Blood, Sweat and Miracles!

What an amazing week in the GKLM!!! !(great Kentucky Lousiville mission). I love this and hate this keyboard so my apologies in advance for the craziness of this email!!

So we had an investigator sleep on our porch! What?! You ask....ya I know I ask myself that too! So we have an amazing investigator. I wont use her name for security purposes. She has come from a really hard life. She has had a serious problem with drugs..and when I say drugs I'm not talking about the light stuff...anyway she got herself in a really deep hole. She came in contact with the missionaries, and she is learning of the gospel and REALLY wants to get baptized. She stopped drugs a about a month ago with no help from anything besides God. She truly is amazing! so she comes to our house, at 10:25ish...and we had been worried about her because we were supposed to have a lesson with her earlier that day. Anyway we hear a knock at the door...and there she is. She was standing there apologizing over and over and over again for missing our lesson, and she said that she showed up to the park that we meet in 2 hours early just to read her scriptures! But things happened and her friend came and got her because her friend needed help with something. So she went. And when she did she took her somewhere shady, and on their way back, he was beaten up by this man in a parking lot that had a gun and was trying to get money from her due to her past with things. It was insane. So she came to us with a dislocated arm and sore all over. We couldn't really do anything for her...ALSO you should know...1) investigators aren't supposed to know where you live. (another missionary told her)..2) they aren't allowed in your house 3) you are supposed to be in bed by 10:30. SO we talked with her for about 2 hours while blowing up an air mattress getting blankets and providing this woman who couldn't go to her house because he roommates allow drugs in the house and she is trying to get away from them. We sang with her, read scriptures with her, and prayed with her and allowed her to sleep on our porch. It was a crazy situation. She has been trying so hard to turn her life away from her past and move forward, but hard times always come when you are trying to do what is right. The Lord kept her safe, she could have easily died or gotten way more hurt than she did. I have seen such a growth in this woman it is insane, she has given up so much to be where she is right now and all in such a short time. But the Lord has really snatched her from the place that she was. And if she can quit smoking cigarettes she will be on her way to baptism and changing her life forever. We want to get her out of this town because she needs a fresh start but she is amazing and the sweetest woman you could ever imagine. And NO me and my companion are not in any danger :)

I am also now a professional knife thrower...so that's no big deal.. our Ward mission Leader.. Brother Johnson, is the best! We went out to his house last monday and he had a wooden target, and we started throwing knives. Like...BIG ONES. 12 inch long knives... I hit the target and made it stick in twice...so be warned..No one is gonna be messing with Sister Wagner. I got the skills. But not really. I probably threw the knife at least 50+ times.

This week I also got a chance to talk to a dog whisperer for an hour on the side of the road. He didnt want to hear about Jesus Christ, but he was really concerned with how we will treat our future pets and making sure that we knew to be the LEADER OF THE PACK. So with all your dogs...be the leader of the pack. He also told us how to be financially aware in the world we live in.. so that was pretty cool! Mom you would have loved to hear what he had to say about the dogs, and Dad you would have loved his little political financial rant :) He was a really awesome guy for sure!

OH! so quickly in ending this email...sorry it's so short this week! EEKS! an explanation of the subject:

Blood: The bike I am riding scrapes my legs like no bodies business. OW.

Sweat: My bike causes some serious body water to fall out from my pores. And the humidity here is like...a bathroom when you get out of the shower...at night you can breath in water particles. and you can see the humidity in the air. What is that all about?

Miracles: Being a missionary allows you to see so many miracles. I don't even have time to mention them all. But the Lord truly does provide. His work and his miracles have not ceased. Day after day after day it is a constant reminder that GOD LIVES. He provides us with lessons when we can't find anyone to teach. He shows us people who are prepared, people who are willing to listen, even when you think that there is no one that care. This is his truth, and people want to hear.

I just want to leave with a quick scripture: Alma 5:60

And now I say unto you that the good shepherd doth call after you; and if you will hearken unto his voice he will bring you into his fold, and ye are his sheep; and he commandeth you that ye suffer no ravenous wolf to enter among you, that ye may not be destroyed.

