The house is sold?? What?!?! Oh man thats so crazy to think about my gosh! Weird! And Alyssa made Noteworthy! Congrats saas! *sniff* I'm so proud. *nose blow* Hahaha well I loved Conference! Although it was super weird with everyone talking so much about marriage and families and in my mind I was like, "uhh....I'm only 19!!" Haha but it was awesome! Hey random question real quick: So if I send mail to you guys is it still to the P.O. Box 2211 or what? I just need to know so I can send you guys stuff and so I can let President Jensen know. :) Thanks!
So this week was extremely tough but still awesome! On Monday we went over to the Johnson's home and had chicken wraps! We were also taught the story of the Resurrection by Noah, he is their eight year old boy, and then we had resurrection rolls! Hahaha seeing Elder Homer's face when we opened up the rolls and the marshmallow was gone was priceless!! I guess that he'd never seen them before! We read Mark 4: 36-41 with them and it was awesome as we talked about Jesus calming the storm. We asked them if there'd ever been a time in their lives that Jesus had calmed their own personal storms and Sister Johnson gave us her conversion story-I had no idea she was a convert!- and then we all shared some experiences and it was amazing. The Spirit was just so powerful. Tuesday we went on exchanges! I went with Elder Kinikini (he is awesome and Tongan!) in Indianola and Elders Homer and Hopkins went in Knoxville! Man Elder Kinikini is a boss! We had a blast and were able to meet some cool people! We had the chance to (finally!) meet Tim Cook, a less-active member who is a sheriff and he works all of the time, and it was sweet! Its so nice every now and then to talk to members and just enjoy being around people who are members of the same church. It was very refreshing. :) We went knocking in Milo and met this guy named Jonny who is currently reading the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great Price, and the Doctrine and Covenants! Can I say miracle??!! He sadly didn't have time to meet then but said he'd let us know when he could. IT WAS SWEET! On Wednesday I destroyed my back!
We went to the Hanson's home and along with Brother Hanson wielded 18-pound sledgehammers and broke up a big concrete pad! It was a blast but EXTREMELY tiring! They then fed us and we had an awesome object lesson about Easter and did it by tearing a cross out of a sheet of paper with one tear! Its pretty fun I'll teach you all sometime. :) We felt like we should go finding over by the Simpson College area and we met Molly! She is awesome and totally prepared! She has been looking for God recently and has met with missionaries in the past and even has a Book of Mormon! Keep your fingers crossed for Molly she is a boss! On Thursday, we went to district meeting down in Knoxville and Elder Homer gave an inspiring training on developing the faith to find. It was pretty powerful and humbling. We then went on exchanges again and Elder Smith and I went to Indy while Elder Homer and Elder Houston went down to Centerville. Elder Smith and I bonded instantly because he is the one who trained Elder Deeds! My last companion! We did a bunch of clean-up for our area book with potential investigators, sadly none of the previous missionaries really kept up the area book so its kind of a mess, and we probably walked about 4.5 to 5 miles. Haha sore feet! Hahaha and Jesse, the drunk guy from the other week, randomly called us and dropped probably 150 or so F-bombs telling us that he loved us and wanted to know how we were doing. Man he was DRUNK! Hahaha mission life cracks me up! After swapping back on Friday, we weekly planned and then we went and saw Nancy Smith again. She is the member in the nursing home whose home we are staying in. Man she is hilarious! 65-70 years old and full of fire! She is great! :D
GENERAL CONFERENCE WAS AMAZING! Easily one of the most powerful sessions I've ever watched! Although it was kinda weird with everyone talking so much about marriage and families and in my mind I was like, "uhh....I'm only 19!!" Haha but it was awesome! So I'd been fasting and praying A LOT up until General Conference that I would get answers to some MAJOR questions that have been on my mind and it was amazing to see how they got answered by the Spirit like five times over! The Church is true!!! Wow it was awesome! Every single one of the speakers was definitely inspired thats for sure. Before the Priesthood session we had an Elder's Quorum BBQ with our branch and it was fantastic! I love this branch so much the members are all the greatest! After the Sunday afternoon session we went to the Kentner's home and had...I don't even know what they were called! So Sister Kentner took a chicken breast, stuffed the inside of it with cheese and jalapenos, covered the entire thing with bacon, and cooked it all up! *drool* It. Was. Delicious! They gave us these little Easter baskets filled with candy too! I love the Kentners so much they're so awesome! :) Man I was so full! But this week was really tough for teaching but hey it happens every now and then. :) The Church is true!!
Love,
Elder Logan Flake
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