"The San Diego Temple is my FAVORITE temple! Being able to go inside as a missionary was the best experience of my entire life."
Elder Miles
October 2015
Nov. 2, 2015 We worked our very hardest and we felt very accomplished
This week was really good. Our teaching pool is still really low, but Elder Rudd and I worked our very hardest. And we felt very accomplished. One thing that I learned this week was to have patience. That has been something that I have let go the last couple weeks & one of the things that I saw help with that, is prayer.
Prayer is something that you can just start to take advantage of in your life and your prayers become less thoughtful. But this week as I made my prayers more specific and special, the blessings that I saw from it were amazing. One of them being more patient with others.
Elder Rudd and I are really getting along with each other. It is weird having somebody that you have never seen in your entire life, and in 5 minutes you are told that you have to be with each other 27/7. (typo is staying because of the irony...:) And this last week we have really bonded and have really good companionship unity. And it is cool how we see the spirit working through us like we are the same person. For instance, I felt like we should stop by one of the members in our ward and when I talked to Elder Rudd about it he was feeling the same way. So we stopped by their house and helped them overcome some of the trials that they were having. So that was cool.
WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE!!!! It would be facebook official (if we had facebook) that the San Diego Temple is my favorite temple. Oh my goodness. I have been on the grounds before, but being there as a missionary just made it so much more special. And the spirit was so strong! It was the best experience of my entire life. I am so grateful for temples.
Yesterday we were told that we were in charge of teaching the Gospel Principles class in sunday school. We were informed of this at the end of sacrament. That was definitely an adventure. But the topic was easy and that helped the lesson flow a little bit easier. That was another good experience of learning how to rely on the spirit. As in D&C 84:85 "Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man."
Well that is about it for this week. I love you all.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Prayer is something that you can just start to take advantage of in your life and your prayers become less thoughtful. But this week as I made my prayers more specific and special, the blessings that I saw from it were amazing. One of them being more patient with others.
Elder Rudd and I are really getting along with each other. It is weird having somebody that you have never seen in your entire life, and in 5 minutes you are told that you have to be with each other 27/7. (typo is staying because of the irony...:) And this last week we have really bonded and have really good companionship unity. And it is cool how we see the spirit working through us like we are the same person. For instance, I felt like we should stop by one of the members in our ward and when I talked to Elder Rudd about it he was feeling the same way. So we stopped by their house and helped them overcome some of the trials that they were having. So that was cool.
WE WENT TO THE TEMPLE!!!! It would be facebook official (if we had facebook) that the San Diego Temple is my favorite temple. Oh my goodness. I have been on the grounds before, but being there as a missionary just made it so much more special. And the spirit was so strong! It was the best experience of my entire life. I am so grateful for temples.
Yesterday we were told that we were in charge of teaching the Gospel Principles class in sunday school. We were informed of this at the end of sacrament. That was definitely an adventure. But the topic was easy and that helped the lesson flow a little bit easier. That was another good experience of learning how to rely on the spirit. As in D&C 84:85 "Neither take ye thought beforehand what ye shall say; but treasure up in your minds continually the words of life, and it shall be given you in the very hour that portion that shall be meted unto every man."
Well that is about it for this week. I love you all.
Love always,
Elder Miles
October 26, 2015 Keep working hard & things will work out
Training has definitely been an experience. I don't know what I am doing 99% of the time. And it is frustrating because I don't feel like an effective missionary…
(per Elder Miles' request his "venting" was for his parents only:) Surely other missionaries can relate) he continues...
…I guess just keep doing what we are doing and have faith that things will eventually work out.
Some good things this week… It was Elder Rudd's birthday on Friday. So I made him breakfast! Also, I figured how good I am at basketball! (and how much of a waste it was that I didn't play in high school) I like watching the sunsets here. They are so colorful every night. The clouds look like cotton candy and I want to eat them. It really isn't as bad as I make it sound I guess. But it just has been super slow the last couple weeks. It should pick up here pretty soon.
