The Return:)
I'm so sorry it's taken me sooo long to begin again.
Life coming home from this mission has been insane, filled with miracles, and just like any other fairy tale... filled with unexpected twists and surprises.
When I came home, life hit me fast. It was almost as if I was floating and everything was a dream. The mission wasn't real, but like a dream, but I wasn't completely back home either.
I felt very much in limbo.
I can only say that I felt pretty lost, but right off the bat I went to the temple. For those of you who don't know what a temple is... I'll tell you.
It's a house of the Lord, a place where families are sealed together, not just until death do you part, but for all eternity. I went there the second day being home, and I felt at home. So much peace. So much joy.
Miracles :
Three days after being home I walked into Deseret Book and was offered a job! I can still Skype with members, and I'm loving the opportunity to be home with my family. I've got to run, but I'll upload a few pictures and my next post I'll share some of the lessons learned!
Z glebokiej milosci!
Ali

Truth is Light!!!

October 6th, 2014

Moja Kochająca, śliczna, szalona, wierna rodzina(włącznie z przyjaciółmi),

If you're reading this and you haven't seen conference go watch it right now;)

Apple Picking...Yep...I live in a fairytale:)

I am so thankful to be writing you today from my little library off of Solidarności. It is a lovely day with lovely weather and a huge blessing for me. This morning I got up and ran through the old streets of warsaw to Ogród Saski and saw the Teatr Wielki:) drank some tea( fruit:) and I have a bułka( roll) from the local bakery in my backpack! I hung up my laundry on a drying rack and I studied the scriptures, I learned of the Prophet Joseph Smith and I studied some of the Book of Mormon. I read this morning from 2 Nephi 6 and 7. I learned that those who wait on the Lord are not ashamed. I think this means that they are not confounded, and they are not decieved, and they are not afraid to boldly testify of the truth of their message. I studied Polish with my sweet companion and I headed off to the library. Why am I tellling you the boring routine of my day...? Because I LOVE It!!! I love my mission.

I've been writing some of my mission history this week. I have been brought to tears many times as I've seen how the hand of my Savior has unfolded in my life and on my mission. It's amazing. He has changed me. Honestly speaking, the feeling of going home and the knowledge of leaving this beloved place hasn't set in yet, but I can say that I've been blessed with a clear vision of what the Lord expects of me at this time. Love, Service, and doing the right things for the right reasons. Hearing Elder Bednar's talk on that topic really touched me. It led me to thinking, why do I do what I do? Why do I go out on the street and find people? Why do I constantly try and think of new ways to teach and find? Why do I strive for obedience? The answer for me has differed at different times of my mission, to be honest, but I think that underneath it all is Faith. Faith in the Savior and His love for me and mankind. The gospel message that we are sharing is the only source of light that exists in the world. It is truly the only source of peace. It is the only source of hope. Otherwise all else would be lost. That is why! I have looked so much during my mission at the way that the gospel has blessed my life, and I am so grateful. It has changed me and my family and all of my Polish family! That is something that has helped me to see the gospel in action, I've seen it change and hold and unfold things into our lives that we never even knew we were capable of or that we needed:)

Culture Night....Romeo and Juliet

This week we had an interesting week. It was filled with lots of finding and honestly rejection. I am grateful for that, because this week we have sooo many people to teach and I'm so excited. The good contrasts the bad. We were able to find so much joy though in this week. One of the miracles was that we met with this woman named Jagna. She is wonderful and she and her family NEED the restored gospel. It is so beautiful! Our lesson was on the plan of salvation and the Spirit was so strong. I was so blessed to have that lesson and to know that I have to rely on the Lord to bring the Spirit. It was wonderful.Sister Smith is a Wonderful teacher and she is always helping me get out of my mission box and try new things and have new faith and love. It's wonderful! I am grateful for her and we are working on building a great friendship even this week. She has really brightened the end of my mission and we have so much fun! She will do great things.

I was really fasting on Saturday that I could learn something that would ennable me to progress when I get home, well I think the miracle of my week was conference because I was guided and directed that I am going to be able to do so many things. I am glad that my mission just jumpstarts my life because I've still got ALOT of changing to do and ALOT to learn, but I am so thankful to have learned so much of how to do those things. I loved the talk about boldly declaring what we believe. We need to be kind and loving, but I felt that this conference really showed me that there is great black and white in this world. I have chosen light:) How grateful I am to choose the light every day.  I was also very impressed with how many times the Lord instructed us to gain our own testimony. The promise is real, we will be taught from on high. Having our own questions is good, but we need to take them before the Lord and faithfully act in obedience until we recieve an answer. The Church is True:)

My lovely Iryna!!

In closing, I would like to bear my testimony. I testify that the gospel is light. I've seen the world and what it has to offer. Darkness, regret, momentary things. What does the gospel of Jesus Christ offer us? Joy, eternal light, hope, the knowledge and understanding to face trials with courage and to face disappointment with faith that the Lord holds true to His promises. Read the scriptures, the promises of the Lord are sure. They have come to pass and will continue to do so. It is up to us to decide if we choose to see them, these promises, and if we live worthily of His fulfilling them in our own lives. He is loving, and His atonement is all-powerful. It has the power to overcome even the deepest and most long-reaching sadness and regret. He ALWAYS wants our return. I also can testify that Joseph Smith was not just a prophet of God, but a wonderful, faithful, clean and prepared man. He was called of God to restore HIs church on the earth. This is truth. It has brought light into my life and so many others. Prayer is real, it works, and it is filled with power. The Temple is the house of God:)

I'm so grateful to have been a missionary in Poland. Kocham Polskę! Ci ludzie są moim ludem. Niby ten język był moim ojczyznym jęzkiem:) Jednakże, kiedy wrócę do swojego kraju, swojej rodziny a swojego domu wiem jedno, przynieszę z sobą relacje o które się troszczyłam. Z polakami, i przedewzystkim z Bogiem. Moje serce wie, bezgranicznie, że Bóg jest Moim Ojcem, że Jego Syn Jezus Chrystus jest Moim Zbawicielem, i że Jozef Smith był Jego Objawicielem w tej dyspensacji. Kocham was, i najwyższy czas bym napisała cos po Polsku;)

z miłością, Siostra Ali Hemming

That Light Groweth Brighter and Brighter until the Perfect Day:)

September 29th, 2014

Free Apple Fair!  Tons of Apples...I love the FALL!

Dzień Dobry Mój Ukochanie!