He is calling you, he is calling all of his children on this earth to come unto Him, unto Jesus Christ, that he can protect you from the dangers of this world, from the dangers of trials and tribulations, from dangers of life, physical and spiritual. But you need to trust him, the good shepherd, you need to take action. When he said run away from something, run, and he will fight them off. Just like sheep running from a wolf while the shepherd protects. But that sheep that doesn't run, that doesn't trust in the shepherd, is going to be taken. I hope and pray that all may look to the good shepherd, to Jesus Christ and head his call to turn and run from those things that hurt you. He will protect you. But remember we must always do our part.

I love you all more than you can know. And I support you in all the things you do. I couldnt be more blessed to have such awesome people cheering me on.

God Bless, and in the worlds of Brother Johnson, "Praise the Lord!"


Love always,
Sister Wagner

ALSO

SHOUT OUT TO MY AWESOME COUSIN TANNER! Who has officially started his mission in Peru, and I can't wait to hear all about that!

SHOUT OUT TO MY OTHER AWESOME COUSIN SHANNON who has been updating my blog! woohoo!

And to both of my awesome families at my Mums, and my dads for making sure I have delicious food to snack on!

And to Haleigh and Lindsey for sending me letters in the mail this week!

And a CALL OUT to my lovely brother Matt..who wrote me a note and SPELLED MY NAME WRONG...and also put bagel-bite sauce on it..so that was cool. And He also has really awesome 'Q-tip people' making skills. Ask him for a Q-tip person..you won't regret it. It made my whole week. ALSO! Matt! this is for you....Missionaries that I serve with actually call me Sister Swagner.. Which is pretty great and it always makes me think of you. ( and please dont eat in my bed)

 

(For some reason I am not able to upload the pictures that Sister Wagner sent me from August 11th and August 18th When I put them in the post, it just tells me that an error occured and the post couldn't be saved or published. Any ideas why this might be?) 

HE MAKES THE PLANS

HEY Y'ALL

So I am officially in the great state of Kentucky! I live in the town of Corbin..at the most southern point of the whole mission! Pretty much the boonies. Well actually.. definitely the boonies. But I love it! the town part of Corbin is actually kind of like Bangor! Which is nice to have somewhere the looks familiar! This place is definitely the souths version of Maine. Small town, some thick accents(I UNDERSTAND IT) and lots of trees! I am for sure blessed not to live in a place that is just insanely dry or huge..

My Trainer is Jillian Michaels. Not really...but pretty much. Sister Goodrich is seriously the most amazing trainer I could have ever asked for. I couldn't have hand picked someone any better if I tried. She is from Kaysville Utah! And she is a beast. both spiritually and physically. Hence why I called her Jillian Michaels. She eats super healthy...and she is trying to get me to the dark side.. but it hasn't happened yet. I like my carbs way to much! But she is like super strong and competed in fitness competitions before her mission! WHO DOES THAT? Haha Needless to say..when we bike... I die. and she is way out ahead of me, but I will get there! I love her! She keeps me sane and helps me to continually improve on everything I do. And is so patient with everything! THANK GOODNESS. OH! And get this. I knew she would be my trainer! Like...before my mission! I was looking on the Old mission presidents blog, and I was looking at past missionaries when they first got to the mission, and I saw her picture and thought to myself, "I hope she is my trainer!" And she is! The Lord knew way back then that she would be my trainer, HE MAKES THE PLANS. And I know that he knows the beginning from the end. He knew I needed her. Seriously she is amazing. I could rave and rave about how lucky I am!

The people here are amazing! The members are so kind and funny! And they are more than willing to feed you. And they give you a hard time about things which is amazing! The other people around are REALLY religious, and almost everyone has some kind of belief in God. Which makes talking to them not that bad..

 CONTACTING STRANGERS ON THE STREET IS HORRIFYING. And speaking of that I almost got hit by a car. That was cool. We at a stop sign and Sis. Goodrich was like "GET OUT AND CONTACT THOSE PEOPLE" Who were across the street. So I hop out and start running and I looked and there was a car! It was super awkward because it slowed down and I tried to run around it and then it stopped and it was just a bad situation haha but it really wasn't even that close. And I contacted these two people. Which is sweet! and we are going to visit them later this week! My contacting skills have improved BIG TIME though..and they are still really bad, but they could be much much worse. Tracking (door knocking) is a whole-nother story. I pretty much want to dive behind a bush when I knock on a door. the first door I ever knocked ever..this grumpy man came to the door looked up and was like " no no no I'm busy I don't have time for this" then shut the door. Oops. So that was pretty fun! Makes me want to laugh!

