Elder Drake Wakefield

Baller sunday this week, Fredi got the Gift of the Holy Ghost, Vincent got sustained to recieve the Aaronic priesthood, the mom of the orphans came w her kids finally, pak Sirai and his wife came back and two new friends came🙏praise up⬆️

PLDs was pretty litty, im up to didnt have to go home fast this time lol. The night before we ate TUCANOS BB, and id say i pounded. Why do i say that? My 6' 5" poly elder said i pounded. Ive received the greatest praise a man could ask for. I have now challenged him to all you can eat sushi, ill keep you updated on the results. Bad part of that is i ate likely the equivalent of 2 chickens worth of beef and 3 pineapples. My stomach felt like concrete while my poop was slippin-slidin out my butt. Cant even be mad cause it was self inflicted. You know it was bad as my solidifying solution was a Taco Bell crunchwrap. --=+ you feel

This waa a cool miracle too, PLD is usually a time to learn to become a better missionary, but this one guided more for what ill do after. This mental heath mission couple, Elder Jensen and Sister Jensen, came and spoke. I was really riveted in not necessarily what he was teaching about (which was still interesting to me) but more of how he presented himself. How he was able to so easily connect with us an have our attention. Something working along the lines of psychology has been an option in my mind for some time, so when he offered to meet one on one later I quickly accepted. Our meeting was pretty amazing actually, lasted less than 30 minutes but I learned so much. One of my favorite things was he never even answered one of my questions, just guided me with more questions until i figured it out myself. After the meeting a simple but strong presence of the spirit was in my heart. I want to be able to understand people the way he did. How easily he connected with me and guided me to so much understanding in such a small amount of time. Still not positive what id like to do but id like to he able to help people as effectively as he helped me. Cool miracle from God to help me prepare for the next step

Cause yea I got travel plans home which is insane😭7 hour layover in Seoul here we come🤝

🌟miracle of the week!

Missionary promised blessings are real fam. We've been meeting meeting with Ibu Dewi basically since I got here, her backround being of the Islamic faith its been slow and steady progress from 0% understanding. Its been fun to teach someone who has no background information, really being able to focus on Jesus Christ and his divine mission. But this last week Gods hand pushed her along a little faster. This past bit has been focusing on how the Book of Mormon is an all-in-one solution to her questions, that if true proves Jesus Christ is her Savior and also Joseph Smith is a called prophet of God. She wanted to know these things but we asked her what she would do if she received the answer, as God gives according to our willingness to act on revelation given. We asked if it were true would she be baptized, she thought a little bit and said yea that would be the case. So with the spirit we promised her if she was ready to act God would answer her prayer that night. The next text received from her brought a grateful joy to my soul. She described how she received a dream where she saw us elders and just felt so happy like a little child. Then she said there was a book, and it was as if she were in the pictures and they were alive, so we asked what were the pictures, to which she sends:

She then goes on to explain the same morning while taking her daughter to school she reaches the church building instead, her daughter asking confusedly "whyd we come here?" before ibu dewi even realized where she had instinctively gone. We met with her after church and asked do you believe these were an answer to your prayer, which she agreed were. We have asked her to pray about baptism on the 24th of May. I ask everyone to keep her in her prayers, that all family and other complications may be overcome and she can enter a covenant with God and receive Jesus Christ as her Savior and king. This really is God's work, lets let him help with it.

That truly is a principle of Gods, he speaks to our understanding (see 2 Nephi 31:3), but also according to our willingness and readiness to understand and act to the given revelation. Another one clearly taught in bible is ask and ye shall receive (see matthew 7:7). So God is waiting for us to prepare ourselves to receive his knowledge and waiting for us to ask in faith for it. Both need to be checked in order to receive. If we ask yet lack preparedness, he will not damn us with information were not ready to use. If we are ready yet lack the desire or faith to ask, he too will respect our agency and not give what we dont want. So the question is what do we need to increase in, our desire to listen to the Lords will or seek it more often? Likely a bit of both, at least is for me. If a stagnant state of testimony is where we are, one of these things is lacking I suppose. Another is if God has given revelation and we have not yet acted upon it, why would he give us more to also not act on? Again if theres a sense of stagnantivity, where have you overlooked God's hand in your life? Correct and the revelation will flow once again.

Talk to yall next week🙏 -Elder Wakefield

Visited the mom of a previous elder I've served with. She was sick so we were able to go and clean her house and give a blessing🙏so grateful for Priesthood Power