Once again, I'm totally taking up Aunt Kathy's calling people Lovey:) Because it's totally polish and she didn't even know it:)

This was a miraculous week. Seriously. This week I made a new best friend! Sister Smith and I began teaching a woman named Alina. Our lesson with her was so heaven sent for us all. She just opened up and shared with us a really sad story about her family and how she has lived a very hard life, but the whole time she has held on strong. She is a miracle. The first lesson started off a bit rocky as she pulled out all this anti stuff. Some people's religion is anti-mormon I've decided. It was interesting because she started asking us questions and then pulled out her computer as if to read something but it ended up being this movie. I was shocked at how quickly spirit warned us to turn it off. It didn't have like any images or anything, but it was just blasphemy. We told her to turn it off right away and as soon as we did so the spirit began to fill the room again. It was amazing, I know that if we listen to the spirit we will make right decisions, and it actually gave us the perfect background to talk about the things of the Spirit. If something is open, light, peaceful, loving and joyous it is of God, if it is dark, sheltered, fearful, scary or hidden it is not. That's it:) I am shocked at how much I am blessed to learn every week of my mission.

Trying on my "Ever After Dress"

Anyways, we love her! She is truly searching and super open, she has alot of questions, but that is something that has touched me so deeply is that the gospel has ALL the answers.

 We also learned this week that we should NEVER think that miracles have ceased. There is a family here in Poland who I lOVE! They are filled with wonderful and sweet women who we need in the church. But mostly from breaking the law of chastity they have slowly fallen into inactivity. This week we decided to meet with them again and try to help them in their journey( keep in mind they were very much opposed to reading the scriptures and coming to church). Well Sister Smith ,who is the ultimate teacher, shared with her some personal experiences. It opened the lesson up and she came to church on Sunday!!! Whoo hoo!!! Also, another less-active who is meant to be so strong ended up coming to church on Sunday and I was able to share with him some insight I've received during my trials as a missionary. Miracles.

Family History Board with Barbara

In all of this I am left wondrously in awe at the amazing power of the atonement of my Savior.I know that ALL that is unfair and unright in this world will be made right in the atonement of the Savior. Hearing from people every day about the things they see as being wrong in the world has only made me more in awe of the shattering burden He bore. I don't have perfect understanding, but I have faith that in Him all is overcome. I have seen it in my own life and in others. It is a miracle.

Siostra Hemming and Anna at her baptism

On Saturday this wonderful woman named Anna was baptized. It was so cool because I had heard about her( she's in the other Warsaw branch) and such, and finally a couple of weeks ago I met her, she looked at me and said, " I know you". She was someone I had found with Sis. P. a while back, and she got baptized:) Her baptism was lovely and she was glowing as she bore her testimony of being clean of sin and the Spirit's power. She said she'll be a kingdom builder;)I am being really blessed to see the fruits of my labors at the end of my mission, as some people from Kielce are also preparing for baptism. I am so grateful for this opportunity.

Well, I'm excited for another week. Sister Smith is amazing and I LOVE teaching with her. She's helping me remember too all of the fun and enjoyable things that I love:) She is a miracle for me as well at this time in my mission and life. I sure love her.

Have a good week! The Church is True. The Gospel works.

Love, Siostra Ali Hemming

Sacrifice Brings forth Blessings:)

September  22nd, 2014

My Lovely Family!

This was a week of miracles! Sister Smith and I had a lot of opposition this week. Seriously. But I will tell you that Heavenly Father just swooped in and made miracles happen as we strove to be obedient and work hard. On Monday we were out talking with people and we met this WONDERFUL couple. They are both very believing and have such great values, and we began to share with them the gospel of Jesus Christ. It was beautiful as it made so much sense to them, they wanted to meet with us again and we are setting up a date soon! I also was able to spend some time this week practicing a song for Zone Conference. It was lovely. We sang Come Come Ye Saints, and I was brought back many times to my own family history today. It was really quite cool. I don't think it's ever meant so much to me as it means on my mission, the examples of my stalwart ancestors who sacrificed everything for the truth of the Restored Gospel. I am grateful to be a missionary and learn the law of sacrifice a little better.

We also had Zone Conference this week. It was funny because I was beginning this last week to just feel a little bit tired at weekly planning. I definitely was just going through the motions, and at Zone Conference we talked All about the importance of making goals and plans and following through on them. ON talking with Heavenly Father about them and having faith to let them come through. That was inspired to me, and I felt so much better, why? Because I remembered what I've learned so many times. It's about the people. I could care LESS if I got three new investigators or whatever, but understanding and loving and caring about three new children of God. Building relationships with them and seeing the gospel change their lives, that is why I love having new investigators. So I am thankful for that conference, it was also my last conference. Which was really sad. I love these missionaries and have come to feel so much joy in their successes!

We met with Phoung this week! She is our investigator from Vietnam! She is wonderful and deeply spiritual. I don't know anything about Buddhism, but I know that she is filled with light, and is ready to learn about the gospel in it's restored form.

Saturday was absolutely INSANE! We were literally running from lesson to lesson, but we had the chance to throw something funny in there....

It was Elder Peacock's birthday and so we were at the store figuring out what to get him... my eye caught on this Scooby Doo toy thing:) So we came up with this idea that  we would get him this toy and some biscuits( scooby snacks) and then meet them at lunch dressed ever so slightly like Scooby Doo characters. I was Velma and Sis. Smith was Fred:) It was so funny! We showed up and I put on some glasses and we just kept making some weird comments like" alright gang" and " jenkis", and finally we gave him his present and it all made sense. It gave us some good laughs and was super fun!

Scooby Doo Birthday!!!!!!

Yesterday was Ward Conference and I was stunned at the strength of these Polish Saints! They are wonderful and oh how I will miss them. They have just come leaps and bounds since when I first met them all and the church in Poland is in the hands of the Lord. That is shown by the strength these saints have. They are stellar.

This week I learned about trials in the scriptures. I was so touched by hearing of Nephi building the ship. I always thought it was interesting that Nephi tells many details of getting the ore and the metals. This time though, I caught the connection. Did Nephi know that as he was being shown by the Lord how to make the metals and the tools that the Lord was showing him how He makes men strong? How we are tried in fiery furnaces and upheld by His hand so that  He can deliver us out of our trials as brightened and sharpened tools that He can use in the building of His kingdom? I wonder. The Book of Mormon this time around reading has reminded me time and time again that the Lord delivers us, but only after helping us become who He needs us to be. Let us not forget that His hand made the billows, and His hand the wasters to destroy( Isaiah 54). This has influence me so much on my mission, nothing that we are given will be too much for us, if we only trust in the Lord.  I am certain of this, and have been showed this time and time again.

