So this
week was a pretty basic and chill week. Not too much happened. We did some
tracting, taught some people, and just did a lot of normal missionary
work.
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| "Still reppin Lehi" |
There were some pretty
cool parts of the week though. We've started working with this part-member
family, the Gurrola's. They're pretty cool. The mom is pretty less active, and
the dad is 7th Day Adventist but loves the church for some reason. He just was never
baptized. He said he's willing to give it another shot. His only concern is
Joseph Smith. He struggles to believe that he was a prophet, so we talked to
him about how in order to know Joseph Smith is a prophet is by reading The Book
of Mormon, and then praying to know if it is true. He said that he would do it.
So we're gonna be going by tonight to see how that went. One night while we
were there, his son-in-law came in with like a broken knee and was in a ton of
pan. So Hermana Gurrola started doing witch-craft doctor stuff on him. It
wasn't witch doctor stuff but it was weird. She put burning rocks on his leg,
and then put a glass jar over it, so all the oxygen would burn out and create a
vacuum, then she would move it around. After that she would grab him by the
ankle and whip it all over the place! It had to have been so painful. The guy
was completely passed out on the floor and she looked like she was riding a horse
at full speed, and during all this we were trying to teach the Restoration. So
kinda an odd lesson.
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| "Elder Turley just went home. He was an amazing Elder!" |
The only other big event
was we went to a baptism for someone named Reyna. She works at the Salvation Army
where just about all the missionaries in the Yakima area do service. She started
talking with the missionaries in her area about a month ago and just got
baptized on Saturday. It was honestly so cool to see it. With her you can
easily tell how much the Gospel has changed her life. Before she started taking
the lessons, she was angry, didn't like to work, had anxiety attacks all the
time, and now she is this upbeat, super happy person who is super cool to be
around. When she came up out of the water she had the biggest smile I have ever
seen. It was such an amazing spiritual experience to see the pure joy she had,
and as she was smiling I had the reconfirming feeling that "this is what
it's all about." We as missionaries are here to bring this message of joy
to the whole world, and those who accept it, and live it, will have joy for
eternity. It was super awesome! Oh and there were like 30ish missionaries
there! So that was pretty cool as well.
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| "The Zone" |
Other than those things
nothing out of ordinary missionary life happened.
I love you all!!
--
Elder Miles
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Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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