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4b47ee1f-14e8-4ee7-a668-be2ec81f1be1 Elder Drake Wakefield Back to Missionary Letters 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 Previous Letter Next Letter

83b5405e-beb2-4402-97b5-671436b57dcc Sister Brooke Mickelson Back to Missionary Letters "I'm a baptist sweetheart" Join the photos📸 https://photos.app.goo.gl/UoWFGHnRxwjSNdbB9 Hey hope you all are doing well! I didn't send an email last week... Oops I don't really remember what I talked about last time😅 Anyways it's been good here in C-falls!! We actually have quite a few people we are teaching, it's just a little difficult to set up lessons with some of them. We've had some new friends come to church the last couple of weeks so we are really excited about that! This is really testing my ability to teach, so hopefully all the practice and studying is paying off! Training is still going great! Sister Tippetts is an awesome greenie! We have such a blast together🫂 We had Zone Conference in Missoula on Thursday so that was fun to see everyone. We did a competition between the zones on who knows certain chapters in preach my gospel best. My zone won, so we earned a zone Pday and breakfast with President and Sister Johnson!!! We made a goal to hand out ten BoMs this transfer, which I know doesn't sound like a lot, but for Montana it's a good amount considering I think last transfer we handed out six lol. It's also a new area and we weren't sure how it was gonna play out. God works miracles when you are diligent and have the faith because we handed out our tenth one on Saturday and we are less than halfway through the transfer!! This is a quick email so you're welcome. They keep getting less and less detailed as I go, but I'm sure you appreciate that😆 Spiritual thought: I came across a quote by Ezra Taft Benson. He refers to in Alma 59 when Moroni talks about how it would be easier to keep a city from falling into the Lamanites hands rather than to retake it from them. The quote is, "it is better to prepare and prevent, than to repair and repent." Let's try to prevent ourselves from getting into bad situations rather than letting it happen and trying to get out after the fact. Obviously sometimes things aren't preventable, but as we strive to be as the Savior would in our thoughts and actions, he will help us and guide us to the places HE needs us to be rather than the places we think we need to be. Love and miss y'all, sorry if I haven't responded to your emails that's my bad I'll try to be better :) 💗Sister Mickelson Previous Letter Next Letter

678c241e-ec1b-465f-8059-aab6e8bc59f3 Elder Maverick Ludvigson Back to Missionary Letters I DIDNT GET SICK! Google Photos ⬇️ https://photos.app.goo.gl/gB5gQ19oNLSC1GXy9 Que tal todos como han ido? Whats up everyone how have you been! Sorry I slacked last week but we're back! The last two weeks have been a Rollercoaster full of ups and downs. Vamos! Spiritual Thought My Spiritual thought come from Elder Bednars most recent talk that talks about enduring valiantly with charity. It opened my eyes how enduring doesnt just mean put your head down and put one foot infront of the other. Its looking for ways with you head UP extending your arm with charity. While we endure to the end valiantly with our head up we can help oursleves and others become closer to Christ! Lets get into the stories! K a tiny backstory im in a trio right now with a service missionary that helps us out so 4 in total 🤯. Both of my comps were dead sick and couldnt go out so I called E. Barahona (the service missionary) and we went out. We had a stacked day like 7 lessons back to back. E. Barahona is petrified to talk in lessons so the load was on my shoulders. I felt like 2018 Lebron 😂. I was able to have all of those lessons speaking Spanish with no help. It felt rewarding to know that I can do it! My comps are feeling better now but wow they were super sick 🤮. BAPTISM! Our friend named Brittany made her first covenant yesterday! It is pretty special to be able to help them grow closer to Christ. Her whole non member family was able to come, the spirit was so strong they started crying 😱. She shared the sweetest testimony afterwards singing praise to the missionaries which brings soooo much joy to us! The whole ward was able to attend and welcome her into the ward family. She is chosen and already has her temple recommendation and a date to go to the temple! The Lord is Good! TRANSFER NEWS We got news last night and...... im staying in Quitumbe as the district leader! This time not in a trio just with Elder Sabin, hes the lit one out of the trio right now so it should be another awesome transfer! Send free to send me an email they make my day! Con toda me corazón Elder Lud🤙🏿 Previous Letter Next Letter

