Hi! Sorry we didn't get to email yesterday because it was Thanksgiving. But we thought we would quickly stop in and give you a shout so you know that were alive. We had a Turkey Bowl yesterday with about 50 missionaries from the lower mainland. It was lots of fun! We had a big meal sat. sun. and mon. So we have been well fed:) i guess i will get two thanksgivings this year! That's exciting! Well i will be home in exactly a month. Just want you to know how much I love you! Happy Birthday Dad. There is a card for you in the mail. Sorry it will probably get to you late cuz of the holiday. Oops. Well San Jose, California Dawson! How exciting! You are going to be a stellar missionary! That's great that you are already practicing your Spanish! Wow! Things are great here. We have another baptism coming up. She is 15. Her name is Chiara. She is so awesome. Her friend started bringing her to activity night and the rest is history! Yea! Well don't got much time....i will write more next week!
Love, sis flake
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Finally--some pictures from Chilliwack!
We finally got a disk of pictures from Lindsey. They show where she lives, in a complex in an industrial area, picking wild berries, her current zone, the Vancouver temple under construction and the beautiful coutryside of Chilliwack. Click on the link below to view the web album. She looks very happy!
September 21, 2009 Email
Hello Family!
So sorry about last week. We email at the local college and a biology class was scheduled to use the computers so i only got 5 min. I will try to make up for it now.
As far as i know the open house wont be till May. They want to do it after the Olympics now.
Things are still going amazing. We have lots of people progressing towards baptism. We still get lots of referrals. We even found a family to teach....i should tell you about our first meeting with Jana and Paul. Well we met them while looking for a less active Lady's home and scheduled an appointment with them a week later. So we brought Sis. Tompson, a wonderful women in the ward and we taught the restoration. My companion was reciting the first vision when suddenly we heard angels singing as she Said "This is my beloved son, here him." Everyone had their jaws dropped for 2 seconds until we realized it was their son who had turned on a movie in the back room. It was so cool! Well we had a good laugh and then brought the spirit back in.
Right now I am most excited about Leslieanne, she is a student from St. Lucia in the Carri bean who is living with a family in the ward while going to school. She is 19 and a spiritual giant. She is catholic but felt the spirit at church and is loving this new found truth! She keeps asking "why don't the other churches believe in the Book of Mormon...its obviously true...." :) After a spiritually strong gospel principles lesson she told me....."I felt this strong feeling of love growing inside of me....what is that?" Wow! I explained she had felt the Holy Ghost testifying to her of truth. So she is doing great but is in the process of realizing the church she has grown up in isn't true.
We are also doing alot of reactivation. Found out the bishops goal is to get the ward split as soon as possible. President is wondering if he should send another set of missionaries into the ward to help us out. We are very busy and our area is too big. We spend alot of time traveling. Heavenly Father keeps setting things up for us. He is working miracles here. And i just love these people so much! I'm so grateful to be able to spend my last bit here in Chilliwack with an amazing companion. By the way we have been getting so much fresh produce from the ward members gardens. I don't think I've ever eaten healthier in my whole life. We also have been involved with the Young men, young women, and primary lessons. The ward really knows how to use their missionaries in this ward. And we are tight with the bishops wife. She invited us over for apple crisp the other night and gave us two more referrals. Wow!
And this place is beautiful, and I'm use to the country smell...and dad i think you would like it. Thanks for the emails. Dawson i cant wait to find out about your call. Andrew good job with cross country! Mom I'm glad that you are getting to see fruits from your labors as a teacher. And thanks to Danielle and Steve for the cute pictures of Alexa. I love you all so much! I cant wait to spend time with you. I hope you are preparing for story time with Sister Flake when i get back. There's so much i want to tell you and i have so many questions for you.
Love love love ya! love, sister flake
So sorry about last week. We email at the local college and a biology class was scheduled to use the computers so i only got 5 min. I will try to make up for it now.
As far as i know the open house wont be till May. They want to do it after the Olympics now.
