Let's Set a Date!

Hey Y’all!!!

Well it has been quite an awesome week! First off I’ll get straight to the awesomeness… Tuesday night we had a lesson with Clarissa and Gary, Aaron was already in bed and so things were much quieter and the spirit could really be there. The spirit was there- thick- and I felt the prompting to set Clarissa with a baptismal date. Clarissa is being baptized on the 19th of July and she is so excited!!! She wants to be baptized more than anything!!!! That night when we came back to the apartment I took a picture of my face because it had a permanent grin on it! :) So this week has been full of thoughts, phone calls, appointments and prayers all for Clarissa and Gary. The biggest obstacle is- they need to get married or separated. At one point this week she had us over there making out an action plan, how she could move out and leave Gary. Then we had a fast with her and prayed for the knowledge of what we should do, and then it turns out she decided that she could make things work with Gary. So now we are talking about marrying them. It is all still a bit hectic and unknown but the most important thing is she has a sincere desire to get baptized- and soon. So everything will work out, I know that, and I am so excited!! Things are going really well with her and also Gary is still coming along, he is willing to support her in her decision to be baptized- he himself has noticed the change in her and he likes it! Also Aaron went to primary yesterday all by himself!! Answer to prayers! I moved him to a different class because the one that is just one age group up has the daughter of Clarissa’s member friend and also the teacher there is super awesome and I knew he would be able to help Aaron. It worked! Aaron LOVED primary yesterday. It was also really cute this week, Aaron has pretty much become my little buddy- he LOVES to be around me!! It is way sweet and this week- he said my name- it caught me totally off guard cause most adults can’t even say my name right!! But Saturday night we were over at Clarissa’s for dinner and then we say down in the family room for a lesson and Aaron was all “Ssssister Kleisler come play a game with me!!!!!” I was like no, I have to talk to your….wait, what did you call me? Ha ha it was so cute, he just grinned- pretty proud of himself. I had never even told him my name before, but he always heard his mom saying it. So ya that was sweet and then when we sat down for the lesson Aaron brought me a chair from his room to sit in. An Elmo chair- and it was tiny! Ha ha I looked hilarious! So then Aaron sat down next to me and was ready for the lesson. I tried to get him to go play, but nope he wanted to be in there with us. So I looked at him and said Aaron, will you say the Prayer. He was like um… I said I’ll help you! He said ok, and then ran off, he came back with his cars chair, I was like, uh what’s that about, he was like it’s gonna be my prayer chair. So he sat in the chair folded his arms and I helped him say the prayer. After he was done there were tears in Clarissa’s eyes and I’ll admit it there were some in mine too. This rowdy little boy who just turned four sat still and said his first prayer ever. It was such an amazing thing to see. I look at Aaron and Emmerick and see two little boys who are gonna grow up with the gospel in their home and are going to be little priesthood holders some day. That just makes me so grateful!! So grateful to the Lord for this amazing opportunity that I have to be a missionary and see miracles like this take place! :0) But that’s not all the miracles aren’t over…. We had a lesson with Toby on Thursday and the spirit was strong and I felt the prompting, and guess what… Toby is gonna be baptized by his dad on July 5th!!!! So July is seriously gonna rock! :) Ya I am so stoked- my first baptisms and they are with the most amazing people ever! I am just so blessed to be serving here in Pleasanton and have the amazing opportunity to meet these people!

So in other news, it is HOT!!!! Oh geez, Saturday was 110!!!! I thought I was gonna die, lol ok so that’s a bit dramatic, but honestly it was pretty bad! We were out knocking doors and people would answer and be like “what are you doing, it is SO hot!!!???” We would say, well the message we share is just so important that we are out here sweating to death because we really want to share it with you. Lol I wish I could say that worked and we got in a ton of doors- but um it didn’t. Lol We are working through the heat and staying hydrated, and we will be working hard all summer long- why….. BECAUSE THIS IS THE LORD’S WORK AND IT ROCKS!!! I love so much my calling to serve and I am so blessed to be growing so much through the hard times and the sweet times.

I want to thank y’all for your love and support and hope y’all keep on rocking!
SMILING ALL THE WHILE
Hermana Kleisler