My mission has brought me more joy and understanding than I ever imagined in a lifetime. I love the Lord for letting me serve in Poland! I love these people and this country, this is His church, it is evident because of the change that it enables in the lives of those who try it's truths. It is true:)

I love you all! Have a great week!

Siostra Ali Hemming

Miracles and UFO's

September 15th, 2014

Hello my dear family!!!

E-mailing is kind of weird... sending something by computer all across the world, I'm so thankful for it, but it's pretty crazy...

Sister Hemming and Smith

This weekend was the relief society conference for the Warsaw district and it was wonderful! The coolest part was that two of our investigators came, one of them is named Hanka, she's this sweet old lady who is really interested in the gospel and is progressing well! She came to church as well but we'll talk about that part later... well it was crazy because another lady that came is named Jagna. She is this wonderful mother of three kids who referred herself and is very believing! I have such high hopes for their family. We taught her this morning about the Tree of Life vision and I shared my testimony of the Book of Mormon. As soon as I started talking I was just overwhelmed with emotion at all the times in my lfie when I have felt afraid or lonely or sad or whatever and I've read that book. It calms my soul and opens my heart. It speaks peace to me and tells of a loving Heavenly Father and of our true potential as members of His family. It shares the all encompassing message of the Atonement of Jesus Christ, and then at the end of leaves us with a promise, that we can know, for ourselves and not just secondhand if the book is true! If it's message is real. I have a testimony of it's truthfulness. Anyways... Jagna is so wonderful and we are hoping to meet with her whole family soon and then help them make that lovely trip to eternal marriage! I know that that is what everyone wants anyways, they just don't know where to find it.

Eating pumpkin soup! Yummy!

 I studied this morning about the Holy Ghost. If we want to live happily and have our lives directed all the time by His influence then we must align our desires to be with His. We must seek out our desires and work on them that we may have His love in our hearts and the Holy Ghost can direct us calmly and with hope to our desired destination. I am excited to look at my desires and seek that the Holy Ghost can have greater sway in my life that I may live as Heavenly Father would that I live. These are the two areas in which my testimony has grown this week.

This one will be shorter because I'm just feeling kind of e-mailed out ... but I think that I have to share this experience...

So this weekend we were with the women from the district and we had a meeting set up. She came and she is 15 and so sweet so we grabbed some young women to come in on the lesson with she and her friend. It was so cool! The lesson was wonderful and I was so proud of these young women, but at the end we invited her to pray. She was so touched and said she would pray, but she was a little afraid. Right as she began her prayer one of the young women's phones went off.. that would be bad enough, but the song was like a UFO creepy song that you'd imagine hearing on E.T. or something!!! It was hilarious!!! I couldn't even keep it in I just opened my eyes and we all laughed, after she got her phone turned off I was so grateful as the spirit rested in our hearts again and she was able to pray at the end! ha!

Then this morning I was on the deck jump roping and Sis. SMith calls me in and is like... Sister Hemming Help! I run in there and she's turned the blender on with the top off and it sprayed smoothie all over her! It was pretty funny:)

Also, this week Sis. Smith was a little sick and on Sunday she was feeling sick at church so we went out to get some fresh air and suddenly our sweet investigator Hanka come out and Barbara and they're all fussing over her and making her sit down and in like 10 minutes practically the whole branch is out there and someone's offering to call an ambulance and someone else is offering to take her to the doctor, and she's just laughing and feeling super silly:) We had to pretend we were going home for lunch break before they'd let us leave. It was sooo sweet of them.

Sis. Smith is doing so well and I"m proud of her. She is a little trooper our there working even when she's feeling sick. She's also really hilarious and we are able to laugh and have fun together. I have been SO blessed with great companions.

I love these Polish saints and all of these wonderful Polish people. They are truly my people. I feel very grateful to be in Poland!

Here are some pics!

Love ya!

Siostra Hemming

History Majors:)

September 8th, 2014

Dzień Dobry,

I'd write more things in polish on my e-mails but honestly I have to go into a different font and such and it's kind of a waste of time:) But anyways... back to the more important things...

Sister Hemming and Sister Smith

Sister Smith is here:) On Monday I may have haggled my way into staying by myself at the mission home with the Edgrens. It was sooo fun!!! I had comp-prayer with Sis. Edgren and just kind of sat and pondered and I prepared myself a little for training. It was really a miracle experience as I was able to talk with the Edgrens and really council with them. They are so cool! I just admire them and honestly we are going there again today because Sis. Smith has never been to the mission home and Sis. Edgren wants to see her. Anyways, on Tuesday we went to the airport and we picked up Sis. SMith! It was exciting standing at the outside of the opening doors and looking for a 4'11" girl with blonde hair and alot of bags:) She has adjusted super well and it going to do great things in Poland!!! I have to say that it has really helped me just feel right new and that Poland is the coolest place in the world. She is also a sassy history major, and since I am also going to study that I think it's pretty funny because we are really similar and get along well.

Ali's new companion Sister Smith

This week we had some great miracles. First off there is a young man named in our branch who is a wonderful member and has a powerful testimony. Testimonies are the coolest. Anyways... we have been worried about him lately because he is inactive and has been having a harder time. I've been thinking about it alot ( I feel that my focus has changed and now I'm alll about helping those who have forgotten) but basically we felt really strongly last sunday to set up a mtg. with this member family( who are REALLY hard to set up with ) and it was a miracle because we set up with them and the lesson was great, but the real miracle happened afterwards. We were walking back to the bus stop and we got on a random bus ( or not so random ) and this young man was on it! We ended up talking with him for like 40minutes as we rode back home and by the end Sis. Smith had felt to ask him to read Moses 7.. which is a lovely chapter on God's love and character... and he ended up setting up with the elders! It was sooo cool and helped me remember that Heavenly Father loves His children. We always need to remember that. Those who are straying and need lifting up will ALWAYS be helped. It's like the story of Joshua in the Work and the Glory( bear with me dad;) but he has sooo many times to choose to change and every time the Lord loves him enough to give him time and time again. It is this way and I've seen it so much on my mission. Obedience bring trust, which is what we all desire Him to have in us, but as Pres. Monson has said, His love simply is. I was grateful for this lesson this week.

