I am so sorry! Holy cow! Whats my problem....i can't properly send an email! How hard is it? HA HA! Well i thought i sent an email last week...i know i wrote one...so i dont know where it is! SO SORRY! i choose not to be angry at myself will you do the same? anyway.....i dont remember what i wrote. So i will have to read it to you out of my journal when i get home. Sorry if you worried. Thanks for the letters from Jini. its fun to hear about other sis. missionaries....yes i would love to have Elder Flakes address...he sent me a letter from the mtc. I dont have the package yet but please no more graonola bars....i told you a lady from the ward gives them to us regularly and so to be honest we have over 150 graonola bars in our house right now!!!!!! We do not need food here! our ward gives us alot! And i refuse to gain weight. please send love and church cds.....they get old fast. but i really dont need anything.....maybe more family pictures.... anyways....So Dawson who did you ask to homecoming...and did she say yes? Andrew! You are stellar! Are you guys being as nice as you can to everyone?
Mom and dad! good luck with your talk! You are both so amazing and i am glad that you have this oppurtunity because you are such good examples. we had a zone meeting that i had to speak at on wed. about faith.....and this week i am speaking about PMG: "Talking to everyone" so i am getting my chance as a motivational speaker.....mom can you send me my pom poms? Just kidding.....anyway.....and Danielle and Steve you are so cute and your apartment looks nice. Be member missionaries!
Progression with investigators is happening....i am learning alot of patience. We are asking people to make big changes. I love my companion! We laugh alot! anywone want to go to new zealand with me when i get home? we can stay at her house. we are really relying on our members for support and they have been wonderful. We have had miracles. We have areally amazing zone right now! Lots of faith. Our mission president is so inspired! We had interviews this week and he spoke words to me that i knew came from God. I really needed it. And he gave me some great advice that I really needed....."sister Flake......relax!" and thats what i am going to do.....i can be so intense and trying to work hard that the spirit cant always talk to me.....so i am going to do my best and let the Lord do the rest! i am too blesssed to be stressed! Anyway.......mom...i think i am picking up a few more of your traits...and its hard trying to be perfect all the time...so lets relax and let the Lord help us out...what do you say?
Well....sorry i have not really shared any inspiratitonal stories...i promise they are happening though....This is the Lords work! I know this is the true church! I know that we have a Father in Heaven who loves each indiviual....lets do all we can to share that love with as many as we can! Love, Sister Flake
Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Monday, August 18, 2008
More Pictures from Surry
Here is the picture link to all of her new pictures from Surry. http://picasaweb.google.com/danflake/MissionSurry
Friday, August 15, 2008
Pictures from Surry
Lindsey in front of the home where she lives in the basement apartment.
Lindsey with the mission president, his wife and the Surry zone.
Lindsey with Sis. Anderson and Deanna. She writes, "This is Deanna! We Love her! And she loves everyone! So sweet! I think she was a hippie!"
Monday, August 11, 2008
August 11 email
HI everybody!
Lots of change this week! Thursday Sis. Anderson left me for Richmond where she will be doing Chinese work. I now have Sis. van den Bosch from New Zealand! She is great and has an awesome accent. She has been out 9 months and she has served here in Poco before so its great cuz she knows the ward and everything. We are both short blondes and we have a lot of fun together! We are seeing lots of miracles!
We are getting lots of member help which is awesome and makes things work out so much better! Yesterday we had eight investigators at church! unbelievable! when i first got here we were lucky to get one....so the work is just really progressing and its going to keep getting better and better...President has a great vision of this mission really booming and i completely believe him...I think that’s why things are really picking up. FAITH works miralces...when used as a principle of power...look it up Faith in the bible dictionary! It’s amazing what we can do if we believe we can do it!
So Dawn gets baptized this Saturday! She is so ready! We are going on a picnic with her this week...she has taken time off of work to focus so she wants to spend more time with us. Her and her Samoan boyfriend are planning on getting married in the Samoa temple next year. I am learning so much about all kinds of different cultures.
