HAPPY HAPPY HAPPY

HELLO! 

the weeks really are getting better every time. im starting to see the miracle my mission has truly been. oh, im so grateful. grateful the lord brought me here, and hes bringing me out completely different! who'da thought? not i. but im so happy!!!!

BIGGEST MIRACLE OF MY EXISTENCE. remember Inga?? the lady from September who was going to be baptized with her children but she got anti'd SUPER hard core and then she left town for a month and a half?? we knew she was coming back on the 28 of October and we have been praying every day that she would call us when she gets here, AND SHE DID!!!!!!! she was so happy to talk to us and tell us she is excited to see us again and start coming to church!!!! i dont think weve ever been so happy. we dropped to our knees right then and thanked the Lord!!! she ended up coming to the ward halloween party and her kids loved it. man, i want to baptize them so bad. PRAY FOR THEM! i'll update you how she continues to go :D 

our little man Thomas is doing so good and LOOKING GREAT for his baptism on the 13!!!!! teaching him is a dream. seriously, he is the cutest. this week we were talking about the Plan of Happiness and we asked him what he had learned from our lesson and he said, "that i was friends with jesus and with god before i came here. that made me happy." wow............... the cutest thing ever. I LOVE CHILDREN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

BLAKE LISTEN UP YOU ARE GOING TO BE SO HAPPY! wait, back story... sister hemenway and I are really working on taking EVERYTHING to the Lord and really inquiring of him in our every decision. so yesterday night we had some time and we wanted to drop by a member.. we prayed, thought, pondered, and decided our asain friend Sasha!! so we went over and she gladly let us in and she said her friends were coming over as well..... SCORE! this is when Blake comes in- THEY'RE JAPANESE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they came and we had to BEST CHAT!! we ended up sharing the Restoration with them and inviting them to be baptized and they said YES!!!!!!!!!!! IT WAS AMAZING. we're seeing them again tomorrow!!!! ps- i told her all about you Blake. she is very impressed God helped you learn Japanese and that you speak it still :D  

OK ALSO, I DONT KNOW IF YA'LL REMEMBER BUT REVELATION IS ACTUALLY REAL. again, we've been inquiring where the lord NEEDS us. i was reading in my book of mormon study and i read the word "south" AND I DIED RIGHT THEN AND THERE!!!!! WE NEEDED TO GO TO THE SOUTH!!!! (which is the down town part of the area.. where the humble people are!) sooo, next day, we went there.. and after we had just had an awesome lesson with Thomas and we did some knocking over there, we left. and as we were driving my eyes caught "SOUTH STREET" I SCREAMED AND WE TURNED BACK AROUND TO GO KNOCK IT!!!!!!!!!! but... there were only 2 homes... and they were probaby the most ghetto homes i've knocked on. mom would have died. BUT FAITH NO FEAR. so we knocked it. and lets just say, we ran. and gods just making sure we act on our revelations. so act on them. i feel the blessings comin!!!!!!!!!!!

also, my last thought. 1 Nephi 16!!! i want you all to reread this again this week, i know you've read it 52014 times in your life. but this is incredible. i was reading, and i began to realize what it meant that even Lehi began to murmur to the Lord because he thought building a bow would be too hard.... but Nephi began to make his bow out of wood and then he went to his father in humility and confidence in his Fathers authority that he could receive revelation for him on where he should go...  but the Lord chastened him and CHASTENED HIM BECAUSE OF HIS MURMURING AGAINST HIM so he was brought down to the depths of sorrow, and then the lord came to him in a voice, which can mean a feeling, and the Lord showed him where to go. i thought this was so amazing because we can all show respect for our leaders and see them as they can be not as who they are!!! because of that, Lehi's leadership was restored and they were able to do GREAT THINGS. 

i thought of you, mom and dad as i read that story, because i know i can come to you and you will always help me along the way! I HONOR YOU AND I LOVE YOU AS NEPHI LOVED HIS FATHER! you're amazing. you are sure right, 5 weeks till i squeeze you and never stop loving you!!!!! my mission is a miracle!!!! be ready to hear about it every day of your life :-) Namaste!

oh! and before i forget- HAPPY BIRTHDAY GRANDPA GUBS! YOUR CARD IS COMING! 

xoxox, sister ovard

we definetely didn't take any pictures this week.. so hey, selfies are cool still right? "let me take a selfie" isnt that a song??????? HAHAHAHAH k bye.