Well
this week was pretty spectacular. You know I think I say something like that
every week. Even the ones that are not super exciting. I guess missionary work
is always just amazing. Every week I am stunned by just how awesome it is and I
can't really explain why. Serving others and the Lord is really the most
amazing thing to do.
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| Elder Spackman and Elder Miles |
I love the work and the
people here in Moses Lake. It's crazy to think that I have already spent almost
two transfers here. The work is continuing to progress really well and we just
keep finding people that we can teach. This week we met several new people that
could be really strong members. The difficult thing that sometimes we find is
that we find someone who is super ready and then for some reason they just
kinda disappear. Not sure why that happens, but the people we have found this
week, we've been able to stay in contact with and also teach a lesson or
two.
Hinocencio is doing
really well. He's continuing to progress but he drank again this last week so
canceled his baptismal date and now are trying to help him prepare for sometime
in June. He is working really hard at giving it up and really is trying to
better his life. We also taught Ricardo this week and committed him to reading
and praying about the Book of Mormon. He says he will and that he enjoys going
to church and stuff so it's only a matter of time before he gets baptized as
well.
On Tuesday this week we
had interviews with President Lewis. Every time I talk to him I am amazed at
how spiritual and loving he is. He cares so much about everyone and just has
this awesome presence about him. During the interview he shared Alma 43: 45-56
and talked about what the Nephites were fighting for. Then he compared that to
what we are doing as missionaries and what it is we are fighting for and why we
are fighting for it. So we talked a little bit about how important having the
right desires is to missionary work. When it all comes down to it it's all
about love. Everything we do should be out of love for others. This is so
important to all of us. If we can work on growing our love for everyone and
everything around us, our spiritual sensitivity increases and we find that the
challenges in life are easier.
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| Elder Miles wrote a note to his future children |
Then on Saturday we had
exchanges with the Zone Leaders. I went with Elder Wilkey to his area which was
really odd because I got to speak English for a whole day. It was weird giving
lessons in English and was actually kind of tough. The exchanges went super
well and I learned some good stuff form Elder Wilkey. I'm not sure if the
family still does this but lately Elder Spackman and I have been switching the
first letters around on words and I guess I got used to it. So when I was on
exchanges with Elder Wilkey I accidentally said "pan of caint"
instead of "can of paint" and Elder WIlkey looked at me like I was
crazy. It was pretty bad but it was funny.
So I've finally tried my
first weird food this week. The Wilson's had us over for dinner last night and
she is from Guatemala so I guess she loves all sorts of strange things. Anyway
we got over there and we walked in and told us that she had a special surprise
for us. Turns out that the special surprise was Menudo. Menudo is cow stomach.
It was definitely something different and was a little odd but it was actually
pretty good, just a little chewy.
Love you!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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