Please email me about your lives! I love you all! 
Anywho, I have also officially been a missionary for three months! Time is the fastest yet slowest thing ever on the mission. But I love it, and I love how every day brings something new.
Here are a few things I wanted to highlight from this week:
- ZOCOOO (zone conference)
- Drew the refferal
- Briggs the salesbro
Zone conference:
We were lucky enough to have Elder De Fao of the Seventy and his wife come and speak to us. Their messages along with the Galland's were so powerful and revelatory. At one point in the meeting I just got so emotional realizing I was called to serve an assignment to this mission. Not necessarily Alabama, but to the Galland's. I've only been out here for a couple months, but they have seriously changed my life forever. And I say that with my whole heart. The way they live their lives, the way they receive revelation, and the way they have the Doctrine of Christ embodied in them is inspiring. The light of Jesus Christ RADIATES through them. I will forever be grateful for their examples and for helping me become more like my Savior. God KNEW I needed the Galland's in my life to deepen my own conversion to Jesus Christ. I wish you all could meet them and be in their presence.
Drew:
This guy put in a request to meet with missionaries because he actually wrote a whole college essay about our church a while ago! So, when he saw the 'meet with missionaries' ad, he wanted to basically interview us, but it actually turned into a lesson and he is now super interested after feeling the spirit with us. He is practically already a member, though, because he read up to Mosiah in the Book of Mormon before even meeting us and even knew about Dallin H. Oaks haha. He said that when he read the Book of Mormon last year he noticed how peaceful and happy he felt, and we testified to him that it is the spirit! Hopefully he will continue to want that spirit in his life, and he will get baptized!
Briggs:
He is from Colorado but is in Birmingham right now doing summer sales for another month. God perfectly placed him in our path because he passed us on his little scooter thing as we were outside leaving a member meal. We started chatting and he asked us a few questions about our religion and where we are from. I told him how I was from St. George and he mentioned how he actually has a friend from there that is a member! (If anyone knows a Collin Mills, lemme know) Anywho after we talked for a bit, he leaves and then five minutes later he comes back down the street and says "Wait, I have a question!" He had his friend Cooper on the phone because he was so curious about our church now and knew he was a member. That question turned into many other questions, and we ended up chatting at our car for like 30 minutes. The spirit was so strong and we taught him basically every Gospel principle. By the end of it, he was like "Bro, Collin, should I get baptized?" Collin said he would take him to church this Sunday in Birmingham so we will see what happens! If anyone ever finds out if a Briggs from Colorado gets baptized, let me know!!! This all just goes to show how God is in the details of missionary work. He placed us all at that place at the right time. What are the chances we are at that member's home at that time and he is in Northport on that day in that neighborhood? And the fact that his friend and I are both from St. George? And the fact that we met one of his sale buddies earlier that day? That conversation would have never happened if all those things weren't perfectly positioned. God is so cool!
As of right now we are still working on finding friends to teach and baptize! Most of the elect people we find are either outside our area,YSA, or we have to take them off baptism date haha. Our most progressing friend right now its Ken though; everyone pray for him!
Just know I am praying for you all, and I hope all of your hopes and dreams come true and you have the best week evaaaa. 
And I guess I'll leave ya'll with a little quote before I sign off..."When nothing is expected and everything is appreciated, life becomes magical." Gary B. Sabin
Go have a magical week! 
S️ister Ekins
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