Another miracle happened because I was blessed enough to really feel some love for asian people this last transfer. Well guess what??? WE got this self referall who is from TAiwan and she is amazing! She met the sister missionaries in ....... Temple Square! And she is really excited to meet this week and I can't wait either.

This was a good week. It was stressful and new and all the things that come with that, but it was filled with real miracles and the Holy Ghost. Speaking of which, I have one more miracle... yesterday we were feeling pretty dull. Sometimes this happens, but we were walking back on Nowy Swiat and I hear english... in an american accent. So I just asked this group of young people where they were from. It was so cool because we started talking and they're from all over the U.S. and are on a ship study abroad to 26 different countries! Cool:) but one of the girls was from Georgia( I want to live there someday) and she said that she's had a really hard day and she's baptist, but she went into a small empty church and prayed. Well we found them right afterwards and we talked a while and then read her a part of Ether 12:4 and she just started crying and said that she was so grateful to meet us and she knows it was from Heavenly Father. It was really cool and made me excited for member missionary work and making more relationships when I get home.

Sisters Hemming, Poklinkowska and Moncur

Speaking of relationships, I feel that has become the most important thing to me now on my mission. Building relationships and sharing what I feel and have experienced to be truth. It is great anda  work in progress:)

I love you all and have to tell grandma Bird happy birthday!!! And this week my sweet mom and aunt erika get to celebrate their birthdays. I couldn't ask for a better family! Also... Rand you looked beautiful and glowing:)

I am so grateful for my mom and I"m so thankful to be her daughter. I have learned so much about what an elect lady she is as I've been on my mission! I hope someday to become maybe half as patient, upbeat and faithful as is my mother;)

z miłością!

Siostra Hemming

 

The Pearl of the Gospel:)

Sept. 1st, 2014

Hello Hello my lovely family!

Well this was a great week, it's actually Sis. Moncur's birthday and so I don't have a ton of time to write but I want to let you know some miracles and lessons learned from another week in the Lord's service.

I think one of the biggest miracles from this week was the feeling at church! This branch is wonderful and like every branch in the world has imperfect people and has had some issues and this week we had so much love and laughing and fun at church. It was so cool. I love that I have been blessed to really stay in certain areas and build relationships and show people that I love them and care about them and want them to progress towards and in the pearl of the gospel.

It's been such a miracle that I've been able to see their progression and that I get to be a part of the work of the Lord in Poland.

I've learned a lot this week about patience with yourself  and understanding the progression principle. It can't come all at once! But It can start with one little step right now.

The Pearl of the Restored Gospel of Jesus Christ, is just that. The Gospel. There are so many other things that it encompasses, the temple, talks and doctrine and understanding, and these things are essential! But the real pearl is that the Savior atoned for our sins, He loves us unconditionally, and we are called to repentance and to change and to greater love and greater faith so that we can grow closer to Him. I think that is such a cool idea and this week I've realized that I am like Nephi. I do not know the meaning of all things, but I know that Heavenly Father loves His children.

As I'm preparing to train Sis. Smith I've been thinking about all of the lessons I've been able to learn on my mission. I am so grateful as I'm brought back to the idea that I rely on Christ for perfection. It comes in time, after a lifetime of seeking Him and serving Him and loving Him. It comes, but not until after this life. And certainly not before I return from my mission:) It is a daily fight to be faithful, and we are to seek the kingdom of God TODAY and let tomorrow worry for itself:) This week at church I really had that strike me and I wanted to share it! Also, there is a talk from July 2014 ensign that everyone should read. It has really helped me, It's called Perfection in Christ or something like that. It's by Elder Gong. It was written by inspiration and understanding!

Yesterday was President's birthday and so we all went to the mission home and surprised him and had a BBQ! I ate funeral potatoes!!! It was so much fun to sit there and talk with the missionaries and Pres. and Sis. Edgren. I'm pretty darn blessed to be here in Warsaw and have those opportunities. I love being around these missionaries and seeing the light in their eyes! We made up a version of Follow the Prophet for Pres. Edgren, maybe a little sacrilegious but we thought it was hilarious! It came from my parents;)

I sure love you all and I know this will be a wonderful week in the service of the Lord:) Being a diligent and engaged missionary is my goal to the end. To accomplish what it was He sent me here for!

The Church is Truly from God, it is His kingdom on the earth! Not just another church, but truly His organization of people doing their best to serve Him.

I love you!

Siostra Hemming

The Mission Home:)

August 25th, 2014

Hello my dear family!

This week I started off e-mails by reading all of the ones I received. I definitely had a mini freak out as I saw all of my good friends home and also some of them preparing to leave the mission field, honestly it is sad but also so good! I know that their lives are changed from their choices to serve a mission. The first best decision you will ever make is to serve a mission! The second best one is to serve it well:)

It's a pretty huge miracle to me that I am a missionary in Poland! This week I got new companions( actually just some old best friends) and met some wonderful new missionaries. I know that my sadness at saying goodbye to my best friends from the mission was totally swallowed up in the Lord as I went to the mission home on Tuesday to meet some new missionaries! I LOVE this mission. The feeling at the mission home was wonderful and I was able to drive over there with the APs.( Elder Caskey, Elder Brown and Elder Fotu!) I named them because I have served with all of them at some point in my mission. It was so cool that almost all of the sisters from my group were there as well! Beautiful and lovely sisters:)

Okay... so I just went and played football with the elders for P-Day:) Yep... I'm pretty much pro now;) But It was fun and now I'm back. Speaking of football, I need to let everyone know how proud I am of my Heathie! I know that sometimes things come up in life that we didn't expect, but after the fact, we discover that Heavenly Father really needed us to experience that thing for the better of our future. I feel really strongly that this is evidence of Heavenly Father protecting my family while I'm gone. You all look so beautiful as you go out for school.

Well we saw some real miracles this week. I am trying to be aware of the small instances where the Lord's hand is shown in my missionary life, and it has really made a difference! We received 2 referrals this week! I can't even believe how wonderful it is that I have seen so many referrals lately. They're kind of like a little missionary pay-check. The woman we visited is wonderful and I"m excited to see what happens.

Also, the new missionaries came in and I was so blessed to spend some time with Sis. Benson on an exchange. It was fun because we were able to talk about my family and her family and I think it helped both of us as she was feeling the "new missionary" pressures and I was looking forward to the excitement for the work.

