Feb. 29, 2016 Leapin' for joy on LEAP DAY for our Elder Miles:)... "it has been nice to go out and work all day every day!"
Daaaaaaaaaang!
This week has been so good! Elder Trounce and I get along really well which I am so grateful for. He is from Sandy. We are going to have a lesson tomorrow with Shannon and challenge him to baptism. He is so ready. He comes to church EVERY week and loves it. Yesterday he brought his son who is seven. And he was even asking really good questions. Also tomorrow we get to go to the temple again. It is going to be so nice.
This week we were able to do a ton of service. We went with our Zone Leaders off into the mountains of Murrieta to an old lady's house and took care of her horses. And that was super fun. Then we helped a non member lay down sod for a house that he is selling. But unfortunately he wouldn't let us leave without giving us each $100. Dang it. We seriously tried so hard to not accept it but he was actually getting mad that we wouldn't take it. So we did. Then we helped out at a book store. They were having a book sale and we had to clean it all up afterwards. But it has been nice to go out and work all day every day. Sharing the gospel with others is so much fun. And the blessings that come from it are great. Even if it's just a smile on your face.
We are the banner on the mountain. People see us, so it is important that we are always being good examples. That is something that I have learned on my mission. How important it is. And service is one of the best ways to do it. So that's what I want to challenge you to do this week. Offer somebody service. Even just taking someones cart at the grocery store. "The GRO-SER-REE store." - The Best Two Years. Haha that just popped up in my mind.
Any ways, have a good week. Love you all!
Elder Miles
This week has been so good! Elder Trounce and I get along really well which I am so grateful for. He is from Sandy. We are going to have a lesson tomorrow with Shannon and challenge him to baptism. He is so ready. He comes to church EVERY week and loves it. Yesterday he brought his son who is seven. And he was even asking really good questions. Also tomorrow we get to go to the temple again. It is going to be so nice.
This week we were able to do a ton of service. We went with our Zone Leaders off into the mountains of Murrieta to an old lady's house and took care of her horses. And that was super fun. Then we helped a non member lay down sod for a house that he is selling. But unfortunately he wouldn't let us leave without giving us each $100. Dang it. We seriously tried so hard to not accept it but he was actually getting mad that we wouldn't take it. So we did. Then we helped out at a book store. They were having a book sale and we had to clean it all up afterwards. But it has been nice to go out and work all day every day. Sharing the gospel with others is so much fun. And the blessings that come from it are great. Even if it's just a smile on your face.
We are the banner on the mountain. People see us, so it is important that we are always being good examples. That is something that I have learned on my mission. How important it is. And service is one of the best ways to do it. So that's what I want to challenge you to do this week. Offer somebody service. Even just taking someones cart at the grocery store. "The GRO-SER-REE store." - The Best Two Years. Haha that just popped up in my mind.
Any ways, have a good week. Love you all!
Elder Miles
February 22, 2016 "We will get a lot of work done!"
Well my new companion's name is Elder Trounce. I served with him at Edson Range for my second transfer there. He is a really cool guy and an awesome missionary and we will get a lot of work done. Elder Burandt was sick all week so we didn't really do anything because he wouldn't leave the apartment. So I am stoked to have a new companion.
We still haven't been able to meet with Shannon at all. That has been a little frustrating.
So nothing really happened this week. Just sat in the apartment. But that is going to change tomorrow. But I will talk to you all next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
We still haven't been able to meet with Shannon at all. That has been a little frustrating.
So nothing really happened this week. Just sat in the apartment. But that is going to change tomorrow. But I will talk to you all next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
"I have determined that for so long as I have the strength to do so, I will get out and meet with the Saints I love." Gordon B. Hinckley
Make His Way Your Way
https://www.lds.org/youth/video/christlike-attributes?cid=HP_FR_2-19-2016_dPFD_fYTH_xLIDyL1-A_&lang=eng
Feb. 14, 2016 Thank you Heisel Family for "warming our HEARTS"!!:)
Happy Valentines Day!!
Thanks so much to the amazing Heisel Family!! Sister Melissa Heisel posted this photo on Missionary Mommas & wrote, "Spent Valentines Day with these two AWESOME elders..."
P-Day ROLLERBLADING!! Looks fun!!:)
Feb. 16, 2016 Psst...Elder Miles, are we going to hear from you today??? (Have to tease him because it was 5pm our time when he emailed:)
Yeah, sorry I am late to emailing. Today we had a district activity in the morning so we did that then did all of our regular stuff throughout the day and now I'm here.
Anyways this week was clearly a better week than the past couple. We were able to go out and work more and got to become more familiar with a lot of the members. Also, we were able to finally go to our Bishop's house and officially meet his family. They are super cool!
