Oh Happy Day!

Today was just one of those good days. Despite my limited amount of sleep (darn book kept me hooked till the end!) and the fact that my knee decided to kill me today, it was just a great day!
I woke up this morning to go to Zone Conference. I do realize that I am no longer a missionary, but see, the stake president of my youth is now the mission president in Alaska. The first week I was here I went to church and asked "When's President Dance coming to Homer?" I was shocked when the sisters told me that he'd be here for Zone Conference. So this morning, I got up, put make-up on (even though I was just going to go do housekeeping), and headed out East End Road to the church. I got there 15 min early, assuming that there'd be lots of missionaries there, but no. The parking lot was empty. So I sat and talked with my mom for a few minutes, then all of the sudden there was a stream of 5 or 6 missionary cars. You could see that they'd just been cleaned for inspections. The elders parked right next to me, but I didn't feel the need to get out of the car. Then President Dance pulled up. I won't lie, I was a little bit afraid that he might not recognize me, or be able to place me, or be weirded out that I was there... but no.
I let him say hello to the missionaries, then I got out of the car and I hung back as they greeted. Then Sister Dance saw me. She was so excited, which made me so happy I'd been. She just couldn't believe I was there. President Dance then saw me, and did a double take. He remembered me! Neither of them knew that I was in Alaska (for obvious reasons) and really, I think it was good for them to see a face from home, I know I loved it!
I talked to both of them for a while, both asked how I was, if I was dating anyone, how much school I have left, etc. It was just... so nice. They're doing so great up here! I just feel so blessed. I'm blessed in my life with people who love me for no real reason. I just don't understand it. He was so excited even to tell the Sisters that the last time he'd seen me I had been "Sister Zimmerman" (There's the picture!)

It just was so nice to see him and talk to him and surprise him. He yelled at the sisters a little bit (lovingly) for not telling him I was going to be there. I told him that it was supposed to be a surprise! And it was a beautiful start to my day!