(A/N: Hello everyone! This is Alejandra, Hermana Ramos-Escobar's older sister! I just want everyone to know that with each blog update, it is just me copying over an email she sends to her family. She's not the one that comes in and updates this blog. Just wanted to make that clear for everyone. Here's the email she sent on Tuesday, enjoy!)
Well, yesterday was a crazy day!! We went up to Yosemite yesterday for our last time with Sister McArthur and let me tell you...we had quite the adventure. Oh my goodness!!
Well first of all, let me re-wind. On Sunday night, Hermana Garcia joined us! She is a member here from the ward and is doing a mini mission with us! She is going to be with us until Sister McArthur leaves, so she came with us Sunday night. Oh and also, we went over to Izzy's house. I know I have been talking about Izzy a lot, but she also has two sisters named Hannah and Olivia. Hannah is the oldest and we have started seeing so many miracles with her! She was not very interested in the church when we first started coming over. But lately, she has been turning around! Well, on Sunday, we went over and she told us that she wants to get baptized! She decided that she is going to get baptized with Izzy in September. But then we started talking about it, and their aunt said, "You could do it before Sister McArthur leaves! You could do it on Saturday!" So that is a great possibility! We are praying that their dad will give them permission! We're so excited for them! They are such amazing girls! I love them so much!!
On Monday morning, we went to Yosemite with the Horan's and it was soo much fun! Sister Garcia and I got stopped twice in Yosemite by other members just because we had our tag on and it was really great to see how small the world is! Yosemite was soo much fun! I am sore from hiking so much, but it was the best ever! Very worth it!
Well, we were coming back down to Los Banos and we notice that a fire had started up in the mountains. We were in Oakhurst (2 hours away from Los Banos) and stopped at a gas station and got drinks and such. But when we tried starting the car, it wouldn't turn on. We had to get it jump started and then it was still acting up! So we went to a car shop and Brother and Sister Horan were trying to fix it. They spent about 3 hours trying to fix the car. In the mean time Sister Garcia, Sister McArthur and I were making phone calls (trying to be productive with our time, and cancel all our appointments for the day). Everything just started turning around!
We were able to set a baptismal date with Noemi and Miguel, they will be getting baptized on September 20th. We were also talking with a member that has been helping us with one of our other investigators and he mentioned to us that she is ready to get baptized! She has been going through a lot of things recently and has decided to get baptized! We will be going over to her house tonight to talk with her and set a date with her! Also, we were talking with Kimberly and she showed us on Sunday night that she got her temple recommend!! She's going to the temple on Tuesday the 26th of August!! She's going to do baptisms for the dead! We were really excited about that, but yesterday night, during all this commotion going on, she texted us and told us that she found information on her grandma that has passed away and may be able to do her baptism in the temple!
There were so many miracles happening during this time!
Mind you, we got to Oakhurst at about 3 in the afternoon and we were at the shop until about 6. Then it was decided that it was not safe to drive the car back because the alternator was not working correctly. Therefore, Brother Horan called a tow truck. (By the way the fire that started 3 hours ago, is still going and traveling a lot!!) The insurance company told us that they couldn't come get us because all the tow trucks were being used to evacuate people from the fire AND that it wasn't possible because they closed down all the roads to and from Oakhurst due to the fire. Entonces!!! Sister McArthur, Sister Garcia and I were stuck in Oakhurst 2 hours away from our area and didn't have a way out or a way for people to come get us...and it was now about 7:30-8 at night. Oops.
So, we called the district leaders, zone leaders and mission president. They gave us permission to stay the night at Sister Horan's Mom's house which was about 30 minutes away. I'm pretty sure this never happens in a mission!! It was practically like we were on vacation on our mission! We went over to her mom's house and we were there until noon today. Then we drove back to Los Banos, the Horan's van was towed and we rode with Sister Horan's mom! It was such a fun night!!
But my point in all of this is that even though we had all these tribulations, all these things going wrong, we still had soo many miracles. It went to show that Heavenly Father is really watching over us. I know that it is only because of him that we were able to get home safely, that we were able to get to Sister Horan's mom safely, and that everything worked out. I know that He's watching over us. I am so thankful for all the blessings I have been able to see just in these past 2 days! It has really been such a great blessing and miracle
Well, yesterday was a crazy day!! We went up to Yosemite yesterday for our last time with Sister McArthur and let me tell you...we had quite the adventure. Oh my goodness!!