Well sorry about the not so good email. I just had to vent a little. Anyways this week should be better. We just have to keep working hard and things will work out. I will talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles.
(per Elder Miles' request his "venting" was for his parents only:) Surely other missionaries can relate) he continues...
…I guess just keep doing what we are doing and have faith that things will eventually work out.
Some good things this week… It was Elder Rudd's birthday on Friday. So I made him breakfast! Also, I figured how good I am at basketball! (and how much of a waste it was that I didn't play in high school) I like watching the sunsets here. They are so colorful every night. The clouds look like cotton candy and I want to eat them. It really isn't as bad as I make it sound I guess. But it just has been super slow the last couple weeks. It should pick up here pretty soon.
Well sorry about the not so good email. I just had to vent a little. Anyways this week should be better. We just have to keep working hard and things will work out. I will talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles.
October 19, 2015 We're sending you our prayers Elder Miles!!:)
Well another transfer down. And I also hit my 3 month mark this week. Tomorrow is transfer meeting and Elder Wight is getting transferred. I also will be training a new missionary for the next 2 transfers! Crazy weird. When I found out that I would be training on Tuesday it made me get really stressed out. Probably more than I have been stressed in a long long time. Mainly because I still don't know the area because it is so huge.
So this week wasn't the greatest. Our recent convert, Lili, has been making excuses to not come to our ward and to only go to sacrament meeting and not to come to activities and to go shopping on Sundays, etc. And that has been really frustrating for Elder Wight and I.
I have also gained a fear of white people. There are a lot of hispanics in my area and when you see the rare white person they are usually a basher looking for mormon missionaries.
You guys have been asking a lot of questions about how missionary work is done here so I will update you a little bit. We never tract. It is the most uneffective thing you can ever do. We contact on the street to people we pass by. We only place a Book of Mormon if the person sets up a return appointment and is willing to take it. So that is very rare. A set of the elders in our zone had this investigator that wouldn't even look at the Book of Mormon because she had been told by her "Christian" preacher that they are all cursed and you will die if you look at the Book of Mormon.
Our mission motto is "Laser beam." We only work with the elect. Drop those that aren't quite there yet. It isn't worth the time to work with somebody that isn't going to act on what we ask them to do. In this mission we find, teach, and baptize. It is all very fast pace, no lollygaging around. I don't know how to spell that. Lessons have changed from how they used to be. We are trained not to memorize anything from Preach My Gospel. We teach from our own experiences and knowledge. So that is a little background on how the work is done down here. I like it though because there is always something productive to be doing. And it is fun when we work hard. "If you don't attack the mission, the mission attacks you." - President Kendrick. Because I am in a YSA ward right now we don't use bikes we drive everywhere because our area is the size of the southern end of Salt Lake Valley.
I am glad that I decided to come on a mission. It has brought so many blessings in my life and in the life of others as well. And it is way cool to see that. Anyways I have to go now. Talk to you all next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
So this week wasn't the greatest. Our recent convert, Lili, has been making excuses to not come to our ward and to only go to sacrament meeting and not to come to activities and to go shopping on Sundays, etc. And that has been really frustrating for Elder Wight and I.
I have also gained a fear of white people. There are a lot of hispanics in my area and when you see the rare white person they are usually a basher looking for mormon missionaries.
You guys have been asking a lot of questions about how missionary work is done here so I will update you a little bit. We never tract. It is the most uneffective thing you can ever do. We contact on the street to people we pass by. We only place a Book of Mormon if the person sets up a return appointment and is willing to take it. So that is very rare. A set of the elders in our zone had this investigator that wouldn't even look at the Book of Mormon because she had been told by her "Christian" preacher that they are all cursed and you will die if you look at the Book of Mormon.
