This week was a pretty awesome
week. On Tuesday we had
our New & Not-So-New Missionary Training. It used
to be called Trainer/Trainee but President Lewis decided to change the name on
us. That meeting was super awesome. We went to the mission home and spent some
time talking about what we can do to learn together, then with about an hour or
so left President Lewis pulled all of the trainers upstairs to talk for a
little. During this, President talked to us about the most important qualities
a trainer needs to have. He said that in his mission president handbook the
qualities listed are: Obedience, Diligence, Experienced Teachers, and Preach My
Gospel Knowledgeable. Hearing that I felt pretty humbled. I mean I've only been
out a short time and being called to train someone is a huge responsibility. I
feel like I know some, but I don't feel prepared enough to teach someone else.
Anyway, that was an awesome meeting. It's nice to get to spend some time with
President and Sister Lewis. They're both so awesome!
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| Elder Anderson and I meeting at the transfer site |
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| Elder Harman and I's last pic together as companions. (We bought matching ties at Burlington, don't worry they were cheap). |
We also got a pretty
sweet referral this week. So this lady named Roxanna had just moved into her
house and found some kinda freaky stuff inside, so she was a little nervous and
her mom told her to read the bible. So she downloaded it onto her phone. Well
the church has free bible adds on a lot of apps, and when she saw that she
figured why not try it out. She filled out all of the information and the
referral got sent to the English missionaries in our area. They talked to her
and she said she really wanted to learn more about God and start coming to
church again. She wants her kids to get into it as well, but she said she
learns and understands better in Spanish, so the sisters then re-referred her
to us. She seems like she has a ton of potential, but we haven't taught her
yet. Our first lesson will be on Tuesday with her.
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| Looking fly with our new bikes |
One of the highlights of
the week is that we got bikes!! A recent convert family (the Contreras) had
some bikes that they haven't used in a long time, and when he heard we needed
some he didn't even hesitate. We went over on Friday to have our Recent Convert
lesson with them and as we were wrapping up he started to tease us about not
having a car, and how we have to walk. Then like out of nowhere he was all
we've got two bikes for you. We were pretty shocked. Honestly I wasn't ready
for that. So we went out back and checked them out. They're kinda beat up but
for the most part are still in good condition. Then we picked two huge bags of
plums and they sent us home with them. Biking with those plums was pretty
exhausting, but let me tell ya, my thighs are gonna be ripped after I'm done in
this area.
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| District pic from last transfer. I'm wearing my new tie. |
I also gave my first
district council this week. We met as a district and I had to run it and give a
training. I felt pretty good about it, but hopefully the rest of the district
thought it went well. I honestly love being a trainer, being a district leader
is fun, but not quite what I expected. There is a lot of administrative, behind
the scenes stuff, that isn't super fun, but someone's gotta do it.
We helped a member
family this week create a family mission plan and it went super well. The
family has already done some pretty awesome missionary work and we just wanted
to help them kinda solidify what they're doing.
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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