Some of the coolest miracles of my mission (and racoons)

 (Elder Slade)

To the best friends and family a person could hope for!

I had some of the coolest miracles of my mission so far this week! We randomly got a call out to the blue Tuesday night from a woman named Sandy. We didn't know about her at all, but she just went off for about 30 minutes talking about how she loved General Conference! She had watched it for the past 6 and a half years, but this one touched her alot! She said she was 80% LDS, just not baptized! 😂 We set up a lesson for the next day, and had such a spiritual lesson! It was amazing to hear her experience of the Lord preparing her to get to this point. We asked her if she would be willing to be baptized, and she said she wanted to go to church for a few weeks, and then we can work on that! It was an amazing miracle!

We had another miracle at the airport this week! We were picking up a missionary that got sent out, and a random guy stopped us as we were heading back to the car. He jumped out of his car and said, "Hey! I just picked up my girlfriend from the airport and she's a nonmember of the church. I'd like to get married in the temple sometime, and I need someone to help teach her! Could we exchange numbers and you could come teach her?" It was amazing! God has just been placing people in our path to teach! The miracles have been insane!!!

I know all of these blessing are coming from the Lord! This work is His, and I hope to just be an instrument in His hands. As we make His will our will, he can use us to accomplish His great purposes. There's nothing more than I want, than to be His tool here to bless the lives of others. He is in charge, and I consider it an honor to be a part of it.

Love you all!

Pictures:

1. Went on amazing exchange with Elder Skousen. What a beast!

2-5. I was walking out of my closet, turned the corner, and I stopped as I saw something staring at me outside the window well. It just happened to be a Racoon! We called our mission president, and he had a huge fishing net. We ran and grabbed that and a dog kennel, and went on a raccoon hunt. He was not happy, but we caught it, and drove it out to a canal in the country and released it! It was a pretty crazy experience! 🦝