Elder Chase Mikkola

  Hey everyone what's shaking. I'm still alive ya ya. It's been a good week, a little slow to the start but it's been good. God's really been coming around with miracles and I'm glad I'm apart of this amazing work. Our friends michael clinton and shati walls got baptized this Saturday and it was amazing to see the joy they had after they came out of the water. Michael has been working hard to quit smoking and this week he had his final pack. I know this gospel has already started to change his life for the better. At one point this week we didn't think he was gonna be baptized. He saw an ad on Facebook and it was about health or something. Like an ad from the church. And he thought it was from elder Kim and I and he thought we were trying to hurt him. He told us he didn't wanna come to church and he didn't wanna get baptized then he called us the day after and apologized and said he wanted to get baptized. Kinda crazy right. But God brought him b...

  This week wasn't as action packed as usual but there were a few exciting things.  I went on exchanges with the zl's who are Spanish speaking missionaries a couple weeks ago and I invited a man to church and set up a return appt and everything in Spanish and he got baptized this weekend. I'm really just a tool in God's hands. His name is Sergio and I met him at a laundry mat and I even had to use Google translate to get to know him even more. But yeah it was an amazing experience and I'm so Happy he made the choice to get baptized.  I ate pizza every single day this past week. It's from a grocery store called uncle gesippes. Honestly it's probably the best pizza I've ever had in my life. I will say that the chicken bacon ranch is probably my favorite pizza. I'll add some pictures don't even worry.  Elder Kim and I pranked the Spanish sisters hard core this week. Probably not the best idea but we stole their keys when they were at the church and ...

  Well everyone the last two weeks have been very eventful. We have been teaching a 12 year old named michael. He's a super well behaved kid and everytime we go over there to his house to teach him I swear he's always half asleep. We taught him all the lessons and he definitely understood how much Jesus Christ is always trying to help him and his family. Michaels mom came up to me after church one day back when i first got here and she told me she wanted us to baptize her son. two months later here we are. I had the opportunity to baptize him and I felt the spirit so strongly. It really reminded me when i was 8 and i got baptized by my dad. I really took that moment for granted for a long time until i really was in the moment like this last saturday. The joy that was on his face after he came out of the water was unreal. Michael told me right after 'i felt heavy before i went in the water but now i feel like i have a shield around me'.  He also got a l...