7f0672f6-1cfe-4ffa-bf69-7f3e2ec86683 Elder McKay Mulitalo Back to Missionary Letters Pdx Talofa fam! This week was a chill week, just some missionary work and tender mercies and miracles all around! 🍗 Went on a split with a Spanish missionary, Elder Campbell, mega funny we went to market street in downtown Portland, so many tweakers, but it was fun. Finding has been a lil struggle recently, legit run into the same 5 people 😭 A lot of inactives have been coming to church its been great, the inactives mess with me and Elder Hogan a lot, very grateful for them 🙏 But lil spiritual thought Psalm 25:5 5 Lead me in thy truth, and teach me: for thou art the God of my salvation; on thee do I wait all the day. I love this verse so much, Relying on Him to lead us in the right direction takes so much patience, a lifetime of patience! Continue doing His will by acting, and while acting in all diligence have patience! As it says in D&C idk where, but cheerfully do all things that lie in your power, as you serve God! Alofa atu ❤️ email me! https://photos.app.goo.gl/DSwq1RW2YLAc9KTa9 Previous Letter Next Letter

b61c5390-70ed-43ad-9457-514627fd6058 Elder Jacob Nelson Back to Missionary Letters Party at Church🥳🎉 What is up yall!!! I hope yalls week was awesome!!! Ours was good and definitely filled with some awesome miracles. Let's get into it!! 🌳🛖: PENNY!!! Penny is so awesome and funny. We went by and were having a lesson and she was skeptical about church and she said it was because she will be busy with her backyard. We offered to help and she said she would love help. On Saturday we went by and helped her put together a whole shed. After her member friend who was with us invited her to church and she said yes!!! The next day she came to church and she loved it!!! Service works miracles!!! 💜🇺🇲🦅: LILAH AND OPAL!!!! Lilah is so awesome!! She is always so down to talk about Jesus. She was able to make it to church with her 2 daughters this weekend and they LOVED it!! Hopefully we can help them progress towards being baptized!! Prayers up for Lilah and her family!🙏🙏🙏 Highlights🌟: ○Found out Ben only has 2 Transfers left🧓!!!! ○Baught a Lego tractor🚜 ○Hit most of our weekly goals!!📈 [Except finding] ○Members are soooo awesome here!!!😎🐐 Spiritual thought🌌: I read this scripture the other day and I love it: Mosiah 1:6-7 "6 O my sons, I would that ye should remember that these sayings are true, and also that these records are true. And behold, also the plates of Nephi, which contain the records and the sayings of our fathers from the time they left Jerusalem until now, and they are true; and we can know of their surety because we have them before our eyes. 7 And now, my sons, I would that ye should remember to search them diligently, that ye may profit thereby; and I would that ye should keep the commandments of God, that ye may prosper in the land according to the promises which the Lord made unto our fathers." When we search the scriptures diligently we are guided and we can receive answers to any questions we have. I know as I have searched the scriptures diligently it has brought such a joy and peace in my life. I would invite yall to spend more time in the scriptures and I promise it will bless you!!! Shenanigans🙈: I was on exchange with Elder Kraus and we decided to check out a cool music store and so we did. It was a pretty cool store ngl. I impulse bought a harmonica. So I've been learning that and Elder Simpson gets so annoyed when I play it lol. Also we bought ropes a week or so ago so we have been roping a chair in the backyard lol. Love you all!! Have a great week!!! Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/JBkr7fgP3Uafyi4E9 Previous Letter Next Letter

a568f3c3-50bc-4da5-90ba-c96e48830f81 Elder Brandon Perkins Back to Missionary Letters Brizzy Brings Blessings Gday, It's been a pretty good week here. It was pretty uneventful tho. We had Zone Confrence Tuesday which was good! But the biggest thing that happened was we put Marco our friend on date. For those that don't know, we met Marco doing some Gray Dot Rock Ups. Missionaries had never visited him in the past. He told us that when we came to his house something told him that what we were saying was true. Marco is from Columbia and has been Catholic all his life, but he felt like there was something missing. We gave him a Book of Mormon in English and one in Spanish and he has been cruising through it. On Thursday we met with Marco and invited him to be Baptized and he accepted the date of May 9th. Then on Friday we met with him again and he decided he wanted to be Baptized sooner so we moved his date up to May 2nd. Yesterday after Church we stayed with Marco to watch a Baptism. After the baptism he asked me to baptize him. Marco is a miracle! Love you all have a great week! Previous Letter Next Letter