This week Sister Goodrich and I got caught on our bikes in the pouring rain. We left our apartment on our bikes with a member, E.... (Whos is a sweet guy and spoils us sisters!), and it was raining a little, Sister Goodrich insisted that it would stop before we got there...it didn't! It was pouring for a good two mile bike ride. There was not a dry spot on us! We were soaked! And when we got to our investigators house, she wasn't there! Sister Goodrich made an excellent point when she said, "I feel that it was important for those people on the street to see us biking in the rain." I completely agree! Those people saw the lengths that we are willing to go for this work, and that isn't even the extent of it! I am just so blessed for that little chance we had to show those people who knew who we were, or not, the extent of which we would go.

Before I forget! LETTERS AND PACKAGES!!

Sister Wagner
509 west 4th street
Corbin, Kentucky
40701

SEND ME MAIL. please :)

ONLY IN KENTUCKY DO YOU HEAR:
"how was your day today"..."oh it was pretty good, ate some cookies that tasted like watermelon"
"the younger generation, they just go places we just don't tread...bromance."
"You can't shut the door on God, he will just kick it off it's hinges"
"I'm surprised people pray anymore you'd think with all this technology He(God) would just call it God-el" (like google..but God)
"I cant wait to talk with God, 'why'd you make man? It's like the most dysfunctional thing you made'"

Love these crazy people!

On a more spiritual note. Jacob 4:4 "For, this is the intent have we written these things, that they may know that we knew of Christ, and we had a hope of his Glory..."
I have come to know Christ more than I ever thought I could in the past few weeks, and I have a hope in his glory. We study the atonement of Jesus Christ A LOT as missionaries. I know that through Jesus Christ that we can become strengthened in our weaknesses and be strengthened in our pains, and sicknesses, our fears, our sorrows. Every bad feeling that we can ever experience can be taken away and relieved as we rely on Jesus Christ. He suffered so we don't have to. It is as simple as that. As we pray, and lay all of our worries on him, we can find a happiness that we never thought was possible. THAT is why I am here in Kentucky. and THAT is why this gospel means absolutely everything to me. I wouldn't be who I am without it.  I know that what I am doing right now is because I know with every fiber of my being that this is the Lord's work, and I am bringing these people into his glory and goodness. (Mosiah 27:29) My soul hath been redeemed from the gall of bitterness and the bonds of iniquity. I was in the darkest abyss; but now I behold the marvelous light of God. My soul was racked with eternal torment; but I am snatched and my soul is pained no more." LET HIM SNATCHED YOU. Let the light of God come into your life. He wants to lift you.

I love you all so so much! thank you for all of your support and your love!

Sister Wagner

Where Do I Begin!

HOLY SMOKES PEOPLE.

The MTC...AKA Missionary Training center is the most amazing place on planet earth. My mission has only just begun but I already know that it is by far going to be the best experience of my life. I have learnt more in this week than I have in what feels like my whole life...not to mention I have been more productive than ever, and I definitely dont have enough hours in the day to do all that I need to! I wish I could share a little peace of heaven with all of you because it truly is something special here, The spirit surrounds you and you feel so happy all the time, even with things are not going how you want. I have so much I want to share with all of you...but where to start... um... I guess I will talk about my district to begin with. That is the 7 other people that I spent nearly all my time with! And gosh I was more blessed than I ever thought possible. So here is a little description of all of them! 

Elder H...- (from Las Vegas)  KNEW HIM. YUP. Too weird to think that we knew each other already and now here we are in the MTC together. He is great! It honestly took me a few days to get used to seeing him in person all the time. He is so focused on what he wants out of his mission and is going to do what it takes to get there. He is gonna be so go gospel centered by the end of his mission! Such a good example! 

Elder J...- (from Texas) HA. What to even say. He is a pain in my butt. He is our district leader, his leadership skills are so good! He shines when he talks about the gospel and he is so willing to serve and teach. We are all so blessed to have him as our district leader because he just keeps us all moving forward, well adding to the fun! 

Elder L...- (from Utah) does parkore...he actually did a flip in the gym off the wall and got in trouble..oops! He is more quiet, but he is focused and he is super nice! He does a good job just watching the rest of our district be falling apart in laughter while adding these random comments that are just gold! 

