Hermana Wadsworth: September 10, 2012

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MY FAMILY!!!!

THIS PAST WEEK WAS AWESOME!!! ASHLEY GOT BAPTIZED!!!! WHAT-WHAT?!?!?! It was definitely a trying week for her up till her baptism. I must say, I feel like more and more I am learning why I was called her to Ottumwa. And I feel like, because of the Lord, I am able to do all these hard things. Well, at least I thought they would be hard, but they really aren't at all. All I do it put my trust in the Lord and He helps me through, I surely can depend on Him! Which I am so very, very thankful for.

Funny story of the week. So, the picture with me, Hermana Penrose and Sister Short has a lot of meaning to it. So, she asked us if for service, we would come with her to wash her dog. (she has a HUGE golden retriever- his name is Rusty) Of course we would love to! Especially since Hna Penrose and I LOVE DOGS! :) so, we loaded him up in her husbands truck and took him to the car wash that actually has a dog wash attached to it (pretty funny right?! i thought so at least..) Well, we get there and Rusty has pooped in the back of the truck... SO NASTY! It smelts so SOOOOOO BAD!!! BAH!!! No big deal though because we were at a car was and could rinse it out when we were all done washing him. Well, we did just that, we pulled into the car wash to wash the bed of the truck out. But, when we got done.... we couldn't find the keys to the truck... HAHAHA! They were locked in the truck... and the keys were in the ignition. HAHAHA! Lucky for us, Hna Penrose had our phone with her. She called Brother Short to bring her the spare keys. It was so stinkin funny! And little Brynn (she is 4) and Rusty and I went running around the parkinglot and just being goofy. It was so great!

So, have I told you about Brittany?! I dont think I have. Brittany is a referral from the family that got baptized on Sept 1st. She is actually Mary's age. (which is crazy because that is how old Ashley is too, they went to school together) Anyways, we have been teaching her and she is just eating everything up! She is getting baptized on the 22nd. She is so stinken excited! She told us about an experience she had with her Dad. So, after we invited her to be baptized, we could tell that she was really excited, but something wasnt quite right. She told us the next day why. She was really hesitant to get baptized because she didnt know how her dad would react to her wanting to join the church. And suprising to her, when she talked to him about it, he shared with her some concerns, but he was really happy for her. Well, after our second meeting with her she shared with us something really cool that happend. She said that her dad is a HUGE Glenn Beck fan and that he watches his shows all the time.. Well, on Weds or Thurs night Glen did a special episode about "Mormonism". She said that it resolved a lot of the concerns her dad had. She said that she knows that God knew that her dad needed to hear that and that she knows it was from God. I am so very thankful for her example to me of realizing the hand of the Lord in her life. It was so cool to see her just beaming from ear to ear saying "I know that God did that for me and for my dad!" How amazing is that?!

I know that Heavenly Father puts people or things in our way to remind us of how much He loves us! I know that He lives and loves us!

I love all of you and I hope you have a great week!!! XOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOXOX