Oiiii!
So this week was a good one. We had transfers,
but Elder Reeves and I are both staying! Which I’m very happy about. We both
want to see the people we have been helping the past month get baptized, and
this week we have found some elects to add to our group!
Just an update on the people we are
teaching. R. and F. should be baptized this coming Sunday. A. and D.,
went to stake conference with us and loved it. It was all about the temple and I
think they have a goal now to get married there one day!
This week we found a cool family
that we contacted in the street. When we went there to teach them, they were
all home waiting for us to get there (which is a rare thing). As we taught they
had tons of questions. Mostly about prayer, as they hadn’t really ever prayed
before. At the end of the lesson, after explaining about the book of Mormon and
how they could get an answer through the Holy Ghost, we invited A. (the
26 year old son) to pray. I had written down the steps of prayer in the back of
the book of Mormon we gave him, and I was a little worried he was just going to
read word for word what I had put… But as he began he really begin conversing
with Heavenly Father and I could tell by the sound of his voice he was getting
a little emotional. He prayed for lots of things (their family has been going
through some hard stuff) and I felt the spirit so much in the prayer. When he
finished he said to us, a little teary eyed, "I don’t know if you guys will
believe it, but I think I felt the Holy Ghost you guys were talking about." He
described how warm and peaceful he felt during the prayer and how he had never
felt that before. It was an awesome experience and it’s made a lasting
impression on me, and taught me even more about the power of prayer.
We also marked a baptismal date for
a young lady we are teaching in Itaperuçu (a small town about 45 min away from Almirante
Tamandaré) when we asked her if she had read and prayed about the Book of Mormon,
she said she had but she wasn’t sure if she got an answer. She said after she
prayed she felt like crying, but not because she was sad... it was more of a
happy cry ha. We then explained that for sure it was an answer from our
heavenly father, and then taught about how knowing the Book of Mormon is true,
means she knows that this is Christ’s church. It was an awesome experience to
and I’m excited to keep working with her.
Mom and dad, Italy looks awesome! Mom
you look pretty, and Dad you look like a boss in your leather jacket ha. I’m so
excited to Skype you here in another week or so! I want to hear all about it!
Remi, good job on working hard. Your email made me laugh a lot! I’m sure proud of you though buddy.
Mom to answer your Q's! Yes I got my
card! Thank you for sending it, and thanks for the letters Mom and Remi!
I would love that big jar of peanut
butter in the next package ha! Other than that I do not need much.
I am kinding of needing something
else but it’s a big thing. When I was in Bon Sucesso, we were going around Sunday
morning grabbing investigators for church and a barbwire fence ripped my suit
pants a little. The holes have been growing a bit lately ha, but I can make it
work for a while longer!
Thanks for all you do though! I’m so
happy the Italy trip was awesome! I miss you all and think about you every day!