This week has been one of the most miracle filled of my LIFE!!! I have come up with TON of, what I think would have been great headings to this email. I couldnt decide what one to use so Im just going to put different headings to each of the miracles i will be telling you about...

There is no place like home:

No this is not me being home sick or even thinking of home, quite the opposite. This week we gained an amazing new friend. can you guess what her name is? if you said Dorothy then you are so right! She is so not is Kansas anymore... She wanted to SLO down a little while she helps out her sickly father in law! She is like a spirit magnet and always comment on how she feels when we are there. We wrote our testimonies in a BOM for her and when she got it almost cried. We will be teaching her this week and would love prayers!

French Toast Wars:

Thursday we had all the sisters in our district over for lunch. I love being around the sisters! We made french toast and laughed and talked and talked about zoning... I have a long line of feet rubbing to do. It is so funny to see peoples faces when I tell them that I rub people feet for a living at home.... So much fun!

A Gasless Miracle:

So once upon a time there were two sister missionaries that forgot to fill up their almost empty gas tank on Sat. Sunday morning their light came on and they were really worried that they would not be able to get where they needed to. After having a great few lessons and one fall through they new that they had to be careful with the little remaining gas for the last part of the evening. So they decided that they would park on a street that was on their way home so they wouldn't use any more gas then needed. 

They start walking and meet these two 16 yr old boys who are waiting for thier friend to come and pick them up. They start talking and find out that these two boys ARE SO READY TO HEAR THE GOSPEL!!!! they talk and exchange numbers and have a little lesson and set up a return appointment!!!!!!!! 

Moral of the story. Even when you have a weakness of forgetting things... like filling up the mother ship (aka your car) Father uses that weakness and turns it into a strength and a miracle! Man He is good! 

2 Cor 12:9-10

ALICIA!!!!!!!!!

Okay so last but not least! Alicia one of my best friends agreed to be baptized. Please please pray for her. She is so so so SO prepared and it so great to meet with. We our first official lesson with her this week. She LOVED the restoration and is eating up the Book of Mormon. I have never taught anyone so prepared and she is. She is looking for 1. a ward family (her words not mine) 2. peace and 3. truth. We have all 3!! Father literately guided every word of that lesson and it was so nice. The whole lesson I was pleading with him to let me help her and to be his hands and lips. I was willing to do ANYTHING. After we finished the lesson it was quiet and the thought came, "Ask her how she feels." As I did she got her pondering face and then said with a soft smile, "Peaceful." AHHHH I wanted to high five sis harrison the spirit and if appropriate Heavenly Father. As we walked away I said to sis harrison "wait for it... wait for it....." and as soon as we were out of sight and sound the Joy just exploded!!! it was in laughter and smiles so big they stretched to Kolob and back! it was wonderful!!!! 

So as you can see it was a week to always remember! There were many more miracle and wishes that were granted! But more then anything I knew that God new me and all those around me. He knows and love you. 

may the 4th be with you! hehe

Sister Draney

What a week! I cant even start to tell you. Sis Harrison is AMAZING and WONDERFUL! We have hit is off and are Loving our lives! 

Our first day together we were able to have 2 surprise member present lessons which was a HUGE miracle, both have return appointments! #miracles

Betty Jo went to the hospital this week because something really painful happened in her stomach. We went to visit her and talked about priesthood blessings, then later that night went with 2 members to give her one. Let me just say her faith is out of this world! She is home now and doing great. 

Alicia our new friend is being led by Father without even knowing it. We stopped by for a visit and she told us that she had a head ache because she is going up coffee and has cut down a TON. she doesn't like the ways it makes her feel and doesn't want to have to rely on it! God is good. So she is on her way to living the Word of Wisdom and she doesn't even know what that is! haha miracles of missionary work.

We had dinner with one of my favorite families here is SLO... the Flemings!! We were DYING laughing all night. Their youngest Logan told us his story of the week... it had to do with making cookies and putting 1/2 cup of sugar in instead of 1/2 a Tsp.... then he tried again and got the salt right but did the same thing with Vanilla... after making these two "monumental" mistakes that he thought he would never get past his loving mother comforted him and helped him make some of the most delicious cookies I' ve eaten. 

So when life seems to have to much Salt or to much Vanilla remember that you can start again and still get delicious cookies! 

Sister Draney

Okay to much to say this week! You know how people say that missionaries last transfers are the most miracle filled? Well I can testify to that one. Let the stories come...

T minus 6 days until Sis Woods was home.

Tuesday: Service with Betty Jo. We get this box to go through. In it was an answer to our prayer which was then an answer to hers. She read something she wrote 7 years ago to us. She told Father that she needed angels to help her know Him and to help her fulfill her mission and purpose here (her words not mine). I'm pretty sure if someone had taken a pic of sis woods and I we would be able to show you how jaw dropped we were. 

So as you can imagine we then had a VERY powerful conversation with her telling her our purpose and BOLDLY inviting her to come to Christ. She agreed. 

Saturday: We had our lesson with Betty Jo with the Wards, her member neighbors, and her friend that she invited. She did not agree with the priesthood and a few other things like Christ visiting the America because it, "doesn't talk about it in the bible". #members ROCK. Brother and Sis ward then did a perfect job at adding their testimonies and guess what happened? The spirit testified!!! She no longer has a problem with either.

Wed: We got to do splits with some struggling sisters. In these splits I had a transfer long prayer answered! 

Thursday: Sis Woods is SICK. We have dinner with our investigator Linda and her LA sister Debbie. they both need prayers.

Fri: We were in sick all day, except when we went to get some food. As we go to walk inside low and behold I see my homeless friend from church last week. We got to buy her some dinner! 

Sat: Part two. We had a lesson planned with Linda on Sat but she was not there. We went to the office next door where her sis works to see if she was there. She wasn't but Alicia was.  We started talking to Alicia and she told us how she wants to find a new church because the ones she has been attending are not right for her and her 3 boys. She asked what time our church is at and told us that she has wanted to come to church with Debbie, for a while now. So with all that said we set up a time to start teaching her! 

Sat: Part Three: We had dinner with a Part member family... yeah they are all so getting baptized!! 

Sunday: Consisted of Church and then a drive to Ventura to a special mission wide meeting. David Archuleta came and spoke to us. How inspired. He gave so much peace to us old folks and brought the spirit that we all needed! 

So as you can see it was an AMAZING week! Miracle are all around us! 

I love this life! When Hard times come, and they will, remember that they all have a purpose. Even if it takes 6 weeks to find out why. It is always worth it! 

Love you all!,

Sister Draney

 Waffles with the sisters!

 A lizard got into our apartment!

Sweet investigators!