sorry its late,...we hiked today :)

Hi Friends!

Couple fun things: we helped feed a lamb named Oliver on Tuesday and I smelled like sheep and milk the rest of the night(pictures are blurry cause he wasn't down to be held lol), Mama sent me a cute little package and the sisters hid it in the fridge, in plain sight, and I most definitely would've missed it had they not been snickering and looking at me funny lol, we helped record a song for Sister Sortommes website and for a song contest that she's entering, stay tuned for the website later today cause I forgot the slip of paper, but if you go on that website and listen to the song, my voice is on there with some others! yup, I'm a recording artist.

Alrighty, now the real stuff.
We had exchanges this week, which was phenomenal. Miracles always happen during exchanges, not sure if that's because we expect them more or if the power of diligently preparing for a single 24 hour period adds extra umph to the work, but its great. In Ephrata, because our STL's are in Wenatchee, they come to Ephrata and we split the area, which is difficult, but I kinda like it cause its more work in my area, I know selfish :) But we did see miracles. Thursday morning we went tracting on 6th Ave. We started around 10:40ish maybe a little before, and we're supposed to tract one hour everyday. Now, tracting is not the funnest part of being a missionary. Don't get me wrong, I love it cause I get to talk to people, but there are things I'd rate higher, so some days, when people don't want to talk to us, or no one's answering, we are eager to finish the hour and move on. But back to the story, we were tracting and it was 11:45, yay! hour up! but there was one more house on that side of the street and I couldn't just leave one house unknocked y'know? WE knocked, talked to Haley for a half hour, shared like 4 scriptures with her and when we told her the Book of Mormon we had was for her, she was shocked and elated. So pleased she asked to hug us, I loved it. Its little miracles like that that make everyday a good day. Catching people on days they aren't usually home or just before they head out to go somewhere, or having something we planned be exactly when a person is available or exactly what they needed to hear. It's just a testament that if the Church wasn't true, missionaries would've ruined it a long time ago. But the Lord is working with us, and He's doing the work, we're just tools in His hands.

I love you all! Email me and tell me about your adventures in the real world

Sister Shuldberg

p.s. I never realized how separate we are until I found out the Olympics had started and ended without my knowledge lol its cool

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