Our mission motto is "Laser beam." We only work with the elect. Drop those that aren't quite there yet. It isn't worth the time to work with somebody that isn't going to act on what we ask them to do. In this mission we find, teach, and baptize. It is all very fast pace, no lollygaging around. I don't know how to spell that. Lessons have changed from how they used to be. We are trained not to memorize anything from Preach My Gospel. We teach from our own experiences and knowledge. So that is a little background on how the work is done down here. I like it though because there is always something productive to be doing. And it is fun when we work hard. "If you don't attack the mission, the mission attacks you." - President Kendrick. Because I am in a YSA ward right now we don't use bikes we drive everywhere because our area is the size of the southern end of Salt Lake Valley.
I am glad that I decided to come on a mission. It has brought so many blessings in my life and in the life of others as well. And it is way cool to see that. Anyways I have to go now. Talk to you all next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
October 12, 2015 The AP'S are GREAT!!
Sorry, I forgot to tell everyone, because yesterday was Columbus day that all of the library's are closed. So that is why I am emailing a day late.
That is awesome that Jackson got his mission call!! Tell him how cool that is from me and I wish him the best of luck. Or he can email me too that would be sweet.
This week was really good. Everything is still pretty slow, but we were able to go on exchanges with the Assistants to the President. Elder Green and Elder Farley. I went with Elder Farley. They are really great missionaries! I learned so much from them with even just being with Elder Farley for a couple hours!
Last Tuesday we had a really late dinner with a member. His name is Danny Tanner. We went to this place called Rubio's. It is basically a fish taco restaurant but I was able to get some enchiladas. As we were finishing eating and about to leave this lady walked up to us and started saying how we "have such a good energy" and that she felt comfortable talking to us and asking us a question. She asked us if we could give her a ride home. Of course as missionaries we can't, but Danny said that he could & she said how grateful she was. Then she said, "I have also been training to be a spiritual channeler." As soon as she said that I knew that it was going to go downhill from there. So she started off by "channeling" Elder Wight. Saying how much his mother loves him. And how he has a beautiful girlfriend and how she loves him too. Then she went to me saying pretty much the opposite of what she told Elder Wight. Then she went to Danny, saying how he doesn't have a girlfriend, (which is technically right because he is engaged) and how he will meet her in exactly 4 months. Then she grabbed all of our hands and said that she is sending all of us love through her touch. Then she went to the bathroom and Danny was freaking out saying how he wanted to leave and how she is going to kill him. But we told him that we would follow them to make sure nothing would happen. So she came out and we got in the cars and started driving. They ended up pulling into this dark alley that was lined with apartments so we just pulled off to the side of the road and waited...
This is the account from Danny of what happened. She was telling him how jealous she is of this girl that he is going to meet because he is so good looking. And said, "Can I at least have a hug before you leave?" Then Danny replied, "Uhhhh I .. guess." So as she was getting closer he realized she didn't want just a hug. She was going to try to kiss him as well. So he turned his head and she pretty much made out with is ear. Gross!!! Then she awkwardly got out of the car and went inside. Then Danny called us freaking out!... If it doesn't sound funny as you were reading that, it was hilarious in person because this lady was absolutely nuts! And her shirt said "love at first sight." So yeah she was pretty weird. So that was one of the funny parts about this week.
Another good part is we have another member who has a girlfriend that is starting to get interested in the church and we are going to start teaching her here in the next couple days. So that is going to be solid. But other than that things have been pretty mellow. But I have to go now so I will talk to you all later!
Love always,
Elder Miles
That is awesome that Jackson got his mission call!! Tell him how cool that is from me and I wish him the best of luck. Or he can email me too that would be sweet.
This week was really good. Everything is still pretty slow, but we were able to go on exchanges with the Assistants to the President. Elder Green and Elder Farley. I went with Elder Farley. They are really great missionaries! I learned so much from them with even just being with Elder Farley for a couple hours!