Things are still going amazing. We have lots of people progressing towards baptism. We still get lots of referrals. We even found a family to teach....i should tell you about our first meeting with Jana and Paul. Well we met them while looking for a less active Lady's home and scheduled an appointment with them a week later. So we brought Sis. Tompson, a wonderful women in the ward and we taught the restoration. My companion was reciting the first vision when suddenly we heard angels singing as she Said "This is my beloved son, here him." Everyone had their jaws dropped for 2 seconds until we realized it was their son who had turned on a movie in the back room. It was so cool! Well we had a good laugh and then brought the spirit back in.
Right now I am most excited about Leslieanne, she is a student from St. Lucia in the Carri bean who is living with a family in the ward while going to school. She is 19 and a spiritual giant. She is catholic but felt the spirit at church and is loving this new found truth! She keeps asking "why don't the other churches believe in the Book of Mormon...its obviously true...." :) After a spiritually strong gospel principles lesson she told me....."I felt this strong feeling of love growing inside of me....what is that?" Wow! I explained she had felt the Holy Ghost testifying to her of truth. So she is doing great but is in the process of realizing the church she has grown up in isn't true.
We are also doing alot of reactivation. Found out the bishops goal is to get the ward split as soon as possible. President is wondering if he should send another set of missionaries into the ward to help us out. We are very busy and our area is too big. We spend alot of time traveling. Heavenly Father keeps setting things up for us. He is working miracles here. And i just love these people so much! I'm so grateful to be able to spend my last bit here in Chilliwack with an amazing companion. By the way we have been getting so much fresh produce from the ward members gardens. I don't think I've ever eaten healthier in my whole life. We also have been involved with the Young men, young women, and primary lessons. The ward really knows how to use their missionaries in this ward. And we are tight with the bishops wife. She invited us over for apple crisp the other night and gave us two more referrals. Wow!
And this place is beautiful, and I'm use to the country smell...and dad i think you would like it. Thanks for the emails. Dawson i cant wait to find out about your call. Andrew good job with cross country! Mom I'm glad that you are getting to see fruits from your labors as a teacher. And thanks to Danielle and Steve for the cute pictures of Alexa. I love you all so much! I cant wait to spend time with you. I hope you are preparing for story time with Sister Flake when i get back. There's so much i want to tell you and i have so many questions for you.
Love love love ya! love, sister flake
Saturday, October 3, 2009
Letters in the Mail
Hello Family,
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write and send pictures. I hope you enjoy them. I won't send any more home after this. but I'll take a bunch more and we can look at them together.
I love you all very much and am so excited to spend lots of time with all of you. So prepare yourself because I will be following you around. I want to cook for you and study the scriptures with you, and talk and play and hike! When this gets to you I will only have one transfer left.
I want to do my best with the rest of the time I have. Thank you so much for the support and the love and prayers...throughout my mission.
Love, Sister Flake
(We also received a letter from her companion, Sis. Barnam)
Dear Mother of Sis. Flake,
Thank you for parting with Sis. Flake long enough for her to be my companion. It was an answer/miracle to prayer to work with her. No one in the group of sisters is more hard working, full of faith, hope, and charity. She truely understands the atonement and works with the Savior, which few missionaries can boast of. I could prattle on forever about your lovely dughter, but I really wrote to you to thank you for the cool PMG-mini style! I love it! I keep it in my bag always! Thanks agin! Love, Sis. Barnam
I'm sorry it has taken me so long to write and send pictures. I hope you enjoy them. I won't send any more home after this. but I'll take a bunch more and we can look at them together.
I love you all very much and am so excited to spend lots of time with all of you. So prepare yourself because I will be following you around. I want to cook for you and study the scriptures with you, and talk and play and hike! When this gets to you I will only have one transfer left.
I want to do my best with the rest of the time I have. Thank you so much for the support and the love and prayers...throughout my mission.