Deanna quit smoking!!!!!! amazing!!!!! she just had to desire it enough......she told us she wants to be baptised!!!!!!but we still have to set a date. This morning we went on a hike to a beautiful waterfall called Crystal falls with her and her fiancé Larry and another friend from the ward. WOW the forest is so beautiful! I am so blessed to be in this beautiful place...
We had some great success tracting yesterday...we found two new investigators to meet with this week... we met them both with in a half hour! so you just got to let the Lord know what you want and if you really believe and its a righteous desire He will give it to you! And you just cant believe what other people may say.....if its negative don’t believe it and get it out of your mind!
Speaking of members and food....we ate at some Chinese members house and I ate a little fish.....bones and everything that was just fried up in a pan..... no likey.
Well it’s going to be a really amazing transfer! I will tell you all I can. I miss you so much but its ok. Family you are so amazing! I love hearing about your lives. Danielle and Steve i know you can really touch lives out there....don’t be afraid to talk to people:) Good job.. Dawson.....I think you are learning and will continue to learn that everything happens for a reason.....God knows what is best for you and i think you are going to love doing cross country with Andrew. Andrew! Yeah seminary! Advice is that definitely take scripture master seriously...i so wish i would have....take a little time to memorize during your daily scripture study.... be a friend to everyone....and never ditch. mom and dad.....you amaze me! Thank you so much for being the most perfect parents! I love you so much and appreciate more then ever all that you do! Thanks so much!
Love, Sister Flake
Lots of change this week! Thursday Sis. Anderson left me for Richmond where she will be doing Chinese work. I now have Sis. van den Bosch from New Zealand! She is great and has an awesome accent. She has been out 9 months and she has served here in Poco before so its great cuz she knows the ward and everything. We are both short blondes and we have a lot of fun together! We are seeing lots of miracles!
We are getting lots of member help which is awesome and makes things work out so much better! Yesterday we had eight investigators at church! unbelievable! when i first got here we were lucky to get one....so the work is just really progressing and its going to keep getting better and better...President has a great vision of this mission really booming and i completely believe him...I think that’s why things are really picking up. FAITH works miralces...when used as a principle of power...look it up Faith in the bible dictionary! It’s amazing what we can do if we believe we can do it!
So Dawn gets baptized this Saturday! She is so ready! We are going on a picnic with her this week...she has taken time off of work to focus so she wants to spend more time with us. Her and her Samoan boyfriend are planning on getting married in the Samoa temple next year. I am learning so much about all kinds of different cultures.
Deanna quit smoking!!!!!! amazing!!!!! she just had to desire it enough......she told us she wants to be baptised!!!!!!but we still have to set a date. This morning we went on a hike to a beautiful waterfall called Crystal falls with her and her fiancé Larry and another friend from the ward. WOW the forest is so beautiful! I am so blessed to be in this beautiful place...
We had some great success tracting yesterday...we found two new investigators to meet with this week... we met them both with in a half hour! so you just got to let the Lord know what you want and if you really believe and its a righteous desire He will give it to you! And you just cant believe what other people may say.....if its negative don’t believe it and get it out of your mind!
Speaking of members and food....we ate at some Chinese members house and I ate a little fish.....bones and everything that was just fried up in a pan..... no likey.
Well it’s going to be a really amazing transfer! I will tell you all I can. I miss you so much but its ok. Family you are so amazing! I love hearing about your lives. Danielle and Steve i know you can really touch lives out there....don’t be afraid to talk to people:) Good job.. Dawson.....I think you are learning and will continue to learn that everything happens for a reason.....God knows what is best for you and i think you are going to love doing cross country with Andrew. Andrew! Yeah seminary! Advice is that definitely take scripture master seriously...i so wish i would have....take a little time to memorize during your daily scripture study.... be a friend to everyone....and never ditch. mom and dad.....you amaze me! Thank you so much for being the most perfect parents! I love you so much and appreciate more then ever all that you do! Thanks so much!
Love, Sister Flake
Monday, August 4, 2008
August 4 Email
hello!