fbf6728b-0ffd-4fb1-8c8c-6527cbbc4452 Elder Reece Leavitt Back to Missionary Letters Walk with Christ Opa meus amigos, I hope that everything is good back home. This week kinda went by fast but also slow. So it was good and bad, but let me tell you the details. We had pday with our zone and played some volleyball. Here I am like a superpower because everyone is small, the nets are small, and I am the only one that has any volleyball experience. But it was really fun. We also tried to make piña colada drinks and they didn’t turn out well. I drank it but didn’t want another cup. I got another burger from America Burger. It is so good. It is a members company and he went to the U.S. so he knows a little bit more about how to make a burger. But we did get to go to Porto Alegre. And it was really cool. We passed the Inter stadium and saw a lot of cool places that are part of the South Mission. And also made a stop at the temple to buy a couple things and take some pics of course. I have never been inside to do any work so I am hoping I can take a RC soon. We had lunch with one of our members and he was the temple pres. at a time and he got to work with Elder Gong and his wife. Elder Goodoy too. He has a painting and had all the temple works put their signature. It was cool to talk with them. We have some member meals that are so weird, like they put the food on the table and leave. and then we have some that are the best ever, where we talk forever about anything it is amazing. We are doing our best to find people that we can baptize. We did find a couple that are pretty good. They are getting married soon but trying to get baptized in another church. So we had to tell them about the Church of Jesus Christ. ST: In this recent general conference David J. Wundeli had a great talk, he said that “Removing Jesus will not lighten your load…He is not the weight, He is the relief” And exactly that, we need to walk with Jesus. During the good and bad times we need to seek Him. He gave us everything. Why should we remove the person that gives us so many blessings? That was the week, hope you guys have a wonderful week. And seek to walk with Christ. Love you guys. Elder Leavitt Previous Letter Next Letter

ed0bd28f-786b-4aa6-99ff-1d3a0e9683ec Elder Caiden Jones Back to Missionary Letters #90 What a WEEK Hello, hello! I hope that everybody is doing well. If you aren't then remember that Jesus Christ loves you! Anyways, let's get into another WEEKLY EPISTLE! Google Photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/SPHBKzMm2s5zEyUQ8 Email: caiden.jones@missionary.org ————————————————————————— Mission Address Letters (in Mission) PO Box 97 Marden SA 5070 Australia Packages (in Mission) 11 Sommers Avenue Firle SA 5070 Australia ————————————————————————— On Tuesday we had interviews with our mission President. I've always enjoyed interviews and this one was a lot of fun. Nothing too crazy to share, but President Standley is literally the GOAT On Thursday we got our car back! Now it's back to normal and there is so much to do! I am very grateful for the resources we've been blessed with. On Friday we had Zone Con! This transfers Zone Conference was really good and uplifting as it normally is. They tried to keep it pretty short because after, most missionaries had to go to a Mission Preperation Conference. This MPC was held over two stakes for the Youth and YSA to get a weekend mission experience. For MPC my companion and I took three YSA for the weekend. On Saturday we did a lot of the "normal" missionary work. Then on Sunday we did some more work and had a mini Zone Conference for them! There is a LOT more detail that I could go into, but it was a very spiritual and fun week. I feel ready and prepared to take on the coming week, and everything that Satan wants to throw at me! This week there was a lot of learning and growth thaf occurred. Ether 12:27 was shared a lot and so I figured I would share it here. 27 And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them. We, as people, are often timed way too hard on ourselves. Make sure to love yourself and the progress that you have made. I promise that you're doing better than you think. Habits don't come or change over night, so keep on trying! The Lord is proud of you and so willing to help. I love you all and 'till next time! - Elder Jones Previous Letter Next Letter

932545e9-0e97-40c9-b632-d00db28b49a1 Elder Cameron Wright Back to Missionary Letters The Last Dance🐂🏀 Transfer News: I am staying in Weslaco and I got Elder Wurtz. He is a chilla. We have had a good time so far. The 2 man turned into a 4 man and some cool missionaries came into the zone. There's a good amount of change, but thats not bad. Weird to think how there still needs to be some adjusting after doing this for a hot sec. This past week was fun though! We went to transfers Wednesday and started off the new transfer. Me and my comp have been working hard and had a pretty good week. It went by quick, so thats always a good sign. Later in the week we had a meeting in McAllen with a ton of Elders. It was actually super fun. We had a good time. There was a lot of the homies there and it was nice to see them and hang for a sec. The meeting was good too. Presidente Pineda is an awesome guy. He has super good insights on the Gospel. He was over institute in a part of Mexico so it makes sense. He is a very good teacher. Sunday was alright. Went through some mixed emotions. Just gotta control what we can control. We had our friend Nano pull up to church. He is a fun guy. Kinda crazy, but super repentance and wants to be better so hopefully we can help him do that. Good week though! Spiritual thought: A parable used a lot and referenced a lot in my mission has been the parable of the talents in Matthew 25:14-19. I am sure I have already shared a few thoughts on the parable, but I just want to share it again because everytime I read it, it hits different. I get something new out of it. A new motivation to do better and multiply my talents. I invite you all to do the same and think about how you can multiply the many talents and gifts God has given you. Have a good week🤘 Here's the photos: https://photos.app.goo.gl/AJPDFZiAPHs2sDfeA Previous Letter Next Letter

