November 6, 2017 – We Found Our Family!

So, I think a few weeks ago I told you that Elder Allsop and I

began praying for a family to be baptized in our area before the end of the year. Well we're pretty certain we found our family. It's Sarah and her boys Victor (16), Luchi (14), and Toni (12). We are super excited for them. They didn't come to church yesterday, but we had an awesome lesson with them last night! 

We taught them about the Restoration and the importance of having the Priesthood and a prophet. All four of them loved it. It was a super powerful lesson. Probably one of my favorites. Since we've met them we've been talking about baptism and last night we decided to extend a specific date for them to work towards. So, at the end of our lesson we set a baptismal date for December 9th!! They are pretty excited for it. Sarah and Victor told us that they wanted to be certain first but they seemed willing to go for it, but Luchi and Toni were all for it. 

Accepting the Gospel will change those boys’ life. It will put them on a completely different course in life. So please pray for them. Especially that they will have the desire to come to church.  

Alicia is still doing well. Elder Allsop had a lesson with her on exchanges last Saturday. She still wants to learn but she's young and wants her mom's help, and her mom isn't super interested. We'll see what happens. She'll probably come to church with her mom in a couple weeks when her mom is next available on a Sunday. 

MLC on Halloween was super fun. Elder Allsop and I magnet-ed little ghosts and pumpkins to our ties for our

Notice the ghost ties

costumes. It was a super good MLC. We led a nice discussion on planning in preparation for a training that we are giving in Zone Conferences this week on planning. 

Oh, also we went back to Omak on exchanges again! It was super good! I got to see Angi again and I also got a picture with one of my favorite member families. It was really neat to be back up there. Everyone seems to be doing pretty well. Angi is still struggling with smoking but she committed to put more of an effort into quitting. 

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Elder Miles

Washington Yakima Mission

President Lewis, Elder Miles, Elder Allsop

​The Bauer family! They are so awesome! Top: Me, Sister Bauer, Vivienne, Brother Bauer.  Bottom: Piper, Alta, Jarom.  I never got the chance to say goodbye when I got called to Yakima, so it was super nice to finally get a pic with them.

This is what we did Halloween night as we chilled in our apartment because we had to be in by 6. Popped some popcorn, put on a face mask, and watched a talk by Elder Holland.