Retainer Ruckus

We had a tender mercy today.  We got an email from Ken's Aunt Ruth on Sunday that Rachel's permanent retainer from after she gotten her braces off, was broken.  She had given her the name of a local orthodontist that her husband's kids had gone to, but we weren't sure how to handle the billing/getting her in for an appt., etc.  And we couldn't do much with it being the weekend.  
So, this morning (Monday), I started making phone calls and found out that this Dr. has several different offices in that area and are only in the Johnson City one close to her, every so often.  But they were there today!  When I talked to the receptionist and told her the situation, she said that they could fit her in, but only if she got there by 10 a.m. local time. And also, that next p-day (Monday) they would be in an office a ways away.  That was in a 1/2 hour!  So I quickly got an email together to her and Aunt Ruth hoping that one of them would get it right away.  But then, the internet stopped working on my computer for no reason, making it so the email wouldn't go through! Ken called his mom (at 6:30 a.m. her time!) and got his aunt's cell # so he could try and get a hold of her to talk to Rachel and hopefully they could go over right away.  It all worked out with divine intervention, and she got there right at 10!  Aunt Ruth was surprised because she later told us that it usually takes months to get into this orthodontist for an appt.  Heavenly Father loves His missionaries!  It turns out, it wasn't that it had just come loose, it was literally a broken wire.  It would have been pretty difficult for her to keep that in her mouth with it being broken!  Anyway, I felt the hand of the Lord in our lives today and feel very grateful.  Here is an excerpt from her email:

In a couple of days it will be exactly a year since I received my mission call. What an amazing day that was! :) and what a great year this has been! I absolutely love being a missionary and I continue to love it more and more each day. I love TN and know that this is where I am supposed to be. 

New companion this week! Hermana Kayla Fowers is from Farr West, Utah and just graduated this past summer. She is adorable and gets excited about the little aspects of missionary work. Helps me remember to not take things for granted. And she speaks Spanish! That has been a blast again. Nice to have someone to talk to and practice with :)

It's been a wild week, as transfer weeks always are. Had a lot of goodbyes and many hellos :)

But the missionary work rolls on!

Teaching at a dairy farm?? No idea...