Patience. You know The Plan.

Grandpa with his arms full of future missionaries, Sister Flake and Elder Morgan (thanks for the picture mom)💜

I will miss you Grandpa. I know you will still be with me helping me.💕

Aloha ohana!

"Patience is the capacity to endure delay, trouble, opposition, or suffering without becoming angry, frustrated, or anxious. It is the ability to do God’s will and accept His timing. When you are patient, you hold up under pressure and are able to face adversity calmly and hopefully. Patience is related to hope and faith—you must wait for the Lord’s promised blessings to be fulfilled." -Preach My Gospel, https://www.lds.org/manual/preach-my-gospel-a-guide-to-missionary-service/how-do-i-develop-christlike-attributes?lang=eng 

This week I have learned much about patience, and I still have lots to learn😊 I've had many growing, refining, and tender experiences this week. Ultimately, through it all I know that I can find peace and strength through my Savior. We are given trials to help us grow and learn to rely on our Savior for help. I've been polishing up my song called "Let Him Lead," and felt I should share the words of the bridge in this week's email: "It's so easy to focus on the pain and the doubt, but when you do that you lose God from your view. Instead keep your eyes set on the One who set you free. Don't walk alone on a path meant for two." Let the Savior lead you every step of the way. When you keep your focus on Him, you can find joy in ANY circumstance.

We tried the Otai stand on the side of the road on the way to Longs and Tamuras for grocery shopping! the Otai from this stand was suuuper good! I'd say it was definitely better than PCC's fiafia farms, but fiafia farms gives us the otai for free. (this one was $5). Worth it though!

This otai was more "legit" otai. It had shredded pineapple, mango, orange, and coconut all mixed together in a chunky smoothie type mixture. Sounds gross but it was delicious, I promise!

The end of my otai... here's what it looks like consistency-wise

-Tom from Washington state was baptized on Saturday! I feel grateful to have been a small part of his conversion experience. He was a Bible request through mormon.org. I contacted him, and then sent his information to the local missionaries to have them visit. He began reading the Book of Mormon after the missionaries' first visit, and God had been preparing his mind and heart to receive the witness from the Holy Ghost that it is the word of God. You know what they say, "it's the Book of Mormon that gets ya!"😉 The Book of Mormon and Bible really do clarify each other. We can't pick one or the other! It amazes me how much God prepares the people He sends to us. Tom said he has been much more at peace with things since learning more about the gospel of Jesus Christ. He loves the Book of Mormon. Tom experienced the transformation that comes as we have faith, repent, are baptized by restored authority from God, receive the gift of the Holy Ghost, and try to live faithfully every day!

Pday morning temple trip! It was much-needed❤

-I GOT TO SEE THE PROPHET THIS WEEK!!!!! It was absolutely incredible!! I know that God really has called a Prophet to walk beside us and point out the way. He is the watchman on the tower, and he sees oncoming challenges that we otherwise cannot detect! Here is a link to his devotion here in Hawaii: https://www.lds.org/broadcasts/watch/hawaii-broadcast/2018/04?lang=eng One of the things that stuck out to me from his message to us was a comment he made about death. He said that our sojourn is finite--it's limited--here on earth. No matter how much we humans learn, and TRY to postpone our departure from this life, God ultimately controls that timing. Our bodies are intended to grow old. God is in control and His timing is perfect. When he said that, I thought of my Grandpa Morgan. I felt that he would be "graduating" this life soon (just like all of the students here at BYU-Hawaii who graduated on Saturday). God really is in control. His will be done. We can pray for "courage to accept [His] will, to listen and obey."

-I reeeeaaallllyyyy wanted to send the link for the video we show here in the VC called "God's Plan for His Families," but it is only available in Visitors Centers, so next time you're in Salt Lake City, go the the visitors center on Temple Square and see it! I know that our families really can be together forever through the temple. I know that I will see my Grandpa Morgan again. I know that he is now one of my angels helping me each day as I try to do the Lord's work.

Keep smiling, and keep your focus on the Lord! You are never alone. Just as Elder Holland said, "Don’t you quit. You keep walking. You keep trying. There is help and happiness ahead—a lot of it... You keep your chin up. It will be all right in the end. Trust God and believe in good things to come.” -https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1999/10/an-high-priest-of-good-things-to-come?lang=eng

I know that God's timing is perfect. He is with us in our trials.
I love you all dearly and will be extra-earnestly praying for you by name this week.
Sister Flake

KEEP SMILING!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊💕💕💕💕💕😘😘

I branched out and bought a HONEYDEW this week!! #adventurous😉

Lunch with the Chongs! Sister Chong's famous homemade parmesan bread is in the middle>>> It's made with whole wheat!

Chong's lunch group! I can't believe we only have one more with them before they go home:'( Cho, Kasamatsu, Boyce, Lee, Pressley, Wu, Takara, Lam, Yun, Flake

pday Dinner with the Hokansons from Oregon. They are so great! They gave us quinoa for Sis Wu to try this week>>>

I finished my PB pretzels this week. I was feelin' the love from home through food!