This is Sister Ruth right after being set apart just a little earlier this evening.
I can't believe she is finally going. it feels like only yesterday she had received her call to serve in Indianapolis Indiana. She is such an inspiration to me, as she puts her life on hold to go and preach to others that their spiritual lives may no longer be halted. I am more than pleased, I am so excited as she is about to go and meet many new people.
Yet at the same time I am terrified, not for her but for me. I am worried about being alone while i work on my own papers and as Satan tempts me I know i shall have to gain strength from Sister Ruth in letters and emails. I know she is just as proud of me as I am of her! We have been best friends for a long time and to be honest we both have come a very long way to both be ready to serve! I am proud to finally be ready to start my own preparations as I met with my Bishop this last Sunday and really started focusing on what i need to do to serve!
I am so proud of her, I don't think I will ever be able to say it enough! She is truly my best friend. You don't know this but she and I have been like sisters for the last 5 years. We told each other everything, even when it wasn't so great to hear. We were always there to share the burdens of being a normal teenage girl! We shared experiences, crushes, feelings, and even road trips since 2008. I am so grateful for the lord who put such an amazing young lady in my life. He filled my life with something I don't think I will ever be able for granted. He put Sister Hannah Ruth in my life, forever. She and I were friends before and we will be friends for years and years of eternity! She will always be my Sister in Zion. I could never ask for a stronger individual! She is pretty dang special to me!
I will never be able to repay the Lord and his love for me when he placed her in my life the year I turned 16. I thought we ruled the world. We were always together and somehow she helped mold me into a bright young lady. When I was 14 and told by many a Young Woman's Leaders " that they would mold me to become a young lady" I never could take them seriously that just wasn't me. I wasn't a young lady. I was just a 14 year old chick! But as I grew up with Sister Ruth she showed me whatt being accomplished meant. She showed me how to love and care for people more than I ever could. She taught me how to use tact which I am sure wasn't easy for her. She taught me how to love someone who wasn't in the same room. She has always been there through the thick and thin and I hope I was there for her just as much!
I will always be grateful for the choices in her life that she made that helped her chose a mission, She was there the day I decided that a mission was my desire as well. I sincerely hope to always make her proud. I know I am mighty proud of her and nothing will ever change that.
Good Luck Sister Ruth, I am praying for you night and day! Never forget who you are and what you stand for and in eighteen months, Return Home in Honor.
Much Love,
Sister Rachel Dugan
To Keep Track of Sister Ruth and her wonderful progress in Indianapolis Indiana check out her blog;
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