Wow, conference was so awesome!! Soo awesome! If you did not have the chance to watch it, I invite you to, even before finishing reading this email, watch it now. Or, verlo en espanol. It was so good! There was not a dull talk!
There were so many awesome things I learned that I would love to share with you, but I forgot my notebook at the casa. ):
This week was better, sorry to concern you. I found 77 cents in one day, that was pretty legit.
I don't know what else. Just this week was better. We did lots of missionary things, like knocking on doors, teaching lessons, getting rejected, or, more common in this cultural, being told we could come back the next day or so, and when we come back, they're not home because they're not interested and they didn't want to say it to our faces.
I love Hermana Lyman, my companion, and I love the hermanas we live with. Hermana Brunsdale is a hoot. She is so hilarious. And Hermana Bain is more quiet, but she is super nice.
Man, conference was so great. I loved it so much. I really did. It seemed so short this year! ):
Oh, between sessions yesterday, we had a Correlation Meeting at Hermano Reed's house, up on this mountain. There's this huge army truck outside, and this huge Beethoven dog barking at us as we pulled up (the hermanas we live with have a car, they're our transportation to stuff that's too far away to bike to). We were really scared, like, "For really? Is this his house?" But sure enough, Hermano Reed the Younger (a cop) walks out to greet us. We told him it would have seemed more legit if he came out shouldering a rifle, and he just laughed.
The house itself is gorgeous! It's the typical grandparents house from the movies, wood floors, old huge grand piano, huge antique kitchen, wow. It was so gorgeous. For real. And they'd made us this huge Sunday morning breakfast, waffles, cut strawberries and bananas, whipped cream, sausage, bacon, eggs. Man, it was so good to have a homecooked breakfast. Mmmm, yeah.
So after we ate, and we still had time for talking before the next session, so they were laughing and telling stories (the Reeds and the other missionaries), and I was sitting there, listening, like I do, then all of a sudden Hermano Reed the Elder, sat up straight, turned to me, and said "How long have you been out?" I told him, and he's like, "How's your Spanish?" I told him it was alright, but not as good as I wanted it to be, and what he said gave me chills and the Spirit was so strong. Well, first of all, you should know that he's been a stake president a few times, and he's friends with a lot of the apostles, and maybe even the profeta, no se. He said:
"Hermana Miller, I promise you, in the name of our Lord, Jesus Christ, that your Spanish will improve and you speak with the people, and that you are here for a reason, so your Spanish will get better as you exercise faith."
Then as we were all soaking up the Spirit, he relaxed and said, "I was prompted to say that." and moved on to a story from his mission like nothing happened.
Holy cow, guys. Like, the Spirit is so strong right now just thinking about it.
The next session was great, and the Spirit was strong as we watched it, but it was no where near as strong as it was when he said that to me.
Something we tell the investigators a lot, because they have a hard time accepting the Book of Mormon because they're 'super' Catholic and believe in the Bible, is that, to know if this church is true, the only way to know is to pray about the Book of Mormon, and ask God if it is true. Because if the Book of Mormon is true, Joseph Smith was truly a prophet of God, and everything we teach is true. And as Joseph Smith said in the introduction, the Book of Mormon is the keystone of our religion.
And if it's not true, no harm, no foul, they can go back to being 'very religious,' safeguarding their Bibles on the top of their book shelf and going to mass once a year.
But if they get the answer that it is true, that changes everything, and they need to act of their answer, and live the Doctrine of Christ (that's the short way of saying it).
I just want you to know that I know the Book of Mormon is true. I know that Joseph Smith translated it with the power of God, and I know that he was truly a prophet of God. I am so grateful for him and the sacrifices he made to restore the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth. I know without a doubt that this is the true church of God on the earth. I know that God has a plan for each and every one of us, and the He loves us individually. I know the Christ suffered for us in the Garden of Gethsemane because He loves us and He wanted to make it possible for us, sinners, to repent and return to the presence of our Heavenly Father someday. I know that that Jesucristo felt everything that we feel so that He can always be there to help us through our bad times and rejoice with us through our good times. I know that we can always pray to our Father in the name of Christ and get answers to our prayers. I love them and each one of you so much, and y comparto este en el nombre de Jesucristo. Amen.
Love,
Hermana Miller
I forgot the pictures. Here you go! (:
1. April Fools Day got out of hand.
Everything else is just pictures of stuffs.
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