Cousins Abound!

So domestic!

Aunt Ruth e-mailed some comments from the Johnson City Ward where Rachel is serving with her cousin Joseph on Ken's side and his family:

Joseph Knight: She has Eleanor's hair!!!! (Eleanor is his sister who lives in Washington state and has long, brown curly hair JUST like Rachel!)

Mandy Taylor in the JC Ward: Sis. Trommlitz is a very happy and fun person. I met her the very first day she came to our ward and she seems so happy and that she is eagerly engaged in the Lord's work. Hopefully, we will all put our best foot forward, especially for her!

A woman in the JC Ward that I don't know: Are you reLATed?..Welcome.... (I think she thought Sister Trommlitz brought me out of inactivity :)

Ann Carver in our ward, sitting on the couch in the lobby watching Sister Trommlitz meeting her cousins: Now THIS is fun. Who would have thought?

This week has truly been great. I don't really know how to express it in words. This ward in awesome and I am pretty sure this is the most member referrals I have received! Our landlord is a member and met a guy in a parking lot and invited him to meet with us when he told her that he was looking to get back into church. He has helped her fix her car and when he wouldn't take any form of payment, she said, "well, is there anything specific I can pray for for you? That is the best form of thanks I could offer someone." It was as simple as that. We met him one afternoon and taught him about the Book of Mormon and invited him to church which he agreed to. Saturday night we had a lesson cancel last minute and before we even had time to look at our backup plans, we got a call from him asking if he could get a tour of the church before he came on Sunday. It was so divinely planned. We met him there and he asked, "Could you teach me that lesson you were going to teach on Tuesday right now?" So we sat down and taught him the restoration right then. The next day he came to church and enjoyed it. The sacrament meeting and gospel principles lesson was exactly for him.

We had Zone Conference this past Saturday and as always, it was incredible! This has been a top-10-week of my mission even though this email doesn't reflect that.

Wow!  What a great story!  The Lord's hand is in EVERYTHING!  I hope we never forget that. We are loved.