Love, Sister Flake
(We also received a letter from her companion, Sis. Barnam)
Dear Mother of Sis. Flake,
Thank you for parting with Sis. Flake long enough for her to be my companion. It was an answer/miracle to prayer to work with her. No one in the group of sisters is more hard working, full of faith, hope, and charity. She truely understands the atonement and works with the Savior, which few missionaries can boast of. I could prattle on forever about your lovely dughter, but I really wrote to you to thank you for the cool PMG-mini style! I love it! I keep it in my bag always! Thanks agin! Love, Sis. Barnam
Monday, September 28, 2009
September 28, 2009 Email
Well hello!It's been an amazing week with lots of small miracles and what a wonderful blessing it was yesterday to see Gina be baptised by her husband Jeremy. Their happy family can now go to the temple in a year! Wow! We have many new people to work with! We are really involved with the youth here. We took some Mia Maids on splits with us and now all the other young women are wanting too so i think its going to become a weekly thing! Yea! The members here are so wonderful. They are so missionary minded and that makes a huge difference! What a blessing to be here! I love it! I love these people! I love the Lord! I love the truth! I love you!
Love, sister flake
Saturday, September 19, 2009
September 14, 2009 Email
Hello! Cool picture Andrew! You dont look scrawny like the other guys! Thanks for the news. Sorry i dont write much. Great things are happening i just am getting bored of emailing i guess. I just want to tell you in person in two months. Well anyway. well i have to go! We have three baptism scheduled this coming month and a few more that are very close. we had 5 investiagarors at church.....the class has to use the computers. sorry i love you so much!!!!!!!
love, sister flake
Dear Family, We have three solid baptism dates and six progressing investigators. Heavenly Father is truly continuing to open the windows of heaven upon us. Sis. Flake and I are one in the work, even though the opposition tries to bud into a beautiful companionship. He can try, but he won't succeed. It has been amazing to see so many answers to prayers. We have prayed for the power of the Holy Ghost, that we will be able to work WITH the Savior, and that the work will go forward. Prayers are answered, when we live worthy of the answer.
love, sister flake
(and another short note from her companion reflects that they are kindred spirits)
Dear Family, We have three solid baptism dates and six progressing investigators. Heavenly Father is truly continuing to open the windows of heaven upon us. Sis. Flake and I are one in the work, even though the opposition tries to bud into a beautiful companionship. He can try, but he won't succeed. It has been amazing to see so many answers to prayers. We have prayed for the power of the Holy Ghost, that we will be able to work WITH the Savior, and that the work will go forward. Prayers are answered, when we live worthy of the answer.
Love you lots,Sis. Barnum
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Email September 8, 2009
Wow! Thanks for the pictures....i want to wrestle a pig too. And little Alexa is soooooooooo cute! Wow.
We have had a spectacular week. But first i must say i am pretty sore right now. Sister Barnum and i did an 8k hike yesterday for pday. We hiked a very high mountain. Elk mountain. very steep and very enjoyable but my muscles have been dormant for a while so I'm feeling it today! Hallelujah that sister Barnum likes to hike!
Well members here keep helping us! I love our ward mission leader and his family. They remind me of my family! Anyway we had dinner at their house on Sunday and the wife spilled a glass of water on my lap on accident! It was so funny! We have a corn roast tonight that will be great! We have had many spiritual lessons this week and we now have thee people in line to be baptized. Two young men from Hope and Gina. Sorry I don't have too much time to write. as you know yesterday was labor day here so we couldn't get into the library.
We have had a spectacular week. But first i must say i am pretty sore right now. Sister Barnum and i did an 8k hike yesterday for pday. We hiked a very high mountain. Elk mountain. very steep and very enjoyable but my muscles have been dormant for a while so I'm feeling it today! Hallelujah that sister Barnum likes to hike!
Well members here keep helping us! I love our ward mission leader and his family. They remind me of my family! Anyway we had dinner at their house on Sunday and the wife spilled a glass of water on my lap on accident! It was so funny! We have a corn roast tonight that will be great! We have had many spiritual lessons this week and we now have thee people in line to be baptized. Two young men from Hope and Gina. Sorry I don't have too much time to write. as you know yesterday was labor day here so we couldn't get into the library.
I love you and I love the gospel!
Love, sister flake
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