This week has been great! I love the
holiday time on the mission! It just seems so much more spiritual and happy but
at the same time it seems a lot more sad. It's a happy time but it can also be
a time of struggle for a lot of people and I've already seen some of
that.
The Ward |
This week started off really well
with Zone Conference here in Wenatchee on Tuesday. It was our zone and the Omak
zone. It was an amazing zone conference and we really focused on what the
purpose of the Book of Mormon is and then we worked on our finding skills.
Which was really cool because Elder Aguirre and I got to help with this. We
were in charge of directing everyone and splitting them all up so that way they
could spend a couple minutes trying out new ways to approach people about the
Gospel. It was super cool. Also at the zone conference we got a chance to watch
the new Christmas video that the church has put out. It was a super powerful
video and I loved how it showed just how much we can spread the light of Christ
simply by helping those around us. Then on Friday we were given permission to
go on the computers and spend some time studying the new mormon.org website
where there are another 24 short videos for each day up until Christmas! I'm
super excited for the new video and we've already seen some really cool things
as we've shared it with others.
Elder Aguirre and Elder Miles |
This week was also Thanksgiving
which is such an awesome excuse to eat as much as I want! Though I struggled to
keep eating. We were fed 2 dinners and at each one they just kept giving us
more and more food and we were given so many goodies as well. President decided
that it would not be the best idea to go tracting so instead we made some
brownies and went and delivered them to a bunch of members, and of course they
made us eat their desserts. So in the end I think we ended up with 2 dinners
and 3 or 4 extra desserts. It was so much food! But it was worth it.
We met this awesome girl this week
named Jenny but she's moving to Mexico on Thursday. She's already read up
through chapter 7 in 1st Nephi! It's been super awesome but sadly we have to
refer her to the missionaries down in Mexico, which is a good things I guess,
but she was so cool.
The members here are honestly all
so awesome! They are so willing to help with everything. I love the ward up
here and I'm excited to be able to stay here for a while longer. The
missionaries in the zone are all so great! There are 26 missionaries in the
zone which is the biggest zone in the mission. Elder Aguirre is from Colorado
and wrestled in High School. He has been out 2 transfers longer than I have and
is a fantastic missionary. He was born in Mexico but moved to the US when really
young but he speaks super good Spanish and I've already learned a lot.
Dining room |
Love you all!!
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Elder Miles
Washington Yakima Mission
Bedroom |