Not
sure how it happened but this week we just about doubled our usual hours of
service. We usually hit around 7 or 8 and this week we hit 19. It was weird
because we didn't seem to do too much more than normal. For service we usually
just go to the Salvation Army and work in their Food Bank, but this week the
Zone Leaders and another set of Elders told us about this place called the
Harman Center. It's a place for older people to go and hang out. It's pretty
cool. We went and washed dishes for them and helped them serve lunch on Tuesday
and Wednesday, and we also worked at the Food Bank a little this week.
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| Elder Harman and Elder Miles |
We've been working with
this lady named Kika for a little bit. She was a referral from the English
missionaries that also cover our area. She's pretty awesome and has had some
neat experiences. Several years ago she was in really poor health and basically
the doctors sent her home to die. They told her that there wasn't anything more
they could do for her. So she went home and prayed. A little time later two
young men with name tags and white shirts showed up at her door. They prayed
with her and did yard work for her because she couldn't walk. Well shortly
after meeting the two missionaries she got better. After a lot of prayers with
the missionaries (and maybe blessings, we aren't too sure) she got better, but
she moved from that house quickly and lost contact with the missionaries. Now
we have the chance to teach her. She hasn't gone to church since she got sick
and is looking for a church. She remembers what the other Elders did for her
and is really interested in learning. She already believes that Joseph Smith
had his experience, so that's pretty neat.
Daniel and Lucia are
both still killing it! They love the church! He just needs to be better about
reading in the Book of Mormon, and by the time he is baptized he'll be so
solid! They have a little boy named Manuel who just recently turned 2 and is so
funny! He is always so happy and can get so distracted super easily. And Lucia
has a kid who is 8 named Diego, and he is looking to get baptized which is
super awesome! We gave him a children's Book of Mormon and he was pretty
excited.
Our crazy experience for
the week was we met a guy (most likely very, very high on drugs) who started
ranting about his beliefs in God. There was a lot of swearing involved, like
every other word, but his theories were super funny to listen to. His first
theory was that Yakima was the Garden of Eden. He "proved" this by
saying that Yakima used to be the most wicked city in the world, and that now
God was trying to take it back (by putting religious people in it), and that obviously
it was the Garden of Eden because every type of fruit grows here - including
the forbidden fruit. I was a little confused about that one. Last time I
checked pineapples and bananas did not grow in Yakima. His other theory was
that God would give us anything that we wanted, like fame, money, or drugs. He
"proved" this by saying that one day he really wanted some drugs so
he prayed and asked for them. Well the drugs didn't show up but he found a 20
dollar bill which was then used to go by drugs. He was a super strange guy, but
we gave him a Book of Mormon and he accepted it with teary eyes.
This week has been super
awesome! On Saturday we get transfer calls! I'll know by next Monday if I'm
staying or not!
Love you!
--
Elder Miles
Washington Yakima
Mission
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