Yes we were able to go to the temple this week. Tuesday we got a call from the AP's telling us that we had a last minute temple trip on Friday. So we had to find members to take us and it was kinda stressful but we did it! We got to the temple a little early so we did some initiatories for about 35 minutes before our session. That was a pretty cool experience because I haven't done those since I did my own. So something cool about the San Diego temple is that there are kind of 2 celestial rooms. The main one with a awesome staircase and chandeliers. And you are in one of the towers and when you look up it just looks like it goes on and on and on. When you go upstairs you go into the atrium room. It's shaped like the sign of Melchizedek with a glass room with all of these flowers and stuff. Super neat. That is also where the sealing rooms are, and while we were standing there a temple sealer came out and asked us to be witnesses for a sealing. I dont know if that is against the rules... but we were able to watch a temple sealing! That was a neat experience as well! There is no way that you can say that the church isn't true if you have felt the spirit like we did during the temple trip. Undeniable.
Even though we had an awesome day Friday, this week has been a real struggle. We still haven't found anybody to teach. It is pretty frustrating. But we've talked to the other missionaries and looked at some of the mission numbers and it looks like the whole mission is down. That still isn't an excuse but it's weird. We will still do all we can though!
President and Sister Kendrick leave this week. It's going to be a big change. They have done such a great job with our mission. I'm going to miss the Texas accent but I am excited to see what President and Sister Thomas have in store. They will be coming in on the 1st.
Well I've gotta get going, but I love you all and will talk to you next week!
Elder Miles