Last Tuesday we had a really late dinner with a member. His name is Danny Tanner. We went to this place called Rubio's. It is basically a fish taco restaurant but I was able to get some enchiladas. As we were finishing eating and about to leave this lady walked up to us and started saying how we "have such a good energy" and that she felt comfortable talking to us and asking us a question. She asked us if we could give her a ride home. Of course as missionaries we can't, but Danny said that he could & she said how grateful she was. Then she said, "I have also been training to be a spiritual channeler." As soon as she said that I knew that it was going to go downhill from there. So she started off by "channeling" Elder Wight. Saying how much his mother loves him. And how he has a beautiful girlfriend and how she loves him too. Then she went to me saying pretty much the opposite of what she told Elder Wight. Then she went to Danny, saying how he doesn't have a girlfriend, (which is technically right because he is engaged) and how he will meet her in exactly 4 months. Then she grabbed all of our hands and said that she is sending all of us love through her touch. Then she went to the bathroom and Danny was freaking out saying how he wanted to leave and how she is going to kill him. But we told him that we would follow them to make sure nothing would happen. So she came out and we got in the cars and started driving. They ended up pulling into this dark alley that was lined with apartments so we just pulled off to the side of the road and waited...
This is the account from Danny of what happened. She was telling him how jealous she is of this girl that he is going to meet because he is so good looking. And said, "Can I at least have a hug before you leave?" Then Danny replied, "Uhhhh I .. guess." So as she was getting closer he realized she didn't want just a hug. She was going to try to kiss him as well. So he turned his head and she pretty much made out with is ear. Gross!!! Then she awkwardly got out of the car and went inside. Then Danny called us freaking out!... If it doesn't sound funny as you were reading that, it was hilarious in person because this lady was absolutely nuts! And her shirt said "love at first sight." So yeah she was pretty weird. So that was one of the funny parts about this week.
Another good part is we have another member who has a girlfriend that is starting to get interested in the church and we are going to start teaching her here in the next couple days. So that is going to be solid. But other than that things have been pretty mellow. But I have to go now so I will talk to you all later!
Love always,
Elder Miles
Pre-Mission photos...I can't believe I haven't posted these yet! Brit Mitchell, you are AMAZING Girl & we love you bunches!!! Thank you so much!! You captured our
Elder Miles perfectly right here...Oooo they are all beautiful, but I
must say this is my very favorite! Ethan's contagious smile is forever
frozen in time & etched on his mama's heart...
Elder Miles perfectly right here...Oooo they are all beautiful, but I
must say this is my very favorite! Ethan's contagious smile is forever
frozen in time & etched on his mama's heart...
Oct. 5, 2015 Move on and WORK HARD!!
Yes, Conference was amazing this weekend. But I still can't say that I have watched every single session. I missed the whole first Sunday session because we were up at Edson Range teaching the Marine recruits. But we did have a baptism up there Sunday morning so that was worth it anyways! It is funny because the font is in a non-denominational christian church building that they have up there. And when we walked in to start setting up they were just finishing up their service. They were all up dancing and yelling and there was this live band that was just crazy loud with electric guitars and everything. And then they walked out whispering to us that our church is wrong hahahaha. Elder Wight and I were just laughing. And seeing all of that just made me so grateful for the restoration of the gospel. So that we know how to correctly worship Heavenly Father and to truly feel the spirit.
I forgot to bring my notes that I took from conference and can't remember what I wanted to share. So I will share it next week. This last week has been pretty uneventful. We haven't had anybody solid to teach since our baptism. So all we have been doing is walking around contacting. It is rough sometimes because a lot of people are so negitive. I am legit scared of white people now haha. Because they aren't afraid to speak their mind and we aren't allowed to say anything back if people start to bash us. So we just sit there and take it. But it is amusing most of the time. But it is so much more fun when we just forget the last shot and move on and work hard.
Sorry my emails haven't been very descriptive lately. We have had so much to get done on pday lately and that is the same today. So I need to go now but you all are always in my prayers and I love you all so much and grateful for your examples.
