Week 67

Its so hot.. Oh man.. It was 104 degrees with 98% humidity the other day. We were riding bikes, covered in sweat from head to toe, and it hit me how crazy you have to be to be a missionary! Haha! But I love it.. Its the best.

 

Anyways.. We saw some awesome miracles this week. Some of our investigators made some poor decisions and thats always dissappointing, but we move on, and get better.

 

I wanna tell you a SWEET experience that I had. Its a little long.. But it'll be worth it.

 

     So we got a call from somebody in the Macomb ward, and he told us that somebody needed a blessing at the Hospital here in Quincy. We headed over there and had a nice visit. She was a real nice lady named Cooper. We gave her a blessing and we went on our way.. Then the next day... We had a huge impression that we needed to go back to the hospital. So we headed back, and it turns out that this ladies sickness had took a turn for the worse.. She was in a lot of pain, and she was crying, and throwing up, and to the point of almost giving up. We asked the nurses out in the hall if we could visit her, and they said no. We begged the nurses to at least ask Cooper her if we could come and give her a blessing. They said no.. So just about when we were going to give up and leave, another nurse walked out of Coopers room, and we asked her real quick if she would ask Cooper if she wanted a blessing. She went in and asked.. And Cooper said Yes.

   As the blessing began, something changed inside the room. Cooper slowly stopped crying, and what seemed to be a dark and dismal hospital room, turned into a happy and warm place of healing. It was amazing!! When the blessing was over, Cooper said "now that feels good." Haha! It was sweet. The nurses were in shock.. They had been trying everything that had learned for the past few hours to help the pain go away.. The other Nurses that told us to go away came into the room because they wanted to see why she wasn't crying anymore.. And they saw us there. They weren't to happy at first, but Cooper made sure that they knew that we were welcome anytime in her Hospital Room! Haha! :) It was an amazing experience. We came back the next day with Baloons and a rose for Cooper and she was doing great. She got to leave later that night, and the whole rest of the time she was there she shared the gospel with all the nurses who watched it happen! SOO COOL! God is good..

 

Tomorrow.. I get to go to NAUVOO!! Haha Ross Conrad from Muscatine is going through the temple and I am more excited than ever. Its going to be the greatest day in the world. He is so pumped up.On the phone the other night he said.." I feel like i'm gonna find out what Heaven feels like.." It was so powerful. Loved it!

 

Thank you all for the emails.. They were so good.. I love them. Thanks Mom and Dad for all you do. Have a greeeeat 4th of July. We've got like 5 lessons planned for that day so its gonna be one of the best ever for mme!! :) Haha! I'm excited. And I think that our mission president will let us stay up till 10:30 to watch fireworks.. He did last year so we'lll see what he will do this year. I love you all and miss you.

Love Elder Russell