The temperature is gradually rising. Murrieta is known in the mission for it's hot summer. But .. if it is already in the high 80's in February, what does that mean the summer is like? It feels amazing biking in the heat, sweaty, with tight slacks, and a helmet, and a tight collar, sometimes in a suit... Mmmm, But hey! My legs will be personally described in Songs of Solomon 5:15 "His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of gold..." That is one positive way to look at it.
Well we are still only teaching Shannon at this point. Even though he has been super hard to catch because of work and his kid and a handful of other things. But he is coming to church every week and loves it.
My companion, Elder Burandt will be transferred this upcoming Tuesday. And it was also hinted by President Kendrick that I might be training again, so we will see how that works out. But exciting to think about. Things are going well here, and should pick up within the next week or so with the increase of work time so I will have more to email about.
But anyways I am out of time so I will talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Miles
The temperature is gradually rising. Murrieta is known in the mission for it's hot summer. But .. if it is already in the high 80's in February, what does that mean the summer is like? It feels amazing biking in the heat, sweaty, with tight slacks, and a helmet, and a tight collar, sometimes in a suit... Mmmm, But hey! My legs will be personally described in Songs of Solomon 5:15 "His legs are as pillars of marble, set upon sockets of gold..." That is one positive way to look at it.
Well we are still only teaching Shannon at this point. Even though he has been super hard to catch because of work and his kid and a handful of other things. But he is coming to church every week and loves it.
My companion, Elder Burandt will be transferred this upcoming Tuesday. And it was also hinted by President Kendrick that I might be training again, so we will see how that works out. But exciting to think about. Things are going well here, and should pick up within the next week or so with the increase of work time so I will have more to email about.
But anyways I am out of time so I will talk to you next week.
Love,
Elder Miles
Elder Miles shares, "Knowing that as we let God "be for us," as we let him refine us, bend us, with these trials that we have on Earth, and learn from them, nothing can stop us from being our full potential. And I love that. There is a super awesome Mormon message about that..."
http://www.mormonchannel.org/blog/post/the-refiners-fire-mormon-message
Feb. 8, 2016 Dear Elder Miles... I AM YOUR BIGGEST FAN!!! Love, Mom
Hello hello hello. This week has been a very humbling experience. And I had only realized that yesterday during church. I assume a lot of you are aware of the recent struggles that I have had in the field and outside of the field. And as I fasted yesterday, my purpose was to feel peace and comfort with the trials that I have had. During sacrament meeting I felt prompted to open my scriptures. And what I happened to turn to was Romans 8:31 - "What shall we then say to these things? If God be for us, who can be against us?" That hit me pretty hard. God has been putting all of these things in my life because he wants me to turn to him, to let him guide me so that I can strengthen my relationship with him. And I realized that I have been selfish. Blaming others for these internal battles that I was making worse on my own. That I wasn't allowing God's will be my will. And as I understood that, I felt an incredible feeling of peace and comfort. Exactly what I had been fasting for. Knowing that as we let God "be for us," as we let him refine us, bend us, with these trials that we have on Earth, and learn from them, nothing can stop us from being our full potential. And I love that.
There is a super awesome Mormon message about that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIIgm6xABQ
Other than that not a whole lot has been going on. I can testify as a disciple of Jesus Christ that the church is true, the book is blue and Jesus is a mormon.
Talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
There is a super awesome Mormon message about that. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-DIIgm6xABQ
Other than that not a whole lot has been going on. I can testify as a disciple of Jesus Christ that the church is true, the book is blue and Jesus is a mormon.
Talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Feb 1, 2016 Uplifting inspiration from amazing leaders, scriptures & song. These have also been shared with Elder Miles
Trust in the Lord....It was intended that life be a challenge, not so that you would fail, but that you might succeed through overcoming. You face on every hand difficult but vitally important decisions.
- Richard G. ScottLook unto me in every thought;doubt not, fear not.
D&C 6:36
There are occasionally hard days for each of us. Do not despair. Do not give up. Look for the sunlight through the clouds. In a dark and troubled hour the Lord said to those He loved: “Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid”
(John 14:27)
Gordon B. HinckleyIT IS YOUR REACTION TO ADVERSITY, NOT THE ADVERSITY ITSELF, THAT DETERMINES HOW YOUR LIFE’S STORY WILL DEVELOP.
Dieter F. Uchtdorf
When Faith Endures
I will not doubt, I will not fear;
God's love and strength are always near.
His promised gift helps me to find
An inner strength and peace of mind.
I give the Father willingly
My trust, my prayers, humility.
His Spirit guides; his love assures
That fear departs when faith endures.
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear;
but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
2 Timothy 1:7
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