Ahhhh - it's been two
weeks since I was last able to write a letter and I have so much to write
about!!! I don't know if I'll have time to write everything!! So I'm gonna jump
right into it.
Two weeks ago we had the
chance at the CCM to listen to President Oaks and Elder Clayton. The devotional
was absolutely amazing!! Except, I can't remember a whole lot. I left all my
notes in my journal and sadly my journal is back in my house, so I'll do my
best to remember that for next week. It was spectacular though, and I even got
to sing in the choir, though as most of you know, I'm not much of a singer. The
spirit during the devotional was absolutely amazing!! Listening to a prophet of
God speak about missionary work strengthened my desire to serve so much, and my
testimony of the prophets and apostles grew tremendously.
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The rest of the week at
the CCM was pretty much the same as usual. Nothing crazy happened and we did
class like normal, the craziness started as we began to pack for our flight to
the mission field. The night before we left Elder Allsop and I were up until
midnight finishing packing, then we had to wake up at 2 to get to the airport
on time. SO we were running on pretty low energy, but it was all worth it,
because at the airport Elder Allsop and I had the opportunity to teach this man
named Jugo, and give him a copy of the Book of Mormon. He was this older guy
from Columbia that we sat by while waiting for our flight, and as we got
talking we just kinda started teaching him the Restoration. The whole time he
seemed pretty interested but when we got to the part about Joseph Smith and the
First Vision Jugo began to tear up. I could tell he was feeling the spirit, and
I pray that he read the Book of Mormon and upon his return to Columbia he
looked up the church and had missionaries come over. If not, we got the chance
to teach and help a man feel the spirit. Thankfully he understood English,
otherwise it would have been much harder to teach him.
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Then in the LA airport
we met a guy named Zachary who had been investigating the church for about a
month and a half. He approached the Sisters while we were getting some lunch
and asked if he could pray with the Elders because he was terrified of flying.
So we got back and prayed with him. Elder Allsop offered the prayer, we talked
with him some more and he was on his way. He was a really humble man, and I
hope with all my heart that he continues to investigate the church. He
definitely has a lot of faith.
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| Elder Miles with President and Sister Lewis |
Eventually we got to
Yakima where I had the chance to meet the mission President. President Lewis is
an absolutely amazing man. He's so humble, so intelligent, and so full of the
spirit it's astonishing really. I am so excited to have him be my mission president
for the duration of my mission. We spent the night in the mission home,
actually Elder Allsop and I went next door because there weren't enough beds
for the 24 new missionaries, but wow the beds were comfy.
The next day we left for
transfers and I got to meet my trainer!! His name is Elder Spackman from
Bountiful. He's an amazing missionary. He is currently the district leader, and
last transfer was a zone leader - so a super good missionary. He's been out
like 20 months. He's way cool, we get along really well, and we have a lot of
the same likes. He wants to do Aerospace Engineering as well! Also the other
missionaries in my apartment are the zone leaders, so I am just super blessed
to have very diligent and hard working missionaries that I can look to as an
example.
We've been doing a lot
of tracting since I've been here. Elder Spackman and I got doubled into our
area, so neither one of us had any idea about where to tract and really what's
been going on in the area. We are currently serving in the 9th Branch in Moses
Lake, and we are in the North Area, which is pretty beat up. Most of our area
is really old trailer parks or super beat up apartments, kinda sketchy at
night.
We are currently
teaching three investigators. An 18 year old named Jesus whose sister is a
member. He's way cool and already knows that he needs to change, we just need
him to come to church. He's currently got a baptismal date for March 19th. Then
last night, we tracted into this awesome little family. It's Elario and Roxanna
and their two year old son Andreas. They are super ready to hear the Gospel and
when we gave them a Book of Mormon Roxanna was so excited to receive a copy.
They are both really cool and really humble. They are living in a little 2 room
super beat up apartment. If everyone could pray for my investigators that would
be awesome! I know the power of prayer works!! Also put their names on the
temple prayer list please. The more prayers the better!
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That's just about it.
I'll end with a little but strange experience. We were tracting an apartment
complex and we knocked on this older guy's door. Upon opening he asked for identification,
like a temple recommend, because he was worried we were part of the CIA. He
claims to be an underground Mormon. Not sure what that means, but basically
what I got was that he was put undercover by the government and they were
forcing him to not practice. Not sure what that means, but it was fun!!
Love you all!!!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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