June 23, 2014

Hello everyone!

Thank you ALL so much for your birthday wishes, letters, emails, and EVERYTHING! You are all so thoughtful and kind! I am truly overwhelmed with gratitude!!!  Thank you! It has been a great day and a day that I will always treasure! A family in the ward is having us over for dinner and cake. The trainer sisters fixed me breakfast this morning. I have truly had a wonderful day!! So humbled ---!!!

This week was so great! Oh man! I don't have a ton of time but...I will tell you the most important! So, we have been praying so hard for a "miracle" that we will find someone who is prepared and ready for baptism within these next 5 weeks and well WE MIGHT HAVE GOT IT!  We called President to see how "likely" it was to get clearance on Dirk's baptism. He made a few calls and called us back and said...that if he could stop smoking for a week he could GET BAPTIZED!!!! We hung up the phone with President and SCREAMED SO LOUD!! haha (Like little sister missionaries!) MAN! So, as soon as we had a moment we rushed over to Dirks house we sat down with him and told him the good news! We committed him to stop smoking and to prepare for baptism and he ACCEPTED! He has not smoked for 3 days now and is having some wonderful spiritual experiences! Woohoo!!! He said that he wants his daughter to be there so he is going to call her today and see what weekend works best for her! MAN oh MAN! A Miracle!!!!! I have cried tears of JOY this week and thanked my Heavenly Father so much for letting me be apart of this miracle! For that snowy day to stop and shovel his driveway... I am so grateful!!

I feel so blessed! The Lord answers prayers and the Lord cares about his children. How thankful I am to be apart of this great work! There truly is no greater joy!!  I love my Savior Jesus Christ and my Father who is in Heaven! This is the restored gospel and I know that this is God's work. I have fallen in love with the people here. I love Westfield and Carmel Indiana. The temple is coming along great and I know that I am here to be a servant of the Lord. Thankful He trusts me to carry out this great message of peace and hope! 

I love you all! You are all so great and I pray for you all the time! Thank you for everything! You make the mission a pure joy as well! I love you! 

Love, 

Sister Clegg the 3rd

Alma 26:35

This did my heart good--- Received a text with pictures tonight from the sweet Wirtz family who fed her dinner and planned a birthday party for her!! My goodness- my heart runs over for dear people who take such sweet care of our sweet Mikesell!!