MIssionary work is amazing. I am learning so much...and am having so many life learning experiences and crazy things happen all the time that i wish i could have time to tell you about....someday. So i sent a long letter last week that you should be getting soon. It is a holiday today..Happy BC day! The library is closed so we are using the computer at the Farrances in our ward....they are awesome to the missionaries...they have the missionaries over for lunch every Saturday.
So Dawson dont be afraid to be creative and try crazy new ideas for seminary.. its all new so just go for it. be prayerful and seek inspiration. You will make a difference for good for many people.
Andrew...i only did one day of cross country...i think you will last alot longer....you will be wonderful! How did the state long jump go by the way?
Mom i say definately do the HIll Cumorah. YOu would love it. and they would love you! And the boys would make great Lamanites....maybe they can get blown up like i did! its lots of fun!
Dad keep up the good work...get the members involved as much as you can in the missionary work....we started a new program in our ward..i did it in my singles ward and so told our ward mission leader about it. anyway... in every auxillary ask a volunteer to take home a special rockand a BOM and pray all that week for a missioary experience..then they report back about it the following week and someone else takes the rock. it gets everyone talking about it...and i know that when you pray for something righteous the Lord will bless you with it...its one way to get more investiagors.....any questions? It worked great in the singles ward....everyone knows someone who is not a member.
So this week has been awesome....We met with Dawn again last night....she is so excited to be baptised and has a ton of support from members. the 16th is the date!
We have met twice with this Iranian man in his 50s. HIs name is Reza and he wants to be baptised on the 30th! He went to church for the first time yesterday! So he just walked into the church o amonth ago and talked to the bishop who was there because he said he was looking for a christian church.....he is muslim. so bishop gave him our number. so we have taught him the first two lessons with members from our ward there. he is reading the BOM and he knows its all ture! He was a professor in Iran...very smart man. he wants his family to learn too...so we will let you know how that goes. wow! BLessings!
So Michael had a baptism date for a few days....but now he says he wants to wait and see....so we are still working with him. He took us to eat chinese food with Bro. bird...one of our ward mission leaders.
Deanna was at Church yesterday too! And she bore her testimony! Wow! We were a little nervous....but she did such a great job....she just said how she loved the feeling she feels at the church and she said how grateful she was for the missionaries and that she is glad that we have helped her stop drinking and that she is going work on stopping smoking!WOW! so then she decided to say a prayer for everyone and thanked God for the spirit that was there and for the gospel! so it was definately differnt but everyone mentioned how powerful it was....the whole meeting was....and our wonderful members noticed all the investigarors at church and so they bore strong testimony and some even spoke directly to the investigators during thier testimonies promising them blessings for being baptised! Also this less active...Sherrie bore her testimony for the first time in years..we have been working with her and encouraged her to bear her testimony..and she got up after Deanna talking about how she stopped smoing to join th church! Powerful meeting....and the flower guy Marty was there....we set up an appoinment with him for this week...no flowers this time. thats good. and then saturday we were contacting at the mall and i had an impression that i needed to speak to this man i saw. he was kind of far away so i almost didnt do it...but i did so i invited this man joe to church....which we do all the time....but he did show up!So he was there and the members really welcomed him he wants to come back next week. WOW! things are going so good! The Lord is really blessing us as we strive to be obedient.
Transfers are Thursday but we dont know whats going on till WEd. sis anderson been out here since April....so we are both pretty new. and she has been in poco the whole time.
Presedent met with us the other morning because he was in the area to meet with the stake president. HOw nice eh? YEah so he gave us some great advice.... i like himalot. \ The other day at the skate park someone actually asked for a bible! so there is slight progression there! ALot of the work we do here is more like a drug free campaign.....the youth in this city are not getting taought morals from their parents...but the youth in the church are awesome! Its really fun telling kids...and adults how uncool it is to do drugs...unlike popular belief...haha and im pretty bold about it too!
