This
week went by super duper fast. It´s really weird to think that I have been in
the MTC for half my time now, and it just keeps getting better. I really love
it here and my companions are fantastic as well. Though this week went by fast
I don´t feel like I have as much to put in my email this week as I did in my
last few.
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| Elder Miles and Elder Clements (soccer teammate) |
So last Wednesday was
our welcome service project for the new missionaries coming in (I think in my
last email I said it was on Thursday but I was mistaken). It was super cool,
Elder Clements showed up and it was really great to see him again. He seems to be
doing really well, and I´ll send a photo of us together.
So as Zone Leaders we
really don´t have to do a ton. Mostly it´s just getting feedback from our
districts and then reporting that to our Branch President every Wednesday, also
we have to run Priesthood meeting on Sunday´s and we get to choose the Hymns
for Sacrament each Sunday. But anyways, so on Wednesday one of our districts
has been having a really tough time following the be with your companion rule.
They would just go on splits whenever they wanted simply because they didn´t
care much for their companions. So Elder Allsop and I had to talk to each of
the companionships and let them know that they need to do better at staying
together and to work harder at becoming friends.
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| P-Day Activity |
Thursday was hectic. For
some reason our alarm didn´t go off so we ended up running full speed to our
early morning study, kind of awful but we do all we can to be exactly obedient.
We have been taught that being obedient brings blessings and being exactly
obedient brings miracles, and I definitely feel like miracles are something I
could use. We also had our first TRC on Thursday which we joke means Teach
Recent Converts. It´s really something like Teaching Resource Center, but every
Thursday we do TRC and you either teach less actives, non members,
investigators, or potential members. One of our "investigators"
turned out to actually be a non-member and it was super stressful trying to
teach them, cause we don´t really understand Spanish very well, and they are
talking super fast and really quiet. Though it was hard I felt like the lesson
went well and the spirit was good. At the end the non member even prayed for us
and committed to reading the BoM. Then that night we had a welcome meeting for
our new district. So now in our zone we have four districts, and I guess before
we arrived there was only 2. So it´s a lot of work but I really love the
districts I get a chance to get to know. They are all so fantastic.
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| Haha! |
On Thursday I also got
the chance to give a blessing to one of the Hermanas in my district. She was
super stressed and freaking out, but she asked for a blessing and as I gave her
one I had the oddest feeling like I wasn´t even the one talking. It was an
awesome experience! At one point during the blessing I said "This is
exactly where the Lord needs you to be." I didn´t realize it at the time
of the blessing but the Hermana was seriously considering going home. This was
such a testimony builder on the power of the Priesthood.
Nothing spectacular
happened Friday or Saturday really. They were just basic days of learning and
teaching but they were really cool though, full of the Spirit and good laughs.
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| The District |
The Sundays are
wonderful, this one wasn´t really any different than the last few but I did
learn that Dallin H. Oaks is coming to give a devotional in a few weeks. So
thankfully I´ll be here for that. I love Sundays in the CCM so much, they are
just so full of the Spirit and strength of the Lord.
On Monday we had our
first "ayuno de ingles" which is a fast from English for the entire
day. It was really hard, but I was surprised at how much I was able to speak.
It was hard, but I definitely feel like it helped. Elder Klossner got really
sick that day and we didn´t spend a whole lot of time in class unfortunately.
The doctor said he needed to rest, so Elder Allsop and I just studied Spanish
while Elder Klossner slept in the infirmary.
Tuesday was pretty
basic, nothing too much to report other than we spent the second half of the
day in the casa, because Elder Klossner was struggling in class. It was supposed
to be our P Day but they switched it to Wednesday because our maestros were
being evaluated by their bosses on Tuesday.
I really love being
here. I know the church to be true and my testimony on the Prophet Joseph Smith
has been strengthened as I´ve been here. I love you all!
Hasta siguente semana!!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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