This week was absolutely incredible. We saw Miracle after
Miracle after Miracle. Thank you for praying for us, it really made the
difference.
(In a semi chronological order)
Miracle #1 As I said last week, random guy payed for our
Steak n Shake. AWESOME right? We're convinced he was one of the three Nephites.
Miracle #2 We find this amazing mother of 5 and have a sweet
lesson with her. We teach her again tonight. She and her kids are super
prepared for the gospel.
Miracle #3 First day of the week, Monday, we hit all of our
daily goals!
Miracle #4 Over the weekend I had felt like I had been walking a
tightrope of stresses so much that by Tuesday my
head caught fire with a 24 hour fever. That same day we were biking
hard because we had to save miles on the car for another day. That
afternoon, thanks to missing the bus, we had a decently long bike ride to
our next appointment, E... We were biking along and I was sweaty and my head was
exploding but I just kept my spirits up and I'm glad I did because boy oh
boy did God have a surprise waiting for us. We get to E…'s house and we sit
down and she tells us that she and her boyfriend just separated and now she can
get baptized and she wants me to baptize her! HAPPIEST DAY OF MY LIFE. She has
been waiting for this for over a year. This opening of an opportunity to allow
her to be baptized so suddenly is an answer to our combined prayer and fasting
and sacrifice. She told us "God first" and that she and her family
are going to be stronger and better than ever before. I still can't believe
that it's all finally coming into place, and seemingly so
suddenly. Miracle and nothing less. Her baptismal service is going to be
this Saturday at 4, maybe about the same time that Rachel will be having her
birthday cake! (Happy birthday Rachel!!!)
Alright well it was my intention to go through the week and list
off the miracles that happened every day but I don't have time. So the Miracles
of Monday through Tuesday will have to suffice. But trust that amazing
things literally happened every single day and it was one of the greatest weeks
of my mission. We hit our weekly goals and we had incredible trainings and we
had some super sweet lessons and the spirit was guiding everything and it just
feels like everything fell into place for us. Love you all thank you for your
prayers, Please pray that E…'s baptism goes well and I'll tell you
about it next week!
Elder
Graf
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| Elder Brown, me ,and Elder Foote. Part of the family tree in the mission field. Elder Gibb was my lost son, I don't know where he was in this picture. It was super super fun to see everyone again. |
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| We have a Spanish specialized training at the mission home twice a year. Here's all of us Spainards lined up in the Ohio Cincinnati mission. |
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| Here's me when I wake up in the morning. Ready to fight the world. |
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| Here's our bedroom with a Mexican flag prominently showing. |
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| This is a couple that has been with our mission for a few days. They are Spanish speaking so the Spanish Elders gathered together and took a picture with them. They are going to be Mission President in EL Salvador. |
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We got to spend a few days with them and talk with them about the work in this area. The just got done with a mission in Guatemala as well. Super awesome people.
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| Watching Conference |
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