Yes mom we are getting fed alot...often times by investiagrors so thats awesome! This is getting to long...i better stop....i love you all thanks for your support and letters....love, Sister Flake
MIssionary work is amazing. I am learning so much...and am having so many life learning experiences and crazy things happen all the time that i wish i could have time to tell you about....someday. So i sent a long letter last week that you should be getting soon. It is a holiday today..Happy BC day! The library is closed so we are using the computer at the Farrances in our ward....they are awesome to the missionaries...they have the missionaries over for lunch every Saturday.
So Dawson dont be afraid to be creative and try crazy new ideas for seminary.. its all new so just go for it. be prayerful and seek inspiration. You will make a difference for good for many people.
Andrew...i only did one day of cross country...i think you will last alot longer....you will be wonderful! How did the state long jump go by the way?
Mom i say definately do the HIll Cumorah. YOu would love it. and they would love you! And the boys would make great Lamanites....maybe they can get blown up like i did! its lots of fun!
Dad keep up the good work...get the members involved as much as you can in the missionary work....we started a new program in our ward..i did it in my singles ward and so told our ward mission leader about it. anyway... in every auxillary ask a volunteer to take home a special rockand a BOM and pray all that week for a missioary experience..then they report back about it the following week and someone else takes the rock. it gets everyone talking about it...and i know that when you pray for something righteous the Lord will bless you with it...its one way to get more investiagors.....any questions? It worked great in the singles ward....everyone knows someone who is not a member.
So this week has been awesome....We met with Dawn again last night....she is so excited to be baptised and has a ton of support from members. the 16th is the date!
We have met twice with this Iranian man in his 50s. HIs name is Reza and he wants to be baptised on the 30th! He went to church for the first time yesterday! So he just walked into the church o amonth ago and talked to the bishop who was there because he said he was looking for a christian church.....he is muslim. so bishop gave him our number. so we have taught him the first two lessons with members from our ward there. he is reading the BOM and he knows its all ture! He was a professor in Iran...very smart man. he wants his family to learn too...so we will let you know how that goes. wow! BLessings!
So Michael had a baptism date for a few days....but now he says he wants to wait and see....so we are still working with him. He took us to eat chinese food with Bro. bird...one of our ward mission leaders.
Deanna was at Church yesterday too! And she bore her testimony! Wow! We were a little nervous....but she did such a great job....she just said how she loved the feeling she feels at the church and she said how grateful she was for the missionaries and that she is glad that we have helped her stop drinking and that she is going work on stopping smoking!WOW! so then she decided to say a prayer for everyone and thanked God for the spirit that was there and for the gospel! so it was definately differnt but everyone mentioned how powerful it was....the whole meeting was....and our wonderful members noticed all the investigarors at church and so they bore strong testimony and some even spoke directly to the investigators during thier testimonies promising them blessings for being baptised! Also this less active...Sherrie bore her testimony for the first time in years..we have been working with her and encouraged her to bear her testimony..and she got up after Deanna talking about how she stopped smoing to join th church! Powerful meeting....and the flower guy Marty was there....we set up an appoinment with him for this week...no flowers this time. thats good. and then saturday we were contacting at the mall and i had an impression that i needed to speak to this man i saw. he was kind of far away so i almost didnt do it...but i did so i invited this man joe to church....which we do all the time....but he did show up!So he was there and the members really welcomed him he wants to come back next week. WOW! things are going so good! The Lord is really blessing us as we strive to be obedient.
Transfers are Thursday but we dont know whats going on till WEd. sis anderson been out here since April....so we are both pretty new. and she has been in poco the whole time.
Presedent met with us the other morning because he was in the area to meet with the stake president. HOw nice eh? YEah so he gave us some great advice.... i like himalot. \ The other day at the skate park someone actually asked for a bible! so there is slight progression there! ALot of the work we do here is more like a drug free campaign.....the youth in this city are not getting taought morals from their parents...but the youth in the church are awesome! Its really fun telling kids...and adults how uncool it is to do drugs...unlike popular belief...haha and im pretty bold about it too!
Yes mom we are getting fed alot...often times by investiagrors so thats awesome! This is getting to long...i better stop....i love you all thanks for your support and letters....love, Sister Flake
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