a3882d87-9a11-495c-9bf8-e4cdb2407073 Elder Decker Lee Back to Missionary Letters Peace out Monterrico (Googlephotos) https://photos.app.goo.gl/7mJigZzeRBWigU9h9 Spiritual thought- The thought this week is on the power of prayer. Simple thought but man ya can really never say to many prayers. This week i was havin a little tuff time this week and said a pretty big prayer. And needless to say the lord answered my prayers pretty big. Also had anothher awesome experiences this week with a friend we are teaching. She said shed been having a tough time so we asked if we could offer a prayer for her. When we opened our eyes she was bawling. I think sometimes we forget that prayer can been so so individual for us. I know for me i get caught making prayer a thing to check off and not really think about. But as this week proved, prayers are powerful. My invitation for you guys this week is to make your prayers a little more sincere, and a littlw more personal! And try to find a time to say a prayer with a friend or a family member! Hes listening always, and wants nothing more then lend a helping hand. A Child’s Prayer - https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/music-from-october-2019-general-conference/2019-10-a-childs-prayer?lang=eng Food of the week- llomo saltado from like the nicest restaurant in lima! P day!!! Today we didnt really do to much of anything. Nobody had any money so we just played soccer as a zone and got some lunch. Me and my comp were walking up some stars and i spotted a rabbit. We had nothing going on so i was likw lets go catch it. So i caught it and then we had like 4 little girls watching us and we asked them if they wanted it, and they were like duh. So we gave them the rabbit thinking they would keep it as a pet, and then the next day we seen them and asked how the rabbit was and they said they ate it..... Today we had a noche de hogar at a member house and man it was so funny. They insisted on singing a song to start, which is normal vamos. She then proceeded to pull out 10 hymm books. Whos carries 10 hymm books around at the house de la nada? But we started to sing, and man it was so so bad. Like i was biting my tongue so hard to not laugh, and then my comp started to laugh and then we were cooked. Had to act like we were coughing to cover it up. But we played it off good and had a good reunion. We gave a blessing to this girl today who had recently been hit by a motorcycle. We should up and it was a nice house in a nice neighborhood, and then we got inside and it was RANK. So so nasty and smelly. We got inside found out shes not a member but a hardcore member of a different church and her son is the only member. But we proceeded with the blessing and then after she asked if she could give us a "thanks prayer" and wowza. This lady was THANKFULL to say the least. At the end my comp asked if there was anything we could to do help. Like clean, wash plates that type of stuff. And right when he said that i knew we were cooked. She thought for about 5 min and gave us a list of stuff that needed to be done soon. So we did one of them and then she said the rest we could come back!! We saved from coming back tho cause this lady was in the sisters area so we dont have to go back😝 We went out today with a member named harold today. My first day we went out together and i couldnt talk or understand like anything of what he said. And today i could like actually talk and understand almost all of what he was talkin about. Pretty crazy how much you can learn in such a limited amount of time. Gift of toungs is real. I finished the book of mormon again today. Man i love that book. Its so crazy how everytime you re read it you not only find new stuff you missed the fist time that you like, but you also take away a new idea from that time reading it. Ive been slowly readying it in spanish but it hasnt been a priority as much as i do normally reading it in english. So im gunna start making reading in spanish more of a priority. Today me and my comp found a store that sells these little game toys called "trumples" theyre like a little spinny nob thing. Ill try to find a video os us playing with it. But we found a store today that sells big one that are so much better. So we both bought one and are contending with the little kids at the park now. Theres this crazy lady in La villa the little town im in and she lovesss the missionaries. So shell always come chop it up with us and try to sell us this soda that is supposed to be healthy for you. But we usually tell her no and dont try it but yesterday we ended up trying it. So well see how my body reacts to it here in a little bit😂Shes quite the character so ill put a photo of her in my google photos. BAPTIZM- Today was the baptism of our friend Micaela! It all went pretty good, we had super good support from the ward as far as attendance! And all her family made it!! Shes super cool and heard about the church when she went on vacation to utah for 3 months😂 now look at here!! Shes got the GHOST!!! TRANSFER- Well sad to say my time here in monterrico is coming to an end. We got transfer news last night and im head tk a place called "San Gabriel! Its the poorest of the poor and probably the most dangerous to. And its literally on a side of a hill. My comp right now just came from exactly where im headed so hes shown me some videos and told me some storys. But yea pretty sad thing think about leavin ole Monterrico, ive gained some pretty good friends here and had an awesome time! But i guess the lord needs me somewhere else. Oh and my new como is a native. This week was a good one. We worked super fun but also had an awesome time! This has been probably the fastest transfer ive ever had on the mission. My como Elder Holdaway is the best, im gunna be pretty sad to leave him. But yea pretty exited for whats next!! Love all ya guys, and would love to hear from ya and ya. Till next week! Èlder Lee Previous Letter Next Letter

