June 29, 2009 Email

Well Hello!
I'm an auntie! Holy Cow little Alexa is so beautiful! Thanks so much for sending the pictures. I kinda got emotional. You all look so happy and that makes me happy. She is so cute. Well I'm so glad that it all went so well! Congrats Steve and Danielle! Yippee! Oh and i forgot to thank you for the package last week mom. I'm so grateful for your support. My companions mom passed away when she was 13 years old...so she appreciates the support too. Thanks so much. I love you all so much!
Well things are going good here. We got the new ward mission leader that we have been praying for! He is on fire for the work so that just pumped us up a lot too.
The weather here is absolutely amazing and there are so many tourists around town. Its neat to meet people from all over the world. Today for Preparation Day we are going to play basketball with Keith. The 13 year old who was baptised last month. That will be fun! This week we spent most of our time tr acting down part-member families. Some our nice, some our rude, and some our crazy. So President asked us to concentrate on member work. So its been a little discouraging because i feel like were not working as hard cuz were not contacting or tracting every waking moment, and were not seeing much success at it right away......but president promised that it will work so we will keep going at it. People seem to be really afraid to share this with their friends...How can we help the ward members be missionaries? Any suggestions? Well anyway....I am grateful for the scriptures. They are a treasure in my heart. They help restore peace to my soul every time I feast on them. And I also like marking them.... its one of my only creative outlets. Ha ha! They are becoming very colorful. I think you can tell a lot about a person by the way they mark their scriptures...just a random thought that came to my head suddenly.
Well i have a lot to learn and i am trying very hard to be all that Heavenly Father wants me to be. I just want to please Him. I'm trying to be obedient as I can. I want to show the Lord how much I love Him. I know that we are all continually indebted to Him. How grateful I am for my Advocate with the Father, my Savior, my Redeemer, and my Freind.
Love, sister flake