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The Biggest. Order. The Office. Has EVER SEEN!!!

As the mission has been working hard with the new temple, we've been running low on materials. 

We actually ran out of Books of Mormon (dont fight me on how to say it, thats how it is!) and we were really low on basically everything else. 

So our mission Presidente called out the big guns, and I got to work! 

It was the biggest material order this office has ever seen, and I got the honor to call in the nuke with my name! 

We spent a whole morning unpacking, organizing, and stocking the offfice shelves. 

That stack of Books of Mormon is 4 layers deep, we ordered over 1000! 

We now have sufficent boxes to make a nice missionary fortress. 

Following up with the classic BMW photo roll, I found this old beauty parked outside near the Temple, and I had to stop and grab some pictures. 

I've got a problem. 

After about a year without chocolate chip cookies, my mother sent me a pack of cookie mix, and i sent them to the office worker Hermana Gibby asking her to cook em up for me, and man did they turn out good! 

I gave some to a few members, and they came to me this Sunday asking for more. THANKS BETTY CROCKER!

Speaking of not having cookies in over a year, I'm coming up on my one year mark! Actually, I'll be coming home the 1st of October in 2019, so I'll be home in exactly a year! How fast the time goes.

We've been helping out a lot with the temple open house, perks of being the office man! We had to bring in some heaters for our sisters that are killin it behind the scenes, sending out all the references that we get from the open house. 

We also got to do some latenight, after hours running around Concepcion to help the sister missionaries get to their new houses and whatnot. 

It's been crazy, but it's been such fun work. 

Now into the REAL good news of this week. You guys might remember Camila from a few weeks ago. As I said, she dropped of our radar and we had to cancel her baptism for good. 

My comp and I had been pretty bummed and we were a little low in spirit. One night, we were out searching for people, and after some stingy Chileans slammed the door in our faces, we were about to give up. We turned to walk away, and saw a Haitian man, standing iluminated under a street light. My comp looked at me and said, "Wanna try him?" I shrugged and we walked towards him. We met Michelet, a Haitian man that's been in Chile for 9 months, but lived in the Dominican Republic for 8 years and speaks spanish very well. 

We talked and talked, and he told us that he'd been searching for a church ever since he got here. I immediatly perked up and invited him to church this Sunday. He excitedly replied that he would love to go! We headed out, our spirits high and new hope in our hearts. 

The next day, we had planned to go to the temple with a family, but they told us 2 hours before we were going to go, that they couldnt make it. We got bummed again, and my comp remembered our new friend Michelet. We gave him a call, and asked if he'd like to go visit the temple with us. He said, "Yes! Give me 15 minutes and lets go!" We passed by to find him, and he was waiting for us outside. We went to the temple, and we got to know him really well. 

He had lost his older brother 2 years ago, and is working to support his brothers, sisters, and mother in Haiti. We went thru the temple, and I knew he felt the spirit. As we left, we asked him what he thought... 

He told us, "I feel so content," and told us that he had learned a lot and loved the visit. Sunday, we picked him up to go to church. He was waiting for us, ready in his church clothes, with his Book Of Mormon in hand. We got to church, the whole shabang, and we decided to invite him to baptism. We went to the font, and just asked him, "Michelet, would you like to be baptized?" He told us "Yes", no questions asked. He told us he wants to be clean and start new, and he knows that God will bless him and his family. 

Long story short, Michelet has a date for the 20th, and he is HYPED! 

AND SO ARE WE!!! 

In the 3rd hour, the Bishop asked Michelet to introduce himself, and the things he said touched my heart. He said he was here in the church because his new brothers, his new friends invited him and he wanted to learn more about God and that he was very excited to be here. 

He said, "The missionaries are my best friends, and my family said that the best friends are friends from the church. And I'm excited to finally have the opportunity to learn more about God and be in church. God bless you all". 

I know that this work isn't easy, and it's not supposed to be. But God gives us the blessing, in this case the miracles, that we need when we need them. 

God gave us the miracle of Michelet, and I know that we found him because God wants him to progress. This expereince has been one of the sweetest experiences from my mission, and I Know that God made it just for me. 

I love this work and I know that it helps people, especially Michelet. 
I love you all and thank you for your weekly love and support. 

You're the best. Have a great week, stay safe and keep rolling!

much love,

-Elder Grant Lewis