(Elder L..., J..., and H... are all in a trio which is sweet!)

Elder M...- (from Utah) What a sweet Elder! He is the one that doesn't say much, nut he is so nice when you can get him talking. He has such a heart, he is always the Elder to make sure I'm doing okay and checks up which is so nice during those hard moments. Just a genuinely nice elder who really is dedicated to the work and loves the gospel!

Elder C...- (from Idaho) keeps us all in line. Our district is so dysfunctional and we all get along so well..we get side tracked so easily but Elder Chandler is alway the elder to bring us back to what we need to do and ALWAYS talks about the gospel. I definintely think our district would get unfocused twice as much as we do now if it wasn't for him! 

(Elder C.. and M... are companions)

Sister P...- (from Nebraska)(the one I knew from facebook) OH MAN. HAHAHAHA She is the sweetest most joyful pure 5'1 sister missionary..what an amazing spirit. Her laugh is so contagious and we sing everything that is said that is already lyrics to the song. Whatever I think...she says. We are literally the same person. We can talk about everything and we do! It is so great to have her around to make everything so much happier. 

Sister T...- (from Utah) What to even say! She is the brains of the operation. Whenever me and Sister Patterson get ourselves mixed up, she is the one to speak things so eloquently. She is the sister that brings me and Sister Patterson back on track when we go a little AWOL her testimony is always shining through, and I dont know where me and Sister Patterson would be without her. 

WE ARE ALL GOING TO KENTUCKY..ALL 8 OF US!!

So that's them! I have never loved any people so much in my life. These Elders and Sisters are my family and I would be so lost without them. We are always laughing and cracking jokes (our poor teachers) and it makes this experience ten times better! Oh...and I am in a trio with those two sisters and our Branch president says that we are the poster perfect trio because we all compliment each other so well and we get along..almost too well for our own good.

I was also called as the sister training leader...umm I dont even know what I have to do to be honest. Well I do! I have the opportunity to look over the sisters in my district (my companions) and also the four new sisters that will be in our zone(our sunday congregation)...who come today. How humbling of a call to receive but I am going to do my best and love them with all the power of my heart! 

We have two.."investigators" one is our teacher, brother Langford...aka Michael. and the other is Sarah..who we have no idea if she is a member who is acting or is a real investigator. the MTC pays people to com in and act or just come in and listen to knew missionaries. Teaching is way harder than it looks. But really when you have the spirit in the room to guide and direct you..then you are set! and I am so blessed for the chance that I got to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with all these people...and eventually Kentucky! I have gained so much love for serving while being here and I just want to reach out and help all that I can by sharing with them the Gospel of Jesus Christ so that they may have a relationship with their Father in Heaven and with their savior. 

The Gospel of Jesus Christ is TRUE. this church is TRUE. Jesus Christ's church which he established on the earth during his like is still here in fullness! I know that with every fiber of my being. I have such a love for my savior who died for me and made it possible to find relief from even the hardest times that i am sure to face. As I rely on him, I dont have to feel hurt. So many times while bring here I have felt the love of my savior and of Jesus Christ, and I have had hard times. But PRAYERS ARE ANSWERED. You want relief? God wants you to have it. You want truth? God wants you to have it. I know that as we pray for answers and truth and guidence, and are willing to act on the feelings we have..we will find exactly what we are looking for. 

This gospel is my life. I glory only in my God, not in myself. I love this work. I love everything that I am doing and I love everyone around me. I love all of you more than I could express and I love all your support and emails. HOW BLESSED AM I. 

God be with you all,

Sister Wagner

p.s. MISSIONARIES LOVE MAIL...dear elder is amazing google it..make an account and if you write it before noon i can get it that same day! to send it mission code KY-LOU departure date AUG04 and unit #193 

mish pics

Ooohh the typical mission pictures, props to my lovely cousin, Shannon, for taking me to a beautiful spot to take some photos! 

 

Candid's make the world go round

 

 

 

              

            

   

 

I bid you farewell

Today I had the opportunity to give my farewell talk! I was so blessed to be able to speak on my favorite scripture and the one that will be placed on my mission plaque. I can't believe in just 10 days from today.. I will be on my way to starting my wonderful mission adventure! ENJOY! 