Love always,
Elder Miles
I forgot to bring my notes that I took from conference and can't remember what I wanted to share. So I will share it next week. This last week has been pretty uneventful. We haven't had anybody solid to teach since our baptism. So all we have been doing is walking around contacting. It is rough sometimes because a lot of people are so negitive. I am legit scared of white people now haha. Because they aren't afraid to speak their mind and we aren't allowed to say anything back if people start to bash us. So we just sit there and take it. But it is amusing most of the time. But it is so much more fun when we just forget the last shot and move on and work hard.
Sorry my emails haven't been very descriptive lately. We have had so much to get done on pday lately and that is the same today. So I need to go now but you all are always in my prayers and I love you all so much and grateful for your examples.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Sept. 28, 2015 Alma 32:26-33...I challenge you all to read that!
Lili was baptized on Saturday with her little sister Juli! That was probably one of the most spiritual experiences I have ever had. They both had the cheesiest grins the whole time and it was so cool to see. When we first met Lili she was pretty much, I guess you could say, Atheist. But we have been able to see the happiness and the blessings that come from living the gospel in another person. As she acted upon faith we were able to see the story that is told in Alma 32:26-33. And I challenge you all to read that.
Other than that this was pretty uneventful haha. We don't have any investigators anymore so we have just been contacting and stopping by members to get referrals. It was really hot though. So we stopped an Ice cream truck and got some sweets. The person in the picture is a recent convert named Robert. He is pretty cool.
I can't believe that my second transfer is almost over. And that I have been out for 73 days?? Time flies by when you are having fun I guess. Like really this is the best thing I have ever done. It is so much fun every day. We play this game when we are walking around. It is called rock soccer. You try to kick rocks between each others legs while we are walking. And who ever scores the most before we get back in the car wins haha. So that is always entertaining. And just talking to people and hearing their experiences is always pretty cool as well. There are a lot of weird people.
Well I have to head out now. Talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Other than that this was pretty uneventful haha. We don't have any investigators anymore so we have just been contacting and stopping by members to get referrals. It was really hot though. So we stopped an Ice cream truck and got some sweets. The person in the picture is a recent convert named Robert. He is pretty cool.
I can't believe that my second transfer is almost over. And that I have been out for 73 days?? Time flies by when you are having fun I guess. Like really this is the best thing I have ever done. It is so much fun every day. We play this game when we are walking around. It is called rock soccer. You try to kick rocks between each others legs while we are walking. And who ever scores the most before we get back in the car wins haha. So that is always entertaining. And just talking to people and hearing their experiences is always pretty cool as well. There are a lot of weird people.
Well I have to head out now. Talk to you next week.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Gotta get their COOL on...
Elder Miles, Elder Wight & Robert (a recent convert) stop
an ice cream truck for a cold treat!
A GREAT REMINDER!!:)
Elder Miles sure likes to
take pictures of the California Carlsbad
WILDLIFE!!
"Give 'em the LAAAzy Eye!!"
(that's from one of Ethan's favorite animated
movies...name that show!!)
September 21, 2015 Sisters scheduled to be baptized!! So exciting!!
Hola familia y amigos!
I have been trying to remember some of my Spanish this week. There are a ton of Mexicans that live here that don't speak a lick of english, so I have learned about 5 phrases to find out if they are interested and where they live to send the missionaries. It is still a struggle sometimes, but that has been fun.
Our investigator Lili passed her interview and is getting baptized this Saturday by one of our recent converts. It is amazing to see how far she has come and the blessings that have come from her decision. She is getting baptized with her sister Juli who is 13 years old. How special would that be to be baptized on the same day as your sibling. Pretty darn special I'll tell ya.
Our other investigators Gilberto, Jonathan, and Alian are all doing pretty good as well. Alian and Jonathan have dates for the 3rd of October but that will hold only as long as they keep coming to church. They have told us the difference it makes in their week when they do come to church. Which is something that I wish I would have taken more seriously before I came out on my mission. Church is so, so important when it comes to learning and the growth of your testimony. Our Father in Heaven has set apart that day for us to worship him. And in return he has promised us so many blessings that we as human beings can't even comprehend. So I encourage everyone to go to church with the intent to learn. And you will be able to feel the spirit so much more and you will be able to put those things that you do learn into your trials throughout the week.
