Charlie's 21st birthday is next Monday, September 1st.  So if you want to send him a birthday email by Sunday, he will get it ON his birthday!  His email is charles.flint@myldsmail.net.


Hola familia,
Yeah Hna Wilcox got taken quick! But that makes sense, because she´s awesome. Yeah we were good friends here in the mission. We did a whole musical together. That was hard, jaja. It is a small world! Well it´s especially small when you live near or in Provo :) But she´s awesome. I wish I had here email to congratulate her, but alas, I do not. So before I forget my address is

c/ San Mateo Nº61, 5ºB
03012 Alicante
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So if anyone wants to send me money or anything :) Just kidding. Well no I´m not kidding, but you know...yeah. So I need to respond to my favorite 10 year old brother. Hey broski, sorry for not responding! That´s awesome that you are the center in football, like you wanted, and it sounds like fun going to Grandma´s. What is your teacher´s name? What is your football teams name? Are you winning all your games? Let me know, and make sure you respond :) So Footloose, awesome! That would be a lot of fun. Lots of dancing! And the Patriarchal Blessing will be amazing. Use it. Sounds like Les Mis should be awesome! I´m suprised that DeGray didn´t get a larger role, but I suppose the Steve Dundford or whatever his name is is awesome too. He did a fantastic job as Jekyll. Or was he Hyde? Hmm...So I heard that the Hale in Orem is going to do Les Mis. I want to try out. Just thought I´d let you know. I don´t know if it would even be possible with school, but I want to try. President gave me permission to figure anything out that I need to for school and I think I¨ve got it all down, I just need to actually put my schedule together, but one thing is for sure. I don´t want to stop doing music and theater. I miss it a lot. I´ve been singing a lot in baptisms and church and stuff and nothing fills me more than sharing my testimony through my song. Really. Some of the most spiritual moments of my life have come through music and I´ve realized something. It´s not just for me that I do it. God has given me a specific set of talents and abilities and almost all of them have to do with music. Well that and a few other things. It´s not that I just want to continue doing music and theater, but that I feel impressed upon to continue. I don´t know. All I know is that when I talk about it or actually perform and share my testimony in that form, that feel the spirit strongly and feel like I should continue. But I need your help. Mom and Dad specifically. What do you think? And tell me clearly. I need help and guidance in this. I will continue, I just want to know how much I should put into it. Should I major in music or in the MDT program? Or should I stick with Psychology and just take some electives? Or should I just keep it as a hobby and something to do at home? Pray with me, and tell me what you feel and think. Your my parents and can recieve revelation to help me. Please do so. Not to pressure you or anything, I mean I still have time to figure things out, but it´s something that has been on my mind. Well at least it is on my mind right now, during the week I don´t think about it.
Today I just wanted to testify that the Spirit can open our hearts and our minds and change us. This week we had a little bit of a situation with one of the people that is going to be baptized in the coming weeks. She is a 15 year old girl and is really one of the best investigators I´ve ever had. She comes every week, she reads and marks what she reads and asks important and pertinent questions. The only little problem that we have is that she lives in our ward, but goes to the other because she has friends there. Not too big a deal, and we talked to the bishops and have it all figured out, but the problem came from some members, "friends" of hers that told her that if she came to our ward that she would lose all contact with her friends and blah blah blah. So long story short, she was very stressed and overwhelmed by the situation and didn´t want to talk with us. On Sunday we finally found out about this, through the bishop of the other ward and pulled her aside to talk to her. We went about it, searching diligently for the spirit. We asked her, who told you that you had to be baptized? And she said, no one I guess. So we asked, then why did you make the decision to do so? And she said, because I felt like it was the right thing to do. And we asked, And where do those feelings come from? From God. Exactly. So who told you that you should be baptized? God did. Does he lie? No. We told her that we wanted the best for her. That we have been praying and talking to everyone we can to help her feel comfortable and come unto Christ. In the end she felt the Spirit and decided to continue. It was amazing to be able to feel the Spirit working through us. I know that the Spirit can change lives. We don´t do that, the Spirit does. But we must be willing and worthy to be guided by it. I haven´t always been willing nor worthy for the guidance of the Spirit, but my goal is to be always. Make it your goal too. I love you all and I hope you have an amazing week!
Con amor,
Elder Flint