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Hello Hello My Friends & Family!!!

Monday:
Well this day was pretty much the calm before the storm… we are so blessed we have seen an insane amount of miracles. We have found so many people to teach it is very exciting but intimidating and overwhelming as well. When you teach people the most important thing is to keep them progressing in order. To do that we like to set a baptismal date for them to work towards; so my companion and I have decided to help each of our investigators to do this, have faith it could happen!! I know that the Lord would prepare their hearts but I wanted to do everything in my power to be able to help them be ready. I prayed for a long time trying to discover what I could do more, I felt an answer to my prayers in my mind "Be Obedient" and so I was determined to do everything with even more exactness. You know me and rules but that is especially on the mission how the Lord blesses us, so I determined to do so.
Tuesday:
Tuesday we met with Cindy Tatchell and her family her grandson is 9 and we have been teaching him. We taught him a lesson and asked him if he wanted to be baptized he was so excited as well as the whole family. We set a date for June 11th, this will be such a blessing to his whole family. Cindy is doing great and they have all been coming back to church together!! Then directly after that we met our new investigator Camille Dragness she just came to church on Sunday and asked to meet with us she has two little girls and is married to an inactive member. We met with her and her husband, it was a great lesson. The spirit was there she wants very much to be baptized!!! She set a date for June 18th. This day was so amazing. I feel so humbled as I see the Lord’s hand in everything we do!!
Wednesday:
We had received a referral for a couple on Sunday and so we called and set up an appointment to give them a church tour on Wednesday. They were so sweet and have a strong desire to learn. The wife is from Thailand and she is very nice. We taught them the message of the restoration as we showed them around the church. It was so amazing the spirit was there and we committed them to be baptized as well. They are working towards July 25th!!! They were so nice unfortunately we found out they live in another wards boundaries... so the Elders there will be teaching them. I still was very happy to meet with them even if only briefly. The Elders were of course very excited when we called and let them know they had new investigators who were ready to be baptized.
Thursday:
We met with Clifton Ewell he is on date for July 18th and his family. My heart goes out to her as she does what she can to keep her family together. It is nice to teach in their home because it brings in the spirit and everyone can benefit from the lessons.
We also met with Patti Black we have been meeting with her all week actually. She is so amazing her testimony is so strong. I really love her we talked about how she can go through the temple in a year. She asked if I would come back and go with her!!! I was so happy. I can’t imagine a happier day than that; to be able to see her all in white at the temple. This gospel is so amazing... baptism is just the gate and so much more lies in store for all those we teach!
Friday
Today we meet with Wendy and her four children. The lesson was so amazing and when we asked the family to be baptized they said yes!!! I can’t explain the joy that I feel. I have seen miracles everyday this week it is the best experience in the world!!!
Saturday
Well today was interesting, the highlight was our visit to Brother Messenger, he is very old and very strange. The Bishop asked us to visit and share a message with him. Our lesson was very interesting, there was a parrot making some awful bird noise constantly the whole lesson. It was crazy and we brought a 16 year old girl from the ward with us.
Sunday
What a beautiful day, we had such a great turn out for church. We have so many investigators we have to get a lot of help from the ward to get everyone to class and to have someone to sit with!! What a great problem to have! Patti’s baptism was amazing. I wish you could all meet her to understand why I love her so much. You can’t help but love her; she has such a sweet spirit! The baptism was well attended by ward members and many of her family who are not members. I know that she will be a great example to them and I am so happy to have been able to see the change the gospel brought to her life. Wendy and her family also attended the baptism which was wonderful. They are a great family and I am so excited for them. My heart is so so so so so so full!!!
On the way home on Sunday I began to look ahead to the things we need to teach to these wonderful investigators that the Lord has put in our path and I began to feel inadequate. How can I teach them? I am so new and although I am giving everything I have sometimes I feel like I am not up to the task. I was talking to Elder Jenkins my District Leader about all this and he said I just need to trust God. I do trust God and I will work hard and do all that he asks me to do. I know I can't do this but He can. I felt peace last night as I prayed about the coming weeks of teaching. I know that the spirit is what teaches, not me so it is all right if I am new because the spirit has ample experience!!

I love you all,
Sister Graf