Tuesday was an awesome day! We got rain! And not just a little drizzle. It poured and poured and poured! So awesome! We were out walking around when it started and within 10 minutes there was so much water, when cars would drive by they would splash huge rooster tails on us. But we were just laughing and having fun. Unfortunately everyone disappeared into their homes.
Sorry I don't send long emails. I don't have a lot of time to be on the computers and I just don't like typing very much. So yeah. But I do have to go now. I will talk to you all next week!
Love always,
Elder Miles
I have been trying to remember some of my Spanish this week. There are a ton of Mexicans that live here that don't speak a lick of english, so I have learned about 5 phrases to find out if they are interested and where they live to send the missionaries. It is still a struggle sometimes, but that has been fun.
Our investigator Lili passed her interview and is getting baptized this Saturday by one of our recent converts. It is amazing to see how far she has come and the blessings that have come from her decision. She is getting baptized with her sister Juli who is 13 years old. How special would that be to be baptized on the same day as your sibling. Pretty darn special I'll tell ya.
Our other investigators Gilberto, Jonathan, and Alian are all doing pretty good as well. Alian and Jonathan have dates for the 3rd of October but that will hold only as long as they keep coming to church. They have told us the difference it makes in their week when they do come to church. Which is something that I wish I would have taken more seriously before I came out on my mission. Church is so, so important when it comes to learning and the growth of your testimony. Our Father in Heaven has set apart that day for us to worship him. And in return he has promised us so many blessings that we as human beings can't even comprehend. So I encourage everyone to go to church with the intent to learn. And you will be able to feel the spirit so much more and you will be able to put those things that you do learn into your trials throughout the week.
Tuesday was an awesome day! We got rain! And not just a little drizzle. It poured and poured and poured! So awesome! We were out walking around when it started and within 10 minutes there was so much water, when cars would drive by they would splash huge rooster tails on us. But we were just laughing and having fun. Unfortunately everyone disappeared into their homes.
Sorry I don't send long emails. I don't have a lot of time to be on the computers and I just don't like typing very much. So yeah. But I do have to go now. I will talk to you all next week!
Love always,
Elder Miles
Sept. 14, 2015 Elder Miles is in the right place!! "I love the heat! It feels so good!!"...
Again .. Go Cougars! Haha... a member showed me the highlights to the game. Pretty sketchy at some points but they pulled it off. The pick 6 at the end was awesome.
This week was just another normal week. Nothing too exciting. None of our investigators went to church. And we didn't have our baptism yesterday. All of our investigators except for one are pretty unreliable. So Elder Wight and I get frustrated sometimes. We have canceled Gilberto for baptism until he shows us some motivation. And then there is a kid named Jonathan that is hard to read what is going on inside his head. He always has this blank stare and you have no idea what he is thinking. And when he does comment it's way off. So he is pretty difficult. But we have Lili that is way solid. We have had to move her date a couple times because of interview questions, but she has been trying her hardest to make those changes in her life. It is awesome that she see's the blessings that she is receiving from those changes, and that she is recognizing the promptings from the spirit. So that is pretty cool.
But yeah this week nothing really happened. A lot of our appointments fell through so we spent most of the times contacting. Plus it was pretty hot this week. On Tuesday it was 93 degrees at 10:30 in the morning. With 78% humidity. So we were sweating quite a bit. But I love the heat it feels so good. Elder Wight likes the cold so when we get back in the car he turns on the A/C then I get freezing. So I dont like that we have a car. But that is about it for this week. Sorry not much happened but hopefully this next week will be better! Cant wait to see!! Talk to you later.