This was a great week! I want everyone to know one thing. This week I really tried and was blessed with specific topics to study for personal study. I felt so prompted to study "As sisters in Zion" and about our personal worth to Heavenly Father. As I specifically prayed to my Heavenly Father He blessed me to know where to go to find answers and I had wonderful experiences. One of them was this... as I was learning about personal worth I read in the Young Woman book( wonderful thing;) Right as I finished I got a phone call from Sis. Durrant( office sister) and she said that my mom e-mailed her for some medical stuff and she told me that my mom said she loved me and that Heavenly Father sent her a wonderful daughter. That was a miracle for me! Our prayers are answered. I invite you all to sincerely seek for a topic when you study and then think it out in prayer. I know that your studies will be truly filled with light and understanding.

I can't wait for another week! I sure love you and and wish you a good week!

Siostra Ali Hemming

Everything We Hoped You'd Be:)

August 18th, 2014

Hello My Lovelies!

I always loved how aunt Cathy would refer to us as her lovies or lovelies:) I think it's funny because Polish people use that sometimes as well.

Rain Storm from the 18th Century

This was a wonderful week filled with a lot of love and fun! Sister Blake and Pokli and I had a lot of fun and filled our lives with testimony and love and laughter! It was the best:) We started off the week providing FHE! That was hilarious as we tried to make some dinner for everyone but we only had some flour and a few other things... time to get creative. It was really hilarious as we made some biscuits and gravy and they all worked out! Hooray! We also decided to really take this week calmly so that we didn't freak out... well the first test was on Monday. We were at this restaurant eating outside and suddenly it started POURING! Polish storms are crazy, they sneak up. It's 100degrees and sunny and suddenly you're soaked. So we decided to have fun and go play in the rain! Happy P-Day:) It was a blast.

Eating at my favorite place...Purple Turban

We also took culture night this week. We get one day a transfer where at night we can go and experience the culture. I appreciate that so much! We went to Copernicus Museum and it was filled with cool science experiments. I was so grateful as I was struck at the beauty and wonder of all the things that Heavenly Father has given us as people. I felt like Moses..." Now I know that man is nothing, which thing I never had supposed". I also have felt that way. All the wonderful conveniences we enjoy come to us because of our Loving Heavenly Father and His willingness to enlighten our minds.

I've also really thought about how much the restoration makes sense and is shown in how history has worked. There wasn't a huge surge in understanding or in new inventions until after the dark ages. As the Holy Ghost really influenced people from all over the world, which enabled them to recognize the wrong traditions of their fathers. They gained a desire to seek God by study and also by faith. So eventually that lead to the restoration! It's a pretty big miracle, and I want to study more about it:)

Sister Elaine Dalton conference

This week we had many miracles, I think my biggest miracle was being able to serve my companions as we all prepared for big changes. Next transfer I will be staying in Warsaw! I am having a really big miracle as I'll be with Sis. Pokli for 3 weeks and... Sister Moncur! We'll be back together again. Then in a few weeks I will be training:) The sister I'm training has to take care of some legal work in America and then she'll be here! Her name is Sis. Smith:) So that's pretty exciting. I have faith and confidence that the Lord qualifies who He calls. I am nervous and also excited and love the faith that trainee's always have!

It is crazy that this is my last transfer. I was really grateful for a HUG
E surprise we had this week as we were sitting in church and in walks Sis. Dalton and her husband!!! I have admired and loved her and her willingness to follow revelation and call women to return to virtue! She told us in her talk that we were the result of that revelation. And that we had become all that they had hoped that we would be. I felt the powers of heaven give me that message. That as a missionary I have been becoming what I am meant to be:) That is a miracle! She is so inspiring and I loved talking with her and I was even able to sing with the Warsaw sisters a song for her! She and her husband are wonderful examples.

Super Cool View that helped me feel Heavenly Fathers Love!

Then I had to say goodbye to Sis. Blake. Ouch! It has been really hard since she is one of my best friends and we've been through alot together. She has taught me so much about alot of things and we will definitely be friends forever;) But seriously:) This morning I woke up and Sis. P and I felt pretty lonely but we're spending time with other missionaries today so all will be well.

Another miracle from this week was that I was able to really open up my heart to this woman on the street. After we said goodbye to Sis. Blake I decided to try out living a more Christ-like way and instead of wallowing in self-pity;) We talked to this wonderful woman on the street. Her name was Ania. She was in a rush but I was able to testify with all the fervor of my soul that she is God's precious daughter and that she is known by Him. We talked with her about prayer and I was grateful that I can communicate with my Heavenly Father and receive answers and promptings. I am recognizing those opportunities and searching for them. I am also learning to serve others in the their good times as well as bad. It is meant to be that way:)

The Rynek at night with fire dancers!

I know that the mission age change was inspired of God. There are prepared people for these prepared missionaries! Sis. Dalton talked about making sure that we don't let satan win. We already fought this fight, and what did we fight it with? Our Testimonies. I am certain that we all had strong testimonies of the Savior and can continue on in them in this life:) We are truly children of God with divine potential!

I love you all. I would love it if this week you could all review the Strength of Youth pamphlets! I know they are inspired to prepare us to make and keep sacred covenants.

The Church is True! I Love you!

Also... if there are any older couples looking to go on missions. Our mission is in real need of senior couples! The members love them and the missionaries do as well, some of ours have gotten sick and had to go home:)

Love,

Siostra Hemming

The Character of Christ:)

 August 11th, 2014

Good morning, good morning! ( singing in the rain:)

Myself and Sister Blake with our coconut cake we made for the wedding!

I sure love my family. Today as I was looking at old pictures I was struck by a gratitude for how much Heavenly Father loves me that He's enabled me to grow up in the gospel and continue forward in faith. This was quite the week of faith!

First off, the wedding of Monika and Tadeusz wasn't our investigator. Sadly:) This couple are both members and Monika has been waiting a lot time faithfully to be married in the temple and she finally got her dream!!! It was a lovely wedding, our Monika actually had to go to the hospital with her mom for the week and so we didn't get to meet with her, but we have faith that she's doing well!

We did find a new eternal friend this week! ( I'm kind of sick of calling them new investigators:) Her name is Kinga and she's wonderful! We met on Monday and the lesson went really well and then she came to church on Sunday. Before church we watched the restoration video and it is so true! I was really praying that the Spirit would be there during the meeting and it definitely was. As I was watching it I just realized that the restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ is SO LOVELY! There is so much good that has come from it. At church the Spirit was strong and we all felt it, including Kinga! We'll see how she keeps progressing! Miracles abounding.

