Photos courtesy of Carlos Reynoso
June 26, 2017. 💞3 WEEKS LEFT!!💞
Well I am down to 3 weeks. And everybody in my ward is doing a great job of reminding me. That's pretty much all they want to talk about. So that kinda sucks. But it's the truth, time keeps flying by and there's nothing I can do about it.
This week the only thing that is really notable is that we taught Jennifer again. She has been up in Utah visiting the U's campus apparently. She still want's to be baptized and everything. We came up with a plan to make sure that she's ready. We are still trying to figure out a date. It will most likely be after I come home. She said that it could be on the 29th, which would be awesome because we will be back visiting by then. So we will see.
We get to go to the temple tomorrow. Kinda exciting, since I haven't been in over six months. Been a long time coming. I think this week will go by super fast because we have that, then district meeting on wednesday, then exchanges on thursday, and friday, then saturday, then church on sunday. Busy weeks are always the fastest.
There was a quote I read this week that I thought was really cool and applies to everyone in every situation. It's by Jimmy Johnson "The difference between ordinary and extraordinary is that little extra." So this week, work a little harder, serve a little more, and smile a little bigger. Hope everyone has a good week!
Elder Ethan Miles
Bitter sweet changes to come!😄😪
This group will be exiting the California, Carlsbad Mission in the next few weeks!
Love these group messages we get!!💞
"Your sons were over at our house helping build a log cabin, we had a great time!"
June 12, 2017 Great week!!
This week was actually really good! We saw a lot of cool things happen which led to us finding a part member family with 3 non members that want to be baptized.
We made a visit this week to a really old guy that just moved into our ward named Lyle Miller. He is 91 years old. And fought in WWII. He has been losing circulation to his left leg from the knee down. His foot is basically black now. So I'm pretty sure he went into surgery today. But while we were visiting him he told us a ton of crazy stories about the war. How he would go out after battles and find wounded on both sides. And that how a lot of the time, the Americans would shoot the Nazis or whoever they were fighting. But he never shot one person. He would take them prisoner and they would take care of them and stuff. He also baptized a ton of people. Another cool thing is that he was best friends with General George Patton. He hung out with him all the time and was a paw bearer at his funeral after his accident in Heidelberg, Germany. Crazy!
We also met a semi active guy in our ward named Michael Poolman. Who was one of the main construction managers for the Bible videos, and the new temple videos. Both were filmed in Utah right outside of Nephi. That was cool. He came to church yesterday.
Then we ran into that part member family. They aren't married. So we gotta work on that. But he has a son that is 7 that turns 8 next month. She is interested and wants to be baptized, and also has a daughter that is 8 and turns 9 this week. Then they both have a baby that is a month old. They all came to church yesteday and we have a lesson with them this friday. I feel like they have been prepared.
Well that's about it for this week. 5 weeks left and can't wait to see what can come of it. Glad to hear that things are going awesome back home! Cya
Elder Ethan Miles
We made a visit this week to a really old guy that just moved into our ward named Lyle Miller. He is 91 years old. And fought in WWII. He has been losing circulation to his left leg from the knee down. His foot is basically black now. So I'm pretty sure he went into surgery today. But while we were visiting him he told us a ton of crazy stories about the war. How he would go out after battles and find wounded on both sides. And that how a lot of the time, the Americans would shoot the Nazis or whoever they were fighting. But he never shot one person. He would take them prisoner and they would take care of them and stuff. He also baptized a ton of people. Another cool thing is that he was best friends with General George Patton. He hung out with him all the time and was a paw bearer at his funeral after his accident in Heidelberg, Germany. Crazy!
We also met a semi active guy in our ward named Michael Poolman. Who was one of the main construction managers for the Bible videos, and the new temple videos. Both were filmed in Utah right outside of Nephi. That was cool. He came to church yesterday.
Then we ran into that part member family. They aren't married. So we gotta work on that. But he has a son that is 7 that turns 8 next month. She is interested and wants to be baptized, and also has a daughter that is 8 and turns 9 this week. Then they both have a baby that is a month old. They all came to church yesteday and we have a lesson with them this friday. I feel like they have been prepared.
Well that's about it for this week. 5 weeks left and can't wait to see what can come of it. Glad to hear that things are going awesome back home! Cya
Elder Ethan Miles
June 5, 2017
Hey Y'all!
Well today marks the first day of my last transfer. Kinda crazy how fast time is going by!
This week was pretty much same old same old. We still haven't been able to meet with Jennifer. We keep texting and calling the family that she stays with on the weekends and they aren't giving us any updates on what's going on. It's sorta frustrating that we can't really do anything at this point.
We did meet with the Best family this week. They are doing good. We talked a little about him gettting the lessons and working towards being baptized. He said that he would like to give it a try. The only thing is that they won't be able to meet for another two weeks. So we won't really see anything happen with that for a little while.
We aren't really able to find anyone through our own efforts. I am a strong believer that God has to trust the ward before he will let people start getting baptized. And I feel just because of the missionaries in the past, the members have a bad taste of missionary work. So mostly what we are doing is visiting members to get them on the same page. And we get have some awkward visits, even with active members. Just them basically saying they don't want anything to do with us. And I think that I've learned one thing from all of this. And from my mission as a whole. Usually missionaries come back home and say that they want to be like the people they served because of what they were taught by them. And have the same characteristics they have. But I am the complete opposite. I don't want to be anything like the people here. They are just way too selfish and only have the desire to help themselves. It's pretty ridiculous sometimes. So I am grateful that I have had that experience.
I gotta get running now, I might be able to send some pics a little later on in the day.
Hope you all have a good week.
Well today marks the first day of my last transfer. Kinda crazy how fast time is going by!
This week was pretty much same old same old. We still haven't been able to meet with Jennifer. We keep texting and calling the family that she stays with on the weekends and they aren't giving us any updates on what's going on. It's sorta frustrating that we can't really do anything at this point.
We did meet with the Best family this week. They are doing good. We talked a little about him gettting the lessons and working towards being baptized. He said that he would like to give it a try. The only thing is that they won't be able to meet for another two weeks. So we won't really see anything happen with that for a little while.
We aren't really able to find anyone through our own efforts. I am a strong believer that God has to trust the ward before he will let people start getting baptized. And I feel just because of the missionaries in the past, the members have a bad taste of missionary work. So mostly what we are doing is visiting members to get them on the same page. And we get have some awkward visits, even with active members. Just them basically saying they don't want anything to do with us. And I think that I've learned one thing from all of this. And from my mission as a whole. Usually missionaries come back home and say that they want to be like the people they served because of what they were taught by them. And have the same characteristics they have. But I am the complete opposite. I don't want to be anything like the people here. They are just way too selfish and only have the desire to help themselves. It's pretty ridiculous sometimes. So I am grateful that I have had that experience.
I gotta get running now, I might be able to send some pics a little later on in the day.
Hope you all have a good week.
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