Love always,
Elder Miles
This week was just another normal week. Nothing too exciting. None of our investigators went to church. And we didn't have our baptism yesterday. All of our investigators except for one are pretty unreliable. So Elder Wight and I get frustrated sometimes. We have canceled Gilberto for baptism until he shows us some motivation. And then there is a kid named Jonathan that is hard to read what is going on inside his head. He always has this blank stare and you have no idea what he is thinking. And when he does comment it's way off. So he is pretty difficult. But we have Lili that is way solid. We have had to move her date a couple times because of interview questions, but she has been trying her hardest to make those changes in her life. It is awesome that she see's the blessings that she is receiving from those changes, and that she is recognizing the promptings from the spirit. So that is pretty cool.
But yeah this week nothing really happened. A lot of our appointments fell through so we spent most of the times contacting. Plus it was pretty hot this week. On Tuesday it was 93 degrees at 10:30 in the morning. With 78% humidity. So we were sweating quite a bit. But I love the heat it feels so good. Elder Wight likes the cold so when we get back in the car he turns on the A/C then I get freezing. So I dont like that we have a car. But that is about it for this week. Sorry not much happened but hopefully this next week will be better! Cant wait to see!! Talk to you later.
Love always,
Elder Miles
Elder Miles attached this with his last email....so grateful he finds solace & comfort in beautiful poetry. Sept 8, 2015
THE MASTERS TOUCH
Discouraged and alone, we're not easily consoled; The school of life gets difficult, just as we were told.
Doubt shrinks us at the threshold of the darkened way; Despair creeps in upon us and is had to keep at bay.
Light now dims as the shadows grow in length; Heaviness engulfs us; we stop to pray for strength.
It seems we're going nowhere; life's a dead-end street; Relief is what we plead for when it all feels like defeat!
The fun has disappeared, dropping out is on our mind; The test has overwhelmed us, the answers hard to find.
In these trying moments, we must stop and be so still, So we can feel His promptings and know that they are real.
Only then can we be ready to sense the Master's touch, To know He's always there and that He loves us very much!
He knows just how we feel - He's been this way before; He's also climbed these very steps; He's walked this corridor.
He is our tender tutor sent here to be our guide; All wisdom opens up to us when He is by our side.
Earth's halls are not so dim when the Master lights the way; He reveals a world of wonder that brings joy throughout our stay.
Hand in hand He'll lead us to a life that never ends,To a brighter day in a world unseen, together eternal friends.
Greg Olsen
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Sept. 8, 2015 Taking missionary work to a WHOLE NEW LEVEL!!
So to start off .. DRUM ROLL .. GO COUGARS!!! I haven't seen the videos yet but I heard that they beat Nebraska with 1 second left on the clock with a Hail Mary!!! I was so pumped when I heard that in Ward Council Meeting on Sunday. If you watched it you should recall an interception by a guy with the last name of Hannemann. He was a missionary here in Carlsbad 6 months ago. He is representing our mission pretty well. Is BYU ranked now or what?
As far as our investigators go they are pretty unreliable. We literally broke into one of our investigators houses this week to get him to come to church. Gilberto….We went into his house and his door to his room was locked. So we started pounding on it for like 15 minutes. (by the way he gave us permission to wake him up if he wasn't up by 12:30) So after POUNDING on his door for that long he still didn't wake up! He lives in an apartment on the second floor. So we went outside and there is this skinny palm tree that goes right up next to his window. So I shimmied my way up about 20 ft and started banging on his window. That went on for about 5 minutes. So I took off his screen and opened his window and climbed in. And there he was dead asleep on his bed. So I waited for Elder Wight to come around in the apartment and into his room. We started shaking him. And it took him like seriously 2 minutes to come to consciousness. It was so frustrating. But hey! we got him to church! So that happened. And our other investigator Lili was sick on Sunday so she didn't come. Those are our two main people that we are working with. There are a couple more people but we didn't have any real good contact with them this week.
Well I have to get going now. So I will talk to you all next week.
