HEAVEN IS FOR REAL

my dearest familia,

what an incredible week for you all!! i have another sister!!!!!! i am so happy. this is the best time of our life eh! it's kind of fun to sit back and just watch it all unfold & change :)

it was an incredible week. (do i always say that?) our prayers and dreams and goals with this work are coming right along! i don't know if i told you- but we have been praying specifically to find a family with two kids that are baptismal age & that is looking for a church. its been about 2 weeks since we wrote that prayer down and have been focusing on it. EVERY family we meet seems to have that unit going on with 2 kids. it blows us away. not every one is searching though- so we know who we are looking for! last week we met Inga and her boys Tyrell and Desmen. this family is IT. they are searching!!! they've come to church twice and LOVE it. yesterday, they told everyone about their baptism on the 12th and it really got the ward pumped. PRAYER!

imagine...... a sweet native family coming to your ward and telling you they're excited to be baptized :D would it change you? would it motivate you? IT DOES FOR ME. 

Evan (our cute 9 year old Asian) is still on for the 18 to be baptized with his little sister Helen! MIRACLE OF THIS: we've got there big brother Henry, who is 19, to be active again!!!! yesterday we said "henry, do you like being mormon?" hahha oh, we have too much fun. bringing families together one step at a time.

we have what others need... WE HAVE THEIR KEY HOME!! we are so lucky and i feel so blessed to be on the Lords errand in his work with him enjoying this ride. "and it came to pass that the Lord of the vineyard sent his servant; and the servant went and did as the Lord had commanded him, and brought other servants; and they were few.     and it came to pass that the servants did go and labor with their mights; and the lord of the vineyard labored also with them; and they did obey the commandments of the Lord of the vineyard in ALL things." 

be a good servant- someone the lord can count on.

connect yourself with heaven so you can connect others to him by your spirit. 

President Hinkley said, members have the "interested investigators" fam, we need everyone. we really need everyone in that church building. and it all comes from us. tracting gets us NO WHERE! (i lied thats where we found Inga.. but srsly) help the missionaries. be a miracle to someone else!! this work WILL make you happy when you make it a priority. 

and Elder Johnson said "it is our ONE priority in the church" :)

i love you!! God bless until next week!! oh & P day will be on tuesday next week because of Labor day!!

xoxoxo, sister ovard

Joc hit her one year this week! boooyahh!!!