Well first of all, let me re-wind. On Sunday night, Hermana Garcia joined us! She is a member here from the ward and is doing a mini mission with us! She is going to be with us until Sister McArthur leaves, so she came with us Sunday night. Oh and also, we went over to Izzy's house. I know I have been talking about Izzy a lot, but she also has two sisters named Hannah and Olivia. Hannah is the oldest and we have started seeing so many miracles with her! She was not very interested in the church when we first started coming over. But lately, she has been turning around! Well, on Sunday, we went over and she told us that she wants to get baptized! She decided that she is going to get baptized with Izzy in September. But then we started talking about it, and their aunt said, "You could do it before Sister McArthur leaves! You could do it on Saturday!" So that is a great possibility! We are praying that their dad will give them permission! We're so excited for them! They are such amazing girls! I love them so much!!
On Monday morning, we went to Yosemite with the Horan's and it was soo much fun! Sister Garcia and I got stopped twice in Yosemite by other members just because we had our tag on and it was really great to see how small the world is! Yosemite was soo much fun! I am sore from hiking so much, but it was the best ever! Very worth it!
Well, we were coming back down to Los Banos and we notice that a fire had started up in the mountains. We were in Oakhurst (2 hours away from Los Banos) and stopped at a gas station and got drinks and such. But when we tried starting the car, it wouldn't turn on. We had to get it jump started and then it was still acting up! So we went to a car shop and Brother and Sister Horan were trying to fix it. They spent about 3 hours trying to fix the car. In the mean time Sister Garcia, Sister McArthur and I were making phone calls (trying to be productive with our time, and cancel all our appointments for the day). Everything just started turning around!
We were able to set a baptismal date with Noemi and Miguel, they will be getting baptized on September 20th. We were also talking with a member that has been helping us with one of our other investigators and he mentioned to us that she is ready to get baptized! She has been going through a lot of things recently and has decided to get baptized! We will be going over to her house tonight to talk with her and set a date with her! Also, we were talking with Kimberly and she showed us on Sunday night that she got her temple recommend!! She's going to the temple on Tuesday the 26th of August!! She's going to do baptisms for the dead! We were really excited about that, but yesterday night, during all this commotion going on, she texted us and told us that she found information on her grandma that has passed away and may be able to do her baptism in the temple!
There were so many miracles happening during this time!
Mind you, we got to Oakhurst at about 3 in the afternoon and we were at the shop until about 6. Then it was decided that it was not safe to drive the car back because the alternator was not working correctly. Therefore, Brother Horan called a tow truck. (By the way the fire that started 3 hours ago, is still going and traveling a lot!!) The insurance company told us that they couldn't come get us because all the tow trucks were being used to evacuate people from the fire AND that it wasn't possible because they closed down all the roads to and from Oakhurst due to the fire. Entonces!!! Sister McArthur, Sister Garcia and I were stuck in Oakhurst 2 hours away from our area and didn't have a way out or a way for people to come get us...and it was now about 7:30-8 at night. Oops.
So, we called the district leaders, zone leaders and mission president. They gave us permission to stay the night at Sister Horan's Mom's house which was about 30 minutes away. I'm pretty sure this never happens in a mission!! It was practically like we were on vacation on our mission! We went over to her mom's house and we were there until noon today. Then we drove back to Los Banos, the Horan's van was towed and we rode with Sister Horan's mom! It was such a fun night!!
But my point in all of this is that even though we had all these tribulations, all these things going wrong, we still had soo many miracles. It went to show that Heavenly Father is really watching over us. I know that it is only because of him that we were able to get home safely, that we were able to get to Sister Horan's mom safely, and that everything worked out. I know that He's watching over us. I am so thankful for all the blessings I have been able to see just in these past 2 days! It has really been such a great blessing and miracle
OOOH!!! By the way!! We found a girl named
Alexandra!! She is soo cute! She's 14 year's old and I absolutely love
her! She ordered a bible on Mormon.org and she came to church on Sunday!
Turns out that her mom is a less active member! She's going to get
baptized soon, I can tell!! I'm so excited to teach her! :) I get so
happy just thinking about her and how much potential she has to be so
strong in this church!! I love being a missionary! :) I never want to
leave!! :)
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