Love Always,
Elder Miles
As far as our investigators go they are pretty unreliable. We literally broke into one of our investigators houses this week to get him to come to church. Gilberto….We went into his house and his door to his room was locked. So we started pounding on it for like 15 minutes. (by the way he gave us permission to wake him up if he wasn't up by 12:30) So after POUNDING on his door for that long he still didn't wake up! He lives in an apartment on the second floor. So we went outside and there is this skinny palm tree that goes right up next to his window. So I shimmied my way up about 20 ft and started banging on his window. That went on for about 5 minutes. So I took off his screen and opened his window and climbed in. And there he was dead asleep on his bed. So I waited for Elder Wight to come around in the apartment and into his room. We started shaking him. And it took him like seriously 2 minutes to come to consciousness. It was so frustrating. But hey! we got him to church! So that happened. And our other investigator Lili was sick on Sunday so she didn't come. Those are our two main people that we are working with. There are a couple more people but we didn't have any real good contact with them this week.
Well I have to get going now. So I will talk to you all next week.
Love Always,
Elder Miles
Aug. 31, 2015 I DO LOVE THIS PLACE....
This week flew by again. I am almost done with my first transfer, and that to me is crazy!
The weirdest things go on here in Vista. This week our Zone leaders found this huge bag of weed just sitting on the side of the road. We are so protected in Utah, I have already seen things that I would never imagine haha. (nothing bad) but just weird. But I do love this place. It already feels like home, and normal to wake up every day here. I think I am pretty much adjusted to the daily schedule so everything is normal. I still am getting used to the running every day part though. I dread it every night. Not fun.
The people here do get pretty hyped about football. There are NFL fans and college fans. Mostly college fans though because they know that the NFL is over rated haha. But you see the spirit for the teams here for sure. But everybody gets along no matter what team you like. Unlike those U of U fans back home. So I like that a lot. Surprisingly there are a lot of BYU fans here too! So that is really cool. You see a lot of flags on cars or stickers, people wearing shirts, etc. I like that.
We were supposed to have a baptism this upcoming Saturday but Gilberto didn't show up to church again and refuses to let us get a member to give him a ride. So that is very frustrating. More so disappointing. So we have to push that back another week .. again. Lili is doing great though. She is so close to getting completely off smoking. And we moved her date a day closer so she will be getting baptized on the 18th. And then there is a girl named Ashley that we picked up last Sunday that is going to get baptized as well. We just haven't been able to set a firm date yet. But that should be here in the next 2 or three weeks. The missionary work is on fire right now! Can't wait for all of these baptisms to follow through!
Well anyways I have to go now. So I will talk to you all next week!
Love always,
Elder Miles
The weirdest things go on here in Vista. This week our Zone leaders found this huge bag of weed just sitting on the side of the road. We are so protected in Utah, I have already seen things that I would never imagine haha. (nothing bad) but just weird. But I do love this place. It already feels like home, and normal to wake up every day here. I think I am pretty much adjusted to the daily schedule so everything is normal. I still am getting used to the running every day part though. I dread it every night. Not fun.
The people here do get pretty hyped about football. There are NFL fans and college fans. Mostly college fans though because they know that the NFL is over rated haha. But you see the spirit for the teams here for sure. But everybody gets along no matter what team you like. Unlike those U of U fans back home. So I like that a lot. Surprisingly there are a lot of BYU fans here too! So that is really cool. You see a lot of flags on cars or stickers, people wearing shirts, etc. I like that.
We were supposed to have a baptism this upcoming Saturday but Gilberto didn't show up to church again and refuses to let us get a member to give him a ride. So that is very frustrating. More so disappointing. So we have to push that back another week .. again. Lili is doing great though. She is so close to getting completely off smoking. And we moved her date a day closer so she will be getting baptized on the 18th. And then there is a girl named Ashley that we picked up last Sunday that is going to get baptized as well. We just haven't been able to set a firm date yet. But that should be here in the next 2 or three weeks. The missionary work is on fire right now! Can't wait for all of these baptisms to follow through!
Well anyways I have to go now. So I will talk to you all next week!
Love always,
Elder Miles
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