Dearest family!                                                  8/8/16

This week was a truly wonderful week with miracle upon miracle! We got
to the point where when one of our appointments canceled we would just
look up and say: "alright Father, you canceled our appointment
again... What miracles do you have in mind for us now?" And every
single days so far, we have been answered with miracles and powerful
spiritual experiences. My favorite one was right after we had a
special experience at the visitor's center in Mesa... We had arranged
for a returning less active, named Bn, to come teach a lesson with
us. And it was a really important experience for Bn, because this
is basically the first experience with missionary work in his life, he
needed to be strengthened, and we needed to build his trust...... And
the appointment we had scheduled for him to come with us canceled on
our way over... Soooo, as usual, we took it as an opportunity to let
the Lord make our plans! And he did!!! There was a man that we had
recently met, but we hadn't been able to get ahold of him for a while!
Well, we felt like we should try him out, so that is what we did. It
was already around 8:00 pm, and the bad part was that moments before
we deleted his address on our phone... So we didn't know exactly where
he lived. But I have a pretty good memory, and I thought I could find
it by memory, but I couldn't. We spent about thirty minutes driving
around with Bn following us around the whole time... It was
embarrassing, but it turns out that God was messing with my memory on
purpose, because at the end, when we were about to give up, we had
this thought to just give him a call, which, is sometimes risky
because it is easier for them to tell you to not come over and teach
them when you are not standing in front of them! But we called once...
Nothing, and then a few minutes later as we were defeated and sadly
driving home, He called us back! And said that he was on his way home
and that he would love it if we'd stop by! We went and had an amazing
experience with him, where the returning less-active just bore his
soul to him. The spirit was so strong! Tears were shed and afterwards
Bn said that he saw himself in the investigator we just had a
lesson with. He came to church this Sunday, because Bn picked him
up! They are good friends now! And he will be baptized soon! It was so
great! And that is just one of the experiences that happened this
week. On a mission, you have one mind, one heart, and one soul for the
Lord. For an entire Two years. And the Lord uses us in His work. And
he works by miracles. Thus, God uses us as miracles in the lives of
others! He lives! Lots of other miracles and amazing things
happening... I'll send you another journal when you are done with the
one I sent you! Love you! Have a great week!


Elder Flake