Two Prayers Answered

1. The snow melted.  A lot.

Thank Heavens, for we open our campground for business TOMORROW!  Cory has been super worried-- and praying, and I guess that praying stuff pays off.  We actually have people coming who want to camp in the snow!  Yeah!

2.  I sat in on a discussion today.  A good one!  The missionaries called to let us know a woman had ordered a Book of Mormon online, and could we please come to teach her and her children with them?  Holy Cow, yes :)
So, we had Ellie babysit while we and Levi went to her home.
This is the only picture I have of her.  It is at the Halloween Carnival.  Here she is with her kids:

So this is funny that I have a "spooky" pic of her and I'm going to tell you how spiritual she is!

Amazing things that happened at this discussion:

*The 10 year old boy had his own Bible and wanted to look up all the scriptures the Elders mentioned! 
*Carla (the mom) said she had been searching her whole life for the right church.  She had attended churches where people were "rolling in the aisles", or "speaking in tongues with no one interpreting" (how did she know there was supposed to be an interpretation of tongues?).  She said none of the churches seemed complete.
*She prayed about ordering the Book of Mormon and meeting with the missionaries, and the spirit told her, clearly, that it is what she should do.
*She believes that men and women have different roles and that gender has a purpose.
*She teaches her children from the Bible every night.
*She is coming to watch General Conference at our house on Sunday!  Wheeeee!
*She told the Elders she would be baptized when she received an answer concerning their message!  Wow!
*She gave the most beautiful prayer at the end of the discussion, and I could tell she had an established relationship with Heavenly Father.
*She is so sad that she is divorced and wished things were different and wants her children to have more good influences in their life.
*She is careful as to the things she allows her children to see/listen to.
*I think she is going to be my 2nd counselor in the Primary after my current 2nd counselor moves in the fall. Crazy, huh.  But that is what the Spirit told me!
*Cory and I were able to sit together on the couch and testify of the things the missionaries taught!   I cannot tell you how fun that was, to be married missionaries!  He is so cute!  And so great at teaching with excitement! 

Except the funny thing after we left, which is quite different from the way we would talk to our companions in the field, is that it was easy for us to tell each other the things we could have done better (for example, he let me know that I probably let my excitement get the best of me when I was telling her ALL about EVERYTHING after the Elders had left to go to their next appointment.  I guess I did get a little overwhelming now that I think about it.
So, when we got home, I was on cloud nine completely.  I couldn't believe it!  We sat in on a golden!  She is so very primed for the Gospel message.  I can't wait to watch her progress.  I called the Bishop and flipped out and he said that was the best thing he'd heard all day.  I told my friend who stopped by.  I told my brother when I called him for his birthday.  And now I'm still just in awe of the whole thing.  This is what life is all about!  And to think she was right here in my neighborhood and I never offered her the gospel before.  She had to go online!
So I've been reminiscing about my full-time mission days and realizing how blessed I am to have served.  I think of all the people who helped me to go on my mission, and all of the wonderful people I was able to meet.  It is so humbling.
And here I am in beautiful Washington:

And here is the funny thing!  I was looking through my scrapbook, and guess who is in it?  I guess I hadn't looked in here in a while!

In the middle picture, on the right, is the boy I would someday marry.  How funny!  We had no clue.  Promise!

This was a great day.