Miracles Never Cease....

Recently, Sister Ultra had a wonderful experience that she shares with us below: On July 9, Monday, I fell off of a bridge. As per my previous email to you, last Monday, we taught in San Roque. It is a farming area. The bridge is like an iron bar, it's thickness is like a piece of lumber, in diameter, maybe. It is made of bamboo sticks on the left side which imbedded only in the river bed. I slipped and fell into the kangkungan (swamp cabbages) into deep water (over a man's head). It's good that I knew how to swim and that's why I did not panic. I did get out of balance due to my heavy shoulder bag that I used. I was the only one who fell into the water. My companion was safe. She was so worried about me and she was shaking until we got back to the house of the member in the middle of the farm. So, when I fell, I couldn't swim properly. I tried going to the shallow side due to the swamp cabbages. It's good that there were farmers there to rescue me. They pulled me out from the water. The member, where we came from, immediately helped me. There was then a miracle that happened. My bag fell down with me in the river, and so everything inside the bag got wet...including my camera. But, here is the miracle,the only items that were not wet were my scriptures. Isn't that great? After I got out of the water, we went back to the people and they let me take a short shower and lent me a dress and garments. I got changed, and then we went back to our home in town and I didn't look like a missionary, but I looked like a friend of my companion because the dress that they lent me was just an ordinary house dress. They are poor remember. Once we got home, I immediately took a shower. I kept on laughing to myself about what happened to me. I consider myself to be an 'astig' (tough) missionary due to that experience. What other missionaries can say that they've had an experience like that? Not a lot. I'm so lucky. Don't worry. I will take a lot more care when crossing that bridge, and maybe, I will bring with me extra clothes and a back pack also when we go back there. he he Take Care always!!! Isn't that a wonderful story? It reminds me of the scripture found in Mormon 9:15- "And now, O all ye that have imagined up unto yourselves a God who can do no miracles, I would ask of you, have all these things passed, of which I have spoken? Has the end come yet? behold I say unto you, Nay; and God has not ceased to be a God of miracles." Hoorah for Zion Sister Ultra. We are grateful you are safe and sorry that your camera got wet. But, hooray that your scriptures were protected just as you were. We love you!!!