"Hearken unto these words and believe in Christ..." 2 Nephi 33:10

Celebrating 18 months as a missionary on Thursday! (Gotta love Chick-Fil-A haha)

Planning my life...well at least I've got a lot of ideas!! Haha

All kinds of things grow in Florida.

Hi all!

There are always so many things to share and I never know where to start. :)

I think mainly I'd like to share a miracle! We've spent a lot of time
working online on Mormon.org this past week and we've seen a lot of
miracles as we share the Book of Mormon with people. We picked up a
chat that had been sitting there for 2 minutes. Usually they get
picked up right away so it was a little unusual. It turned out to be a
young girl who wanted to learn more about how to join the church. She
said she always felt peaceful when she talked to members or read the
Book of Mormon and wanted to learn about how to join. She had sent in
a request to meet with missionaries and so we just helped answer some
questions and encourage her and thank her for her courage and faith.
She said she was from Utah and that she knew a lot of members, etc.
The conversation was ending and I felt like I needed to ask her what
part of Utah she was from and I told her I was from Layton. She
messaged back and said she was from Layton too and lived right by
Northridge (the high school my brother went to and the one my little
sister will go to this fall)! It turns out she goes to school at North
Layton (the junior high I taught at) and knows my best friend Ashlee
who teaches there! She had her as a teacher in 7th grade. It was such
a miracle. I offered to go to church with her when I get home so she
can be more comfortable and she was really excited. I am so excited
and so grateful to the Lord. He knows my heart and sent an incredible
tender mercy that I didn't expect at all. Let me tell you, the Lord is
so good to us. He knows us. He knows things that we need, often before
we even know we need them or we didn't even know how to say what we
needed. It really blows my mind. I'm so grateful He has a plan and
that he sent me all the way to Florida to meet his girl from my
hometown who I likely would have never met otherwise. I can't wait for
her journey in the church to start. She has so much potential. The
church is true!

Love you all! Keep the faith! Keep listening to/reading the Book of Mormon!

Sister Gessel

It helps if you put the blade in before you start blending... :)