a18600e9-32dc-4b53-a32c-3adafddc1394 Sister Nayeli Andrade Back to Missionary Letters "God is Mindful of Every People" One of the greatest missionaries in the scriptures once said: "Now have we not reason to rejoice? Yea, I say unto you, there never were men that had so great reason to rejoice as we...yea, and my joy is carried away, even unto boasting in my God;....Now if this is boasting, even so will I boast; for this is my life and my light, my joy and my salvation, and my redemption from everlasting wo. Yea, blessed is the name of my God, who has been mindful of this people,.....I say, blessed be the name of my God, who has been mindful of us, wanderers in a strange land. Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth. Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen." This week was beautifully humbling as the Lord showed time and time again how truly mindful He is of EVERY people. Wherever they may be. Story time!!! Over a year ago, two girls, one a wise and powerfully seasoned missionary, and one a baby missionary with big dreams straight out of the MTC, went knocking. At the very end of a line of houses they met a kind woman named Breanne. They taught her and gave her a Book of Mormon at the door, and then Breanne never answered again. Other missionaries tried to call, visit, message....nothing. Fast forward to one day, over a year later, when on a random pday evening two missionaries now with a little more experience under their belts (emphasis on a little), recieve a text from a random number saying they would like to go to church. Yes those missionaries were us😂 So we gave her a call and we learned from our records that Sister Smith and I knocked on her door over a year ago. WHAT?? so cool. So we shared some scriptures and got to know her a little and set up a lesson at the church later in the week. At her lesson, we had the opportunity to teach her from square one. Who is God, who is Jesus Christ. How to pray. Sister Bevan so graciously shared a very inspired beautiful testimony. And you could just see actual light fill her countenance. It was so clear to see. And at the end of our lesson I just turned to her and asked "what made you reach out to us? Why did you text?" She began to silently cry and share her story, she had someone tell her to turn to God, then how she got to the point where she hit bottom and didn't know where to turn..... Then she remembered two girls at her door, on her birthday. You can trust tears were already flowing. Then Sister Bevan explained to her that missionaries move and usually don't come back to areas, but that I had the opportunity to come back and that it was me and my companion that knocked on her door over a year ago. And she started sobbing and jumped up to hug me and I just held her as we both cried. The Spirit was so incredibly strong. There wasn't a dry eye in the room. That was just one of the miracles of the week. But that whole day and this whole week I have just been so filled with gratitude for the opportunity to witness these miracles. I have no doubt the Lord would work these miracles regardless of who was here, but I am so grateful he allowed me to be here to witness that moment. It was just evidence of what Elder Causse shared in General conference, "This is the miracle of God’s relationship with us: The universe is vast beyond comprehension, yet every soul carries infinite worth in the eyes of our Creator. Though we may seem small in a physical sense, each of us is personally known, remembered, and loved by our Eternal Father and by His Son, Jesus Christ." God knows Breanne and in His plan everything worked out perfectly for her to begin to find Him. He is aware of you! And of your family! I can never say that too much. I am grateful to witness his universal yet personal love every day as a representative of His Son, Jesus Christ. So everyone go out there this week and try to find one way to LOVE AND LOVE EACH. Just as our Heavenly Father does. I love you all and I love you each! Have a great week! Sister Andrade https://photos.app.goo.gl/veZD5rjDqiyAqmun8 Previous Letter Next Letter