Another miracle... this week we were praying to know where to go contacting and we decided on Nowe Miasto. So we went there and were walking around talking with people, for a couple of hours we shared the gospel, and then took an ice cream break:) As we were walking back up the street eating our ice cream, Sis. Blake noticed a Chinese woman sitting by a window shop who she wanted to talk to! She couldn't speak English or polish but then this young girl came out of the store and asked us what we wanted and she looked at our name tags and said... oh you're missionaries!!! Whoah!!! She ended up being the daughter of this mom who had been living in Poland where Sis. Barth is and was being taught by her. She and her family were on their way to Switzerland to drop her off at school where she'll now be studying. We were able to bear witness of the gospel and it give her one more witness that she should meet with missionaries in Swiss. It was a miracle! The right place and the right time for that person!

Family History Board!! 

Then another miracle happened, we decided this week to do a family history board!!! We even spiced it up a bit by dressing up like 50's girls to talk with people on the street. It was really good and we met some cool people( hearts of the children:) but the real miracle took place later. We were walking back from Nowy świat and I was looking at the restaurants and saw everyone drinking alcohol, except one mom and her daughters. I smiled at them, and I heard her lean over and quietly say to her daughter ( hey, it's the sister missionaries) Whoah! I stopped and said, "are you a member? " She ended up being an inactive member who was there with her daughters for a few days. She had the SAME conversion story almost identically to Sis. Poklinkowska. We told her to remember what she knew, to search the scriptures and to make the first steps back to activity. It testified to me that the Lord loves all His children. Truly He does. His hand is always extended.Count your blessings:) Suddenly I remembered all of these miracles we saw.

Something else I'd like to share is what I learned this week. I was feeling a lot of irritation and frustration and comparison for the past few weeks and was not relying on the Spirit because of this. This week I decided that I needed to change. I needed the Savior's atonement to take place in my heart, that it could in others. I really prayed to know what to do, what the first step should be. I was led to Matthew 14. Please read it tonight. It is a lovely story of the true character of the Savior Jesus Christ. Faith in Jesus Christ , my friends, isn't knowledge.It's better. It is inner confidence and assurance that my spirit loves and relies on Him and that He loves and loves and loves me as well. This is true for all of us. I believe in Christ. Faith in Christ is understanding that His promises are sure, it is experimenting on His words and being humble enough to accept the answer. As we act even in a twig of faith, Heavenly Father allows us to grow it. I have seen this on my mission in others, in world history, in the scriptures, in myself. I had so many experiences this week that allowed me to remember and rely on the Savior. I stand as a witness of His love.

I realized that I desired to change and be like Him! but how? Well in Matt. 14 I found my answer and the Spirit confirmed by what Pres. Jaggard calls a " Spiritual hug" it isn't just a warmth like a hug but it envelops my mind, my heart, and my soul. It is love:) Anyways, that's how I think it's best described for me. Christ just found out about the death of His trusted friend, John the Baptist, who died in a terrible way. He surely NEEDED and wanted to get to the mountaintop to pray and seek comfort and guidance, but along His journey He is met by the thousands. People with sick children, evil spirits, terrible illnesses and spiritual baggage from sin. I don't know how He felt, but I know what He did. In deep love and sacrifice He healed them, taught them, and even when the disciples were ready to leave, He fed them and prayed for them. Then, and only after loving and caring instruction and goodbyes, did He retire to the mountain to pray. This experience, coupled with many others allowed me to see that the thing I need to change is to stop stressing about me and my spirituality and if I'm progressing and growing in the gospel well-enough and look out. Like the Savior.

I don't intend to perfect this or be the best at it right off the bat, but I have faith that as I act on my faith that I've acquired through years and years that I too will be able to love as Christ did. To look outside of myself, and even when I feel anxious or scared or insufficient that I remember others and see their needs and trust in the Savior to provide.

Sister Pokli and myself preparing to paint fingernails!

I learned so much this week. Spiritual experiences don't happen like this every day, and every week can't feel that way, but I'm grateful for the opportunity I had.I have faith in the Savior. His promises are sure. I have seen this in my life as He's guided and directed me to where I need to be and who I need to become. If we feel we're drowning but we are living true to our commandments then it truly is like being in shallow water, we just need to put our feet down on the foundation the Savior has built and we've worked towards. The foundation of faith.

I love being a missionary. I miss my family and care about you all alot and got a sweet sweet e-mail from my harmie pants that made my day;) These things help me look outside. I have a testimony of the truth of my message, and I've seen the fruits of it in many many people's lives, including my own!

The Church is True!

Love, Siostra Ali Hemming

Unexpected Means:)

Happy P-Day!  I am in EUROPE!!!!

August 4th, 2014

Hello Hello! My lovely Family:)

Well what an action-packed week! I really can't believe how quickly time flies and how crazy it is that this week had so much going on... buckle up;)

70th Anniversary of the Warsaw Uprising!!

Well I've got to start out the week by saying that I was so blessed this week for a lot of reasons, one of them being that I got to be in Warsaw during the anniversary 70th of the Warsaw Uprising, August 1st.! Oh my goodness how much I love Poland! It was soooo cool. I know that some people see it as a loss and that's true, but so many people showed so much valor and faith! I am certain that the majority of those who fought were faithful and good people! It was so cool I'll tell you what happened that day... at 17:00 there was a moment of silence. The whole city pauses and the air raid sirens go off and all the cars honk their horns for one minute. It was a spiritual experience actually, as the people all around were remembering their ancestors( Malachi4:6  anyone...) A huge group of youth dressed up and paraded down the streets, and then we ended the night during dinner by going to the tomb of the unknown soldier and singing "forbidden songs" from the war. So Lovely! I was so grateful for that.

The next day ( Saturday) we had a really hard day. Well, not for any given reason,mostly just pride(it's the worst)  but basically I was SO grateful that Heavenly Father answered my prayers as Sis. Edgren showed up at the baptism( of another branch) and she offered to take Sis. Blake and I out for dinner! Oh how I love that woman. She is a wonderful example and I love her a lot. She helped us feel a lot of peace and told us to take care of ourselves:) ( insert sheepish grin for mom...) So we've decided that going hard to the end doesn't mean anything other than living with continuous progression to the end of our lives, not just missions!

