God has surely created some beautiful things on this earth to gladden our hearts and our eyes, like these flowers along the road. Except He didn't create the "orange trees" further down the street.
We had a spectacular day this week, one that called to me to eat lunch in the park across the street from our archives building.
My archives team showered me with love after Elder Gong encouraged us to tell our companions something that we appreciate about them.
Look at this humongous marriage contract we found this week! I didn't take the time to stop and read it but we assume it was for some people of great prominence! Look at the scalloped upper edge of the paper!
Our mission has an incredibly lofty goal for baptisms this year! Last year our goal was 248 and we went over that by about 100. The young mission leaders along with president and his wife carefully petitioned the Lord to know what our goal should be for this year. After wrestling with it for some time they came up with 691! 😮 Because this is God's work and He is actively involved in it and because we have obedient, diligent missionaries, I think we're going to make it! Our mission leaders say that God is gathering His children to this part of the world so they can make covenants with Him. And we are just the lucky ones that get to participate in His magnificent work!!
Do you see the "1" on the end of that 690? That's going to be the man on the street who is from Ghana that spoke to me. We had 2 lessons with him this week. The sister missionaries who are teaching him are allowing me to be in the lessons with them and it is SUCH A JOY! He accepted an invitation to be baptized on May 25!
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