11/12/2018 I got to hand feed a Eagle

Hola everyone!

Hope you all had a great week. Mine was amazing! Today included, our entire zone went out to a rich person's house to play in their backyard (on the lake), they didn't really have wifi sadly (it was down), so I didn't get to talk with any of y'all, sorry. I got to do a ton of fun things this week though as service, and got to see some miracles! I'm gonna get into it all before I have to cut stuff out because I procrastinated writing this again.

As for the people we are teaching, we got to see a ton of success with them! We recieved a message for a guy named John Lowe who got a hold of a Book of Mormon and he has "not been able to put it down, [he] loves everything it teaches, and it all fits in so perfectley with the Bible. It basically seems like it is a bunch of books that were missing from the Bible". He is awesome! Annie has been going through rough times, including her stove and washing machine going out. We got in contact with some members who just got a new stove, and they said we could give Annie her old one! That was awesome, and Annie was immensely grateful! Then, we got to see Tarlesha again! We were heading home one night, and I jsut got the feeling we should try by again (always listen to the spirit), and she was there! She was super sorry she missed or last thing, and she invited us right in. She was ecstatic to learn about the Book of Mormon, and was super happy to accept the challenge to be baptized. She plan to be able to on December 22!

As for the fun service and the subject line, we have been going to a local avian rehabilitation group to help them out with stuff every Saturday. Basically, people call them when they find a raptor (eagle, hawk, falcon, and bird that mainly eats living things) that is injured. They determine if it can be helped to be able to live in the wild again, and if so, care and feed it until it can. If not, they will usually keep them and use them for educational things, its really cool. We usually just help with keeping everything clean, the birds all live in these 10x10x10wooden boxes called mews, which we help clean. We also get to help with feeding every now and then, and so that is where the subject line came from! (her name is Windy btw) It is super fun, and the people are awesome. Only two are payed for it (the lady who made it, and one retired veteran), and they recieve next to nothing, the rest (about 10) are volunteers. This last weekend they had a huge festival they do every November called Owl Fest, and it was super fun to organize and help with all that. Sorry, it is call the Avian Reconditioning Center, and its in Apopka, I think the website is arc4raptors.org , you can see pics of all the birds they have. They are awesome! My Favorite is the CaraCara named Quixote.

Other than all of that, this week was just really nice. A lot of stuff jsut kinda lined up, and it was an incredible 'light at the end of the tunnel' for these last few weeks, haha. I'm super gratedul for everything my Heavenly Father made possible this week, and I rediscovered my testimony that just when our challenges and trials seem to much to bear, is exactly when (if we are doing what we should) he delivers us from them and gives us great blessings for enduring them! I know that we are here to be tried and tested, but he will never put us through more than we can bear. So if any of you feel like you are going through that, you have two things to consider: 1. Are you doing all you should for him? and if so, 2. remmeber, He know you better than you do, and if He feels you are ready for these trials, you are! Don't doubt Him! He know and loves you! Thanks again for everything! I'm not sure when we will have wifi tonight, but I hope you all get thisbefore long. I love you all, have an incredible week! Thanks for all the prayers, I feel them every day. I LOVE YOU ALL!!!

<3 Elder Fox