No pics tonight. Just some thoughts that I want to write down because it was such a lesson for me. For years I have been wanting to recognize and acknowledge how the Lord is in my life. Am I making the decision on my own or am I receiving promptings in my decisions and choices. Did I decide to carry out that act of service or did I receive a gentle nudge or was I led there.

Well, out here on the mission I have learned just how much the Lord is in my life and I have learned to acknowledge that and give thanks to Him and then what happens is that it seems to make those promptings come even more. or am I just more aware now and finally giving thanks. There are things that happen all the time with missionaries that make you aware of how the Lord is blessing them and helping them.

So I have to share a sweet experience that really solidified my questioning.

I had stayed late at the office one night and in printing out referrals, I had a referral for the AP's who have a desk in Elder Bouy's office. I should have taken the referral and put it on their desk that night. But I didn't.

We had a missionary who was not able to fly out with the group because his parents were in the service and he was flying to Bahrain. There are only a few flights to Bahrain so he had to wait until a flight came up. He spent the night with some missionaries and they dropped him off at the office about 9 or 9:30.

The Bouy's were taking him to the airport at 10:30 and he just hung around the office for awhile. At one point he came out and shredded his medical insurance card and his food/incidentals card.

When I came in that morning my desk was still a mess with all the referral papers there from the night before. I had a few minutes before we started our scripture study to clean up my desk. But still didn't clean anything up. And after scripture study I just started into my work for the day and left my desk a mess.

It was time to go to the airport and goodbye's were said and off they went to the airport. About ten minutes later I suddenly just stopped what I was doing and decided that it was time for me to clear my desk. I picked up the paper for the AP's and walked into Elder Bouy's office.

On the floor by the chair that Elder Curtis had been in, was a red credit card. I picked it up and on it was ____ Curtis. Don't even know what his name was.

I immediately went to my phone and called the Bouy's. Where were they? I told them that I had found a credit card with Elder Curtis's name on it and I was sure he needed it. They were not too far away and turned around and came back and got it. Elder Curtis was very grateful.

Can you imagine that missionary all alone, flying to Bahrain, making a couple of stops along the way and losing his card and not even knowing it was lost until he went to his wallet to use it.

Oh my, I just sat at my desk with tears rolling down my cheeks and thanked the Lord for the order of events that day.

Yes, He is in our lives and wants to help us. We just need to live as we should, keep the commandments and the blessings will come. We don't even have to ask in most situations. He is just blessing us.

We have just returned from a wonderful President's Fireside at Liberty Jail. We have them once a month there and once a month at the Visitor's Center. Tonight's was super. Five newly baptized members bore their testimonies. One sweet sister from the Dominican Republic who couldn't speak English, so one of the Elders translated for her. All of them were 30 and up. They bore sweet testimonies about how the church has changed their lives and how happy they are. It is so great to hear from the new converts.

The Church is true. The Lord loves us and wants us to return to Him. We are blessed.