Sunday was a Miracle Day! Sis. Poklinkowska is back in our group! Hooray! She will be with us for the next few weeks of the transfer... I'm grateful, she is a wonderful example.We met with a woman named Monika who Sis. Blake found on a tram. I felt prompted to share the first vision and as a told about how Heavenly Father loves us enough to send us complete truth, and even to appear in person to a prophet I was struck by the Spirit. It was a lovely experience and I felt the Spirit very strongly. She accepted to be baptized and I am so grateful that she will be able to be free of sin and enter into the fold of God. What a wonderful promise and place to be! The church is true.We taught in such unity and it worked so well!

Fingernail Painting!

Then things got interesting... it was fast Sunday, and we had this new idea from Sis. Blake's friend... to paint fingernails! So we gathered up a heavy table and 6 heavy chairs from the chapel to carry them to ogród saski... Let me paint a picture... Sis. Hemming( 1 heavy backpack, one foam mattress from the mission home brilliantly wrapped up in a giant circle and strung through the backpack handles and then placed on my back, 3 heavy wooden chairs) I looked like a dutch girl with one of those water holders on her back! Sis. Blake with a huge wooden table, and Sis. Poklinkowska with 3 chairs as well and her huge backpack and purse strung around her neck. Pretty hilarious! Let's just say that we looked crazy and were sweating up a storm. yep.. it's pretty hot...

ANyways... From great sacrifice comes great things... WE had a lot of faith in this activity and guess what, we had Killer conversations with tons of moms as they and their daughters came up and got their nails done! Plus it was calming for us. Normally and naturally sharing the gospel! I loved it! By far the most effective finding activity I've ever done!

Cool Polish Gnome

Cool view from the culture palace

Well, those are the highlights of the week. I must say that this week spiritually has been wonderful. It's hard sometimes as I feel a lot of pressure spiritually to know where to go and what to say(I know this makes no sense but just bear with me) but as I was preparing to read Ether( which is kind of a tragic book)I prayed that it would be uplifting to me. I ended up being blessed as the Holy Ghost testified of the power of the atonement. The Book of Mormon testifies of the character of Christ! Ether is a book about how we have free-will and when we choose good we are blessed, when we choose wrong there are consequences. The Savior always forgives, but as we learn we are to remember what He's done for us. I am still learning about how to grow and learn and remember but I'm grateful that the Lord blessed my efforts. I know the book of Mormon is truly from God. It contains His gospel. I hope that everyone reading this e-mail is also reading the Book of Mormon, if not, start now. It teaches pure doctrine of Christ.

I love you all! Pas!

Love, Siostra Hemming

Barb's Baptized!!

July 28th, 2014 

Barb's Baptism!!!! So much Joy!

Okay Family... so first off,,,, I'm fine! Life is good and the church is true:) I am feeling so good this week and Heavenly Father answered my prayers and has blessed me in so many ways! The Atonement and it's enabling power is real.

Second off, I spent some time e-mailing my favorite sister so this one could be short:)We'll see...

Barbara got baptized!!! Let me tell you about her. She is a crack up! She is in her 60's but is a fire cracker! She was found by Sis. Sheahan 2 years ago but dropped off the planet until about a month ago when we found her contacting for baptism! She is lovely and everything this branch needs, kind, hilarious, fun and filled with testimony! She read the book of Mormon every day even for two years while she wasn't meeting with the missionaries! Every seed we plant is certainly accounted for by the Lord.

Sister Hemming, Barbara, and Sister Blake!!

At her baptism Sister Call( a missionary from Wrocław) were able to sing as sisters in zion and it was lovely! I love being a missionary! I've attached some pictures of the party afterward! She made and brought her own cake, the members( and missionaries) loved that.When she came up out of the water, cleansed of her sins, she was BEAMING! Oh it was lovely.

Barb, Theresa and Sister Hemming

I think my favorite part of that would definitely have to be the confirmation though. The blessing she was given was directed specifically to her! Especially because the man giving her the blessing didn't know her at all! The church is true. I was especially touched because I've had some special experiences lately where the Holy Ghost has testified to me that I am a daughter of God and has reminded me of the power of a testimony, so I know what she's receiving. What a marvelous gift, constant reminders of the reality of the plan of Salvation and all things associated with it! All in all a lovely week! We also had zone conference which always builds my testimony! It is wonderful to remember the great things about member missionary work! I can't wait to make some goals to be a member missionary. A disciple of Christ!

Well, as for fun and funny moments I have these...

Cinnamon rolls!! 

Made some cinnamon rolls, they worked out well until I forgot they were cooking:) Yay!!! hahaha life with me never gets old:)

We went to a member's baby shower. The whole thing was so sweetly organized by another member, but it was pretty crazy because I haven't been to a "party" for a long time and I was TOTaLLY awkward... especially in Polish:) Oh dear:)

 

Baby Shower:)

I am loving my mission. It is hot like Hades here in Poland! But I am grateful because I'm feeling pretty used to it, so that;s a blessing. I haven't tried to much new food lately, I'm pretty addicted to eating rasberries:)

A lovely statue of the Savior

I read today Ether 2 and 3. I really prayed to understand it and I did!!! It means to me a lot because I see that the Lord loves who He chastens, and we have to live among the waves, but if we come to Him in prayer and deep desires He will make of our lives lights that shine in the darkness of this world. I have really gained a testimony of that on my mission.

I love the Scriptures and I'm adoring Isaiah right now! He was truly inspired, and I love to read it!

The church is True!!!

Love, Siostra Hemming

Happy Pioneer Day!

 July 21st, 2014

My Birthday Cake!!!

Poland is lovely! The flowers are bright and blooming, the sunsets are gorgeous, and the Saints are strong. I love these missionaries and these members. They have changed my life, and I hope I'll be as faithful a servant as them. Sister Blake and I spend many days just laughing and enjoying the blessing we have of being here as missionaries.

Speaking of which, she goes home in a month! It is kind of freaking me out. to be honest I have completely not thought a lot about coming home. It still seems so far away to me and I'm trying to be focused on the here and now. I do think I need to start thinking about goals that I can make for when I get home, so that I can continue onward as a faithful servant of the Lord! A missionary forever:) I want to do it in my own way. That is one thing I have learned this week, I am me:) I need to do what the Lord wants but using my own talents! This week we were able to do some cool finding activities!!! We stood on the street in Old Town and sang for two hours. Myself and Elder Brown sang while Sis. Blake and another elder contacted. I felt the Spirit testify to me that I am a servant of the Lord. People were stopping all up and down the street as I was able to sing out my testimony! I'll tell more of that in another e-mail.  So Sis. Blake and I go running every day and seek for people to talk to along the way. It's actually helped us find some cool people and also enjoy Warsaw. 

