Dearest Family,                                                                                  4/4/16

I am glad that you are feeling better. You can post whatever you would like to my dear mother. So there are about 6.5 Zones in the mission with about 180 missionaries. The best way that I can describe a zone leader is basically, I am a missionary for missionaries. My goal is to further help, inspire, encourage, motivate, discipline, and love all the missionaries in this rather large area. Are job is to help convert missionaries so that the missionaries can convert the world! There are some other responsibilities that include paper work and meetings, but the true spirit of mission leadership is to uplift and inspire. We go on exchanges with district leaders throughout the entire mission, but also struggling missionaries. You work a lot harder. You usually get home around ten, and you get up a little earlier. In the area we are working there are thousands of refugees. As for training and zone leader... who knows? It is completely up to president!  Ponytails? Give them a day down here! That is the style all our homeless friends wear. They would scare them away from long hair for good!  General Conference was so nice. It was such a sweet experience. Those men are men of God. No doubt. Not even one. Oh, what a relief that God is real and that He is guiding and leading all of us. Everything happens for a reason. There are no coincidences. There are no surprises for Him. All is planned. He is in control of all. I will continue to work as hard as I am physically, mentally, emotionally, and spiritually able. You all are my world! 

Elder Flake