Good morning brothers and sisters,

I find it crazy to think that in just 10 short days I will officially be a full time missionary, and because of that, I get to share with you my favorite scripture and my testimony today. My favorite scripture is found in the Book of Mormon, Mosiah chapter 7 verse 33. At this point, Ammon and a couple other brethren have made their way to the land of Lehi-Nephi, and a man name Limhi is king. At this time, King Limhi’s people are in bondage to the Lamanities…King Limhi was a righteous king who wanted to do what was right. In Verse 33 at the very end of the chapter, King Limhi gives his people great advice, It reads (he says):

But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.

I love this scripture because of how simply the concept is laid out. We are told exactly what we need to do, and we are told the blessing that comes along with it. In this scripture we are promised that the Lord will deliver us out of bondage. This doesn’t mean when we are taken by someone and tied up, or enslaved by someone else. Of course we can look at it that way, but it can also mean that he will deliver us from hard things, times when we are struggling, when we see no way out, when we are afflicted and feel broken. He promises that he will help us in our time of need, when we are lost or alone and have no where else to turn, he will be there, and he will relieve us from what is holding us back.

For this blessing to occur in our lives, The Lord asks us to do a few things.

 Number one: turn to him with full purpose of heart.

He wants us to look to him in everything that we do. He wants us to recognize his hand in our lives and appreciate what we have. The Lord wants us to really give everything we have to him, our time, our effort, and most importantly, our hearts. He wants us to want to look towards him, to love, trust and to serve him with our whole being. Even when we feel like we might not have anything to give, nothing to offer, he just wants to see us try.

Number two: put your trust in him

The Lord wants to know that we accept his will, that even when hard times may be at hand, that we lean unto him as the one who we can trust. Even when our path seems cloudy, we should always remember that no matter the amount of visibility, the Lord will get us through. It might not be the way we want, or the way we expect, but we will be brought through with greater growth and understanding of God’s love for us. How comforting it is to know that he can see the beginning to the end, that he knows what path to lead us down to get us to where we want to go. It’s up to us to trust him, and not worry about anything after that. It isn’t as easy as it sounds, but the Lord recognizes our efforts. I love the scripture found in Proverbs (it reads): “Trust in the Lord with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.“In all thy ways acknowledge him, and he shall direct thy paths”.

The third and final thing that the Lord asks us to do, before he promises to deliver us out of bondage would be to:  serve him with all diligence of mind

We must be willing to serve, now this could be in the form of a full time mission, your church calling, or even helping your family or your neighbor, in Mosiah chapter 2 it says “When ye are in the service of your fellow beings, ye are only in the service of your God.” It is as simple as that. But we must do it with all diligence. We must put everything we have into serving. We have to look for the chances to reach out and uplift and make someone’s day brighter every chance that we see. That isn’t always an easy task. I find it hard sometimes to help others when it would be so much easier to do something else more selfish. But the blessings that come from serving others are tremendous and I’m so excited to have the opportunity to spend 18 months focused completely on others and making their lives better and bringing them closer to Christ, while coming closer to him myself. 

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The last part of the scripture that I want to mention is a part that is easily overlooked. Let me read the end of the scripture again

“..If ye do this (this being the three points we just talked about), He will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.”

ACCORDING TO HIS OWN WILL AND PLEASURE.

Brothers and Sisters, the Lord wants to help you. He wants to make your life easier, he wants to direct you in your life. But he will not take away your agency. As you look to the Lord and show him that you want him in your life by following Christ’s example of service and diligence, by trusting his will, and doing all you can to dedicate yourself to him whole heartedly. He will GLADLY bring you peace and comfort and deliver you out of the binds that hold you down.

But if ye will turn to the Lord with full purpose of heart, and put your trust in him, and serve him with all diligence of mind, if ye do this, he will, according to his own will and pleasure, deliver you out of bondage.

It’s a simple scripture but as you look into it more, you can see that it give us instruction to help us continually move forward.

***TESTIMONY***

Until next time, 

-- Sister Wagner

Office Snip-it

Anyone who knows me…knows that I have a unnecessary amount of love for the show The Office. If you haven't seen that show/ don't enjoy it…I think it will be hard for us to be friends. That show is genius. 

Recently I came across this lovely photo of Dwight, and my love for the show increased. Because it can go right along with how I want to be as a missionary! 

