Welcome to another addition to Sister Flake's crazy life. I cannot believe another week has flown by! So much has happened my word! Well I am sitting here in tears (happy ones) cause of Dad's beautiful email, thank you Papa, and Becca's preggo pictures!!! Oh my goodness you are so gorgeous Seester! And Matthew is forever a stud that baby is gonna be a cutie! I miss y'all all so much! But the cool thing is that I have family here to help me along! We got to go to the temple last tuesday woowwww it was incredible. First thing I saw- VERNELL FLAKE!
Oops i got so excited i accidentally sent the message haha allow me to continue! so I saw vernell!!! That was incredible. She came up to me and gave me a big hug and she wasnt even supposed to be workin in the temple that day but she took someones shift and boom! That seriously lifted my spirits so much just to feel of her love and talk to her. I love her so much she is an angel. So the session was full and so we went and did sealings- my first time! Oh the promises made there are so beautiful! I want all my investigators and less actives to have that! Its amazing!! God loves us so much and the blessings from being righteous are phenomenal. Makes me way super excited to have a family of my own someday! So the temple was incredible. I saw so many Flake's haha it was like a mini family reunion! One after the other and Vernell came and got me and was like I wanna show you off to the other workers haha it was so cute I love her. So that was the best day ever! SO GUESS WHAT i have made my bed every morning and hung up my clothes every night for the past 2 weeks. Miracles do happen people!
Travis is getting baptized SATURDAY!! I cant believe its already time! I am borrowing a guitar it only has 4 strings haha but im gonna play it at the service!
Then there was the sweet corn festival!!! So fun. Corn everywhere. I love this little town! Its so cute!! And they celebrate CORN ah i love it. We got to be on the float and helped build it it was so fun. We ran around passing out popcorn balls haha So much fun!!
Family... I am so sorry for who I was before the mission... Like seriously what a lame bucket I was!! I have grown so much and have learned so much its crazy and its only been like a month. But I look back on who I used to be and all my old habits and hot dang I was a mess I am so sorry! I am not going to come home the same Crystal, and I am so excited for that. Focusing all I got on Christ and the people here have humbled me. So please forgive me for all my short comings. I am workin so hard to give all of myself to these people. I know that as I do that I wont have to worry about who I am, God will take care of that. I just gotta put myself completely in his care and He will help me. I know He is protecting me!
We were able to teach the young women lesson yesterday on why temple marriage is so important! It was awesome. One thing we stressed was what Dad always would say to me: "If you want Superman, ya gotta be Superwoman." How true that is!! I hope and pray that I can continue to be the best Sister Flake I can be. the girls were so cute we had them write letters to their future selves saying they wouldn't settle for anything less than a temple marriage. It was awesome. The promises we receive in the temple my goodness that we can be together forever with our family!? Y'all are stuck with me forever mwahaha but really. Heavenly Father loves us so much its awesome.
The work here is really starting to pick up. The members are awesome and we are doing a lot of reactivating work. The Book of Mormon is so incredible. I hope y'all are reading from it everyday cause my word it is the most amazing thing!! I always have known it was true, I prayed about it so many times and have read it at least 9 times or so. But seeing it CHANGE LIVES. Seeing someone read a verse and look at me with the light of Christ just beaming from their eyes. Seeing someone stop smoking. Seeing people come closer to Christ because of that book. Its incredible. The principles taught in that book and the the pure and simple truths.. this is your salvation in 531 pages. It tells you everything you need to do to get back to your Father in Heaven. Please read it. Ponder it. Not only is it like instructions for us- but it is a safety net, a comfort. I just finished studying Enos. I love how much he loves his dad! Jacob was awesome you can tell how much Enos loves him. In the last verse, verse 27, ah it makes me cry he says "And I soon go to the place of my rest, which is with my Redeemer; for I know that in him I shall rest." what comfort!! Christ is our rest. Come unto him. Now my favorite part "And I rejoice in the day when my mortal shall put on immortality, and shall stand before him; then shall I see his face with pleasure, and he will say unto me: Come unto me ye blessed, there is a place prepared for you in the mansions of my Father. Amen."
My loved ones, one day we will all face our Maker. I cannot wait for that day. I will work everyday to get there. The feeling I get when I think of seeing my Savior and my Father in Heaven are indescribable. I want to be ready for that day. Thank heavens we have the Atonement, because I am so imperfect and I mess up so much. But I know, with all my heart, that Jesus is the Christ. That the Book of Mormon is the Word of God, and as we abide by it, we can stand blameless before God. I love you. I love my Savior. I love the people of Arizona. Don't let anything stop you from inheriting your place in His mansions above! I am praying for each of you. Have a blessed week and Happy September!
Much love,
Sister Flake
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