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Hey fam,
I can't believe it is Monday again. No seriously, I am kind of freaked out. Elder Grahm and I had a good week this week. Our family we are teaching came to church again. It was way good. We were looking for a member to teach them with. They were concerned about giving up Catholic traditions which is totally understandable. We were thinking about who we could use and them we got a call from Bro. Olsen who suggested a man named Edwardas. We thought that sounded good so we called him up and he was happy to come over. During the lesson he talk his conversion story which was quite incredible. At one point in his life he had given up all hope and sat on the train tracks and just waited for a train to come. The train came and switched onto a different set of tracks. He took that as a sign from God and started looking for truth. After some time he found the church and then moved to England where he found the missionaries and was baptized. He then came home and baptized his entire family. He is not happy with a wife and kids here in Vilnius. His entire family had very thick traditions but they found a hope and light in the Church of Jesus Christ that they wanted to join with. He turned out to be the perfect member. He invited our family and us to go to their house for dinner this week. We are excited for that.
Another miracle that we had the pleasure of seeing was with our investigator Antonas. We met with him this week and he had some concerns. He didn't know what was going to happen to him after baptism. He thought he might have to give up everything to the Lord and not have any money for food. He also thought he would have to go and talk to people on the streets like we do. We were trying to explain to him that he would still live a normal life but it just didn't click because it was coming from us American missionaries. I was thinking about how we needed a member to be there and into the teaching center walked Igor, a member from the Russian branch here. We asked if he could help us out. He was able to testify of the blessings his own baptism had brought him and how he still lived a normal life. He just followed the commandments of the Lord also. It was perfect. After the lesson we asked Igor why he came into the teaching center. He said he really didn't know. He thought that maybe some missionaries would be there and he could say hi but he had no reason to be there. We told him he had a big reason to be there.
God lives and He answers prayers. He looks after his flock. Make sure you are in his flock and that He is your shepherd. The adversary will not support his followers in the last day but slowly leads them down to the gulf of misery and endless woe. Christ will support his children always if they hearken to his voice and follow his commandments. Look for miracles in your daily life. They are tender mercies that let you know that you are where you need to be. Christ lives and his church is on the earth. It doesn't make sense that it wouldn't be. God doesn't look at who we were but who we are and who we can become. This is just some advice i feel like i should write. Learn from the past, don't live in it. I love you all and am grateful for your examples. Thank you for everything.


Elder Cooke