Holy! I'm gonna print that out and read it later!  wow this week's email is gonna suck!   haha!  I'm sorry, Tanner was on at the same time, so were you, so I don't have a lot of time haha.

I love when Alma says all things denote there is a God, and the fact that even In those times they knew the earth revolved around the Sun, not the other way around!  ALL things denote to god!

this week has been really great!  I LOVE the priesthood!!  I think it's one of my favorite things to give blessings now haha.  I don't solicit them or anything, but I love when people have the faith to ask for them, because then I get a little sneak peak into how much God loves ALL of his children!  I gave a blessing to a sister missionary, that was really amazing, because I don't even remember what I said, but that the spirit had filled my mouth when I opened it!

ok!  miracle time!  I decided to fast yesterday and consecrate it to the Lord to accomplish some (lofty) goals I have set for myself.   by like 2, I'm exhausted.  in this heat, biking at least 15-20 miles a day, takes it out of you in a hurry!  so I'm biking up this hill on 5th street (dodging potholes) and I look up and realize how easily I'm making it up this hill!  then I look down at my bike.. nope.. no one's pedaling for me, no motor, or anything.. look back up, ever so happily confused.   I almost wanted to stop to see if the bike would just continue going by itself, but something immediately told me that if I stopped, the help would stop too, so I hastened my pedals!  haha it was soo amazing!  it was like I could feel a crowd of angels, some on the pedals, some pushing the wheels, and some pushing my back, all helping me get up this hill!   I knew it was a miracle, because when I got to dinner that night, I was literally trembling with fatigue, and could barely stand, or walk.  I knew that there was NO WAY I could have biked all that I did without divine help!  what a testimony builder that the Lord will never leave us comfortless, and when we trust-fall completely into his arms, he will make miracles happen with us.  when we give him all of ourselves, he in return gives us all of Himself.

I've got a testimony of "sacrifice" (even though when what we want is the Lord's will, not what we want, so it's not even a sacrifice) and consecration of ourselves is powerful.  this week we got to attend the dedication of the Phoenix temple (broadcast) and it really hit me that our bodies are temples, and we can dedicate our temples to the service of the Lord!  during that dedication I really took the time to re-dedicate my life to the Savior, and It was a very powerful spirit that was there! 

love,

Elder Judy