Elder Drake McFall: Week 82 – Just you wait and see.

First I would have to say I completely undersold Josephine in last week’s email. She is a heaven sent gift! But seriously! This last week we were able to teach her twice. Once at the home where she is a nanny for a member family, then the other time also in a members home. I think something that has really stuck out to me throughout this whole process was when we went to teach on Thursday she said. "If you asked me to be baptized I would say yes", then goes on to talk about because she has seen what the gospel has done for the life of the Gatt family and she knows that the teaching would have to be true because of the good it has done. In a conference talk by Elder Holland entitled "Lord, I Believe" He said, "As Peter and John said once to an ancient audience, I say today, “We cannot but speak the things which we have seen and heard,” and what we have seen and heard is that “a notable miracle hath been done” in the lives of millions of members of this Church. That cannot be denied". I know this is true with my whole heart. When we invite others to "come and see" We are then putting our lives on display. It gives a whole new meaning to our example is our greatest missionary tool. We are really living a miracle by living the restored gospel. Josephine also attended the baptism of a good brother this last weekend. She is so excited for that day she can be baptized! She has been in Canada for 3 Sundays now, been to church every week because she simply wanted to. Before she got invited, she asked to go. The whole teaching process this far has been powerful. She truly is the very elect of the Lord! Her baptism date is for July 5, and she is so excited and looking forward to it. She is already asking what she can do after she is baptized to help others.

I got a real nice surprise this last week also. Do you remember a brother named Ken Mukubezi? I would have talked about him probably a month ago or so. Well he has been being taught by Elder Winnie (the Elder Austin Winnie from back home) and his comp Elder Hentunen. Well things went well; Ken got baptized this last weekend. I got a call on Wednesday night from Elder Winnie telling me that Ken had asked for me to baptize him. I feel so blessed to have been a part of his life in helping him receive that ordinance. To be in that position where I went on the Lord's errand, and helped Ken change his eternal course. Honestly it was incredible. And getting that opportunity to baptism him and pull him back from under the baptismal waters is an experience that changes you. Needless to say, there are miracles everywhere around us!

We are still doing all that we can with less-active brothers and sisters here in the ward and in the stake. It is neat to be able to see others reignite that fire that was burned within their souls. The truths of the gospel are absolute. There are many things that will continue to try to pull us away and make us want to doubt, but to see someone revert to that faith they once had, is yet again another miracle happening in their lives. These brothers are just gold, the salt of the earth! There is so much good to be done.

To share something that has been on my mind a lot recently is really just the absolute need for us to live up to our covenants we have made. To love others as our Father loves us. He loves us all so perfectly, loves us so unconditionally. We need to allow our lives to be further changed by the course that our Father takes us on. So many times do I see people not reaching out to others, don't have that welcome hand or smile. We need to just look up, all of us need to forget ourselves and allow the Lord to bless us as we bless the lives of so many others around us. I am grateful to know that all things in our lives are part of this process of us becoming perfect, as our Father and Savior are. But never, absolutely never, let anything take you away from the truths that are found in this church.

Miracles are everywhere around us, go find them.

Love you. Talk to you soon.

Elder McFall

Ken Mukubezi’s Baptism