Week 53 - Charlotte's Web .... above MY BED!

Hi! This week was HOT. I mean HOT. It got to 109 and we felt like we were melting. We probably looked like it too. Its that time of year again and it hit hard. We are so grateful for kind people who give us water and aren't always commenting on how hot at sweaty we look. 

The biggest miracle happened this week! Steve and Annette have decided to be baptized on June 25! WOOHOO. We are SO EXCITED FOR THEM. The spirit is so strong every time we get to talk with them and we have really loved getting to know and serve their family. We had a lot of cancellations this week but we were able to see all of our friends we are working with and make sure they were doing ok. I am always trying to work on having complete trust on our Heavenly Father's timing. We just have to take a step back and remember that as we put all of our faith and trust in the Lord, everything will work out the way that it is meant to. That has been one of the greatest things I have been able to learn this past year. 

I got to go on exchanges with Sister Bastian this week and we had an amazing experience with following the spirit. We had been visiting a ton of people but no one was home so we were about to drive into the other city we work in. I was driving and all of a sudden I had this feeling I needed to turn now and we needed to go and try to see this lady that we met the other day. So we made a crazy turn and pulled up to this house. While we were getting out of the car we saw a few people talking on the other side of the street so we went to go and talk to them. We ended up meeting Traci who is an inactive member. She invited us inside and we had this powerful lesson about the atonement. After we left we expressed how grateful we both were that we listened even though it didn't seem like the best thing to do at the time. But jokes on us! The Lord always knows best. 

Last night we had a scary experience. Sister Gomez and I heard a noise that didnt sound right outside and we had a strong feeling that we needed to go out and help. We got out to our parking lot and there was a Guatemalan lady and her daughter that had been attacked. The police asked for a translator and Sister Gomez was able to help calm the lady down and assist the EMT and the Police officers. It ended up turning into a crazy arrest but everyone was safe. Long story short Sister Gomez was able to really be an answer to prayer in an extreme time of need. 

IT WAS CRAZY. ALSO. We go back into our room and above my bed are HUNDREDS OF BABY SPIDERS THAT HAVE JUST HATCHED AND ARE CRAWLING ALL OVER THE CEILING AND FALLING ON OUR BEDS. Charlotte decided to make her nest in our room. So there we are screaming and spraying windex all over our room trying to kill these spiders. It was so funny. 

Needless to say we had an eventful week that was amazing and insane at the same time. I love you all and I hope you have the best week! 

Love, 

Sister Madeline Whetten

I hit my hear mark and celebrated with a maple bacon doughnut! Whoop