I love and miss my cute family! Seeing water and people in swimsuits and life jackets was weird! I feel that Heavenly Father has blessed me to not feel homesick even at this time, but I still remember and love and miss you!

This weekend we have a lady who will get baptized! Her name is Barbara and she is a wonderful woman who we met a month ago. She was a former and she is so prepared and filled with love! I am grateful for her example and I think that she will be a kingdom builder! This week she has still stayed away from smoking and is doing so well! I am grateful to be a servant of the Lord, and see His hand in people's lives every day.

Please know that I am well and I love you all so! I am reading the scriptures and saying my prayers and I am seeking revelation. It is blessing my life and keeping me enjoying what I am doing and who I am!

I am glad you had fun at Bear Lake! What a fun time and I sure love my cute grandparents.I remember being afraid to go out and go tubing! It was terrifying:) I am glad that the family tradition of skiing has continued on, I want to become a pro skier too!

Polish comic books given to her for her birthday!

I know that the Lord has watched over me and my family since the time of the Pioneers! I am grateful for their example of endurance and faith and positivity. They've helped me on my mission many many times and I know that help will be sent me in my times of need for the rest of my life!

I love you mom and dad:)

Love Love Love, Ali

She's packed them away and will read them when she returns home!

It's my party and I'll laugh if I want to :)

July 14th, 2014

What???My favorite...dried Mangos!

Okay... so I know the title of this sounds pretty egotistical... and Also it's " cry" but who want to cry on their birthday? Not me:)

So this was a wonderful Week! Monday was hectic, but I was so grateful because we were busy:)

HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

Happy Birthday to my Harmie Buddy! I sure love him and hope he has a great birthday!

My birthday was seriously the best birthday of my life. No joke> I was so grateful to be a Poland Warsaw missionary for the Lord! I woke up thinking... " I"m in Europe on my birthday... I'm spending it with some of my best friends... I'm doing to work of the Lord" Doesn't get much better than that. We ate a lot of good food, and spent the day contacting and having a ball. I met some really cool people from all over the world. I woke up and opened up some wonderful presents from my cutest family. ( The cake was gone in a day... missionaries;) and I was so touched by the sweet notes. I must say that one of my favorite birthday moments didn't come until later... I was finished with Language study and preparing for the day when our phone rang. I answered and this sweet, gruff Polish voice answered " Cześć Siostro, tu Prezydent Najberg" Hello my sister, it's president Najberg. He remembered my birthday and called me, I talked with him and his sister and I loved it! What a treat. He is like my grandpa, and I sure love those Kielce saints. I also got a birthday card from one of the members in Warsaw. I'm so grateful! We topped off the day with some sushi... Elder peacock and Garrison gave me a batman comic in Polish... I'll look at it when I get home! And Elder Peacock ate a HUGE chunk of wasabi. Oh dear:) Then we talked with some members and had a missionary meeting. Wonderful Day:) I made a goal to do 21 things I"ll miss about being  Poland missionary... I''ll share them with you another time.

Happy 4th of July...Raspberries!!

Sister Blake and I learned a lot about how the world works this week unfortunately. We are literally sometimes walking through the world and sharing light with people pretty lost in darkness. I prayed to see the difference in a life centered on the restored gospel and a normal life and Oh Boy did I get an answer! I saw that in normal life there are a lot of things to distract and even deter from the path Heavenly Father desires for us. This church teaches with authority the things that keep us on the right track. Follow the prophet:) Don't stress, nothing terrible happened it was just a lot of stories of people who need the gospel in their lives.

As for miracles for the week...

Birthday Lunch...Yummy

1. We went to a referral... we got 6 this week by the way!!! and we saw this family. I knew we had to talk to them but had no idea what to say,so we said "do you know this woman?" She ended up getting her son who was in the car and he got out and said... I've heard of your church. I lived in Maryland for a few months and I know some Mormons! Miracle! That is really rare here!!! Then the mom said... "Oh yeah! you have that really pretty white church that lights up at night." Okay!!! They'd seen the temple! We were able to testify of eternal families and the power of the restoration. They said that there was a light that came from us. We sincerely have the light of Christ! The Holy Ghost:) Miraculous. I had a moment then that helped me realize that Heavenly Father is mindful of all of His children. He prepares specific moments for all of us to eventually reach true conversion. I was just a part of theirs!

2. We had a drop lesson for one of our investigators who hadn't been keeping commitments and we couldn't help anymore. She show up with her Book of Mormon and she's like " I've read to page 90 and I can't put it down"! Sister Blake and I were beaming:) It was so cool. her life has changed so much.

As for funny moments... This one is pretty good! It was raining and Sis. Blake and I had no umbrella... but then all of the sudden I get an idea... the laminated map!!! So in the pouring rain we were running around with the map literally over our heads and laughing. It was so funny! We were DEFINITELY sharing light and joy. Especially when we went to run across the cross walk and Sis. Blake thought I had the map and I thought she had it and it ended up getting dropped in a huge puddle of dirty water. We were dying as we picked it up and ran the rest of the way. Oh I'm sure you can just picture it!

I want to share just one insight of knowledge I received this week. I have wanted my whole mission to become like Moroni or Ether, solid and faithful and filled with love. I know that I am these things, but I think I was setting these really height expectations. Well, this week I was really stressing. My mission is coming to a close( in Poland;) and I really want my testimony to be like Ether. Well, I was stressing myself out with this and ended up really feeling lame about my testimony. I prayed and had this really great insight... Um Hello! If you live the gospel your testimony comes line upon line, precept upon precept. It really touched me that Heavenly Father answers prayers and through revelation. Also... I had the strong impression to read Isaiah to understand the Savior's Atonement... I am doing so and I love it! Who'd have ever thought? hahaha!

Well, I am so grateful for all of the birthday wishes and packages and cards! I am really a spoiled missionary!

I hope you have a lovely week! Tell Bear Lake Hello for me and all the fam! I love both sides of my family so much:) The story of picking up the trip really touched me mom. I know that that was meant to be and Heavenly Father is so proud of you and dad for your sacrifice and love!

The Church is True!

Love, Siostra Ali Hemming