Determined..to serve. to teach. to do my best. to give it my all. to be successful. to be obedient. I want to be determined in everything that I do in the field so I can be the most effective missionary that I can possibly be. 

Worker..It's called missionary WORK. I want to get out and just do everything that I am asked and if that makes me collapse every night on my bed, so be it.

Intense..I don't want to freak people out because I'm so intense, but I want to have the intensity of someone who is passionate, I want to be bold and do my best to share my testimony. 

Good Worker..What makes a good worker? I want to encompass all of that. I want to do all I can, all the time. I want to reach out. I want to search for opportunities to work. I want to work without complaint and be positive, and help others to do their best always.

Hard Worker..maybe I am not the hardest worker right now, but when I am set apart I want to work like nobodies business. To get up and try as hard as I can, put in all the effort I can. I want to work harder than I ever thought possible.

Terrific..I want to be a missionary that people can count on. I want to be someone who can light up a room and serve without fail. I want to be obedient and have fun while doing it. I simply want to be a terrific missionary.

In the mission field..I just want to be D.W.I.G.H.T. I am going to try my best to make my father in heaven proud. And what's even better? I have only 24 DAYS until I will be able to start making a difference as a full-time missionary. 

--Sister Wagner

Temple Loving

My sincerest apologies for the lateness of this post. I have simply had zero motivation to write anything! But now, here I am, laying on my bed, bored out of my mind..trying to come up with reasons NOT to write on my blog..and finding absolutely no good reason why I shouldn't! 

So! As the title suggests you can be pretty sure I will talk about my beautiful time at the temple! And thoughts on that experience! 

I went through the temple on the 30th of May, and it was a gorgeous day! Inside the temple, and out. I was very very lucky! 

I was very blessed to be able to fly out to Oregon to go through the Portland Oregon temple with my Aunt and my grandmother (my mom is inactive). Along with those two gorgeous women, my dad..5 of my uncles 4 more of my aunts, and some cousins too, all were able to be with me in the temple. In fact..they nearly had to split the session.. one session with just my family and kick all those not in my party would go in the next session..but NOPE! All worked out. 

Being able to reflect on the temple I have found to be able to describe it in 5 ways, here they are:

1. Beautiful

The temple is just stunning both inside and out. The spirit is beautiful, all the people you meet inside are beautiful. The architecture is beautiful. The knowledge you gain is beautiful. The covenants you make with Heavenly Father are beautiful. The blessings are beautiful. The temple is just simply beautiful! 

2. Enlightening

I learnt so much in the temple I was a bit overwhelmed and there was so much I couldn't even wrap my head around! I know that will come with time, but the things that I did pick up on that very first time, MAN THEY WERE AMAZING! Heavenly Father loves us all so very much and I know that without a doubt.

3. Different

You never have experienced anything like the temple. I can almost promise you that. But none the less…it is….(see next point)

4. Familiar

This is completely contradictory to the point that it was different. BUT at the same time…I just felt as though it had been something I had gone through before, some place I had already been. Even some things that I was able to learn just clicked in my head as something I had known.

5. Peaceful

I was so nervous to go to the temple..but at the same time I wasn't. When I am going into an unfamiliar situation I get nervous, and I feel nauseous and a bit shaky. But as nervous as I was going to the temple, the moment I stepped inside and began experiencing the whole this, yes I was still nervous, but at the same time, my mind was still and I was able to absorb the things that heavenly father would have me learn my first time.

The temple is the house of the Lord. The love that is felt there is like no other. It is a blessing to go through, and I truly hope those of you who are able to go to the temple, do, and that you have as good of a first experience as I did. How grateful I am for the wondrous experience that I had there. 

38 more days until I enter the MTC…bring it on Kentucky! 

Until next time I get the motivation to write again,

--Sister Wagner

My wonderful Aunt Cynthia, how great it was to hold her hand as she helped me every step of the way. She was a wonderful escort! 

My "little" brother, Matt who is an inactive member but he was so supportive coming to the grounds with me. And my fabulous dad! I am one lucky girl! 

Love this kiddo

My dad has 12 brothers and one sister. I am so so blessed that so many of his brothers could make the trip to Oregon despite living all over the country. I love them more than words. This picture describes the whole trip perfectly. The Wagner family is a laughing family.