house. We had been reading with the LA in 1 nephi and I got a thought to leave my book mark where we left off. So now we are at Elains house and I remember that. So I start to tell her about Nephi and his life. We tell her about the family situations that he has and some of the struggles that he goes though. I took her to 1 nephi 17 aka the "good trip" "bad trip" chapter (thank you sister snow) and showed her how nephi and his brothers went through the same things but because of the attitude they say very different things about it. 

Then we went somewhere else showing the faith that Nephi had and I was able to bear my testimony about how amazing it is to get to learn from people like this. I told her how Nephi is my hero and why. She was amazed at how well we knew the BOM and asked us how long we had studied to know it that well.

Okay so pause! At this point in the story the spirit was thick enough to cut. Like I'm talking cutting trough butter. But not butter that has been sitting out and is all soft and delicoiusl and ready to eat. But butter that has been in the freezer. She BOM is such a powerful tool and we are told as missionaries to help people to "feel the BOM". That is what went down that night. She felt the BOM and it changed her. You could see the change and IT. WAS. AMAZING!!!

So by the time that we left she was on a spiritual high that we have all felt at one point or an other in reading the BOM. She told us how she is now going to put her BOM in her bag so that when  she needs strength she can open it up and get some!!!!!!!!! I LOVE THE SPIRIT!!!!!!!!! AND THE BOOK OF MORMON!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has had a BOM for years and admitied to us that she just never wanted to read it (dang satan knew she would love it). So when we were able to read some with her she FELT IT and had a change of heart!

Amazing right?? I thought so.

Oh man I wish I had more time to tell you all about how awesome missionary life it. I is hard dont get me wrong and I can always use prayers and letters, but I can truly testify that it is Gods work. I know it because I see His had in EVERYTHING. I would invite and encourage all of you to pay a closer attention to the little miracles that you have everyday. Do what I did and write them down so at the end of the day you can see how much your Father loves you. These are things that He set into course YEARS ago. He loves you that much! So take some time to recognize that love and to thank Him for it.

I know these things are true! Share the Book of Mormon because it changes lives. Make it a goal to always have one with you so when the spirit promps you can give it or share it with someone!

I love you all! I miss you but not enough to come home any time soon :)

Keep on keeping on in the hastening the work of our Lord!

Sister Draney "Dreamy"