I'm Gonna be a Grandma!

So tranfer calls came today and we found out that Sister Ritter, my daughter, is going to train!!!!! She is expecting and I will be a proud new grandma tomorrow! :) So lovely! She is so nervous but she can do it. She is so qualified and I am so happy for her! This of course means that I am getting transferred after 9 1/2 months here in my 2nd area, Scripps Ranch. I have loved being here. I have gone through so much here...a lot of changing and becoming happened in this area. I will ever be grateful for the challenges I have faced that have become sacred to me. Last night all I could do was thank Heavenly Father for my mission....I feel so incapable of expressing how much I treasure this time that I have. He has done so much with me and has changed me in great ways. I wouldn't trade 1 second of those sweet spirit filled moments were my trust in the Lord was tested and rewarded so openly for anything. Being a missionary...there is nothing that compares to the sweet moments and the way the Spirit works through you...it is precious. I know that we can all have that...in our own unique callings and paths that the Lord puts us on. It is all one great work.

I of course am elated to know that Deena can leave anytime now! Wow, that is incredible and if she leaves before I get home in February, I'll be so happy that she is going when the Lord needs her. Timing is so important and God will lead her to make the right choice. Only He knows. Wouldn't ya know that we Hudsons WOULD have to be complicated and showy by having multiple missionaries out all at the same time....the Lord probably figures we could use more of the blessings! HA!

 

Well, I have little else to say....except that I love you and I am so grateful that we are all on the path...let's stay on it. That is probably the greatest gift that each of us have...access to answers and guidance as we need it. The spirit is real...and we feel him differently at different times of life but I know he is there.

 

Sister Clayton shared something from a book about the 4th watch. When the storm came and they called out to Jesus it was on the 4th watch....sometimes we are expecting him at the 2nd or 3rd but he will come...we just have to patiently endure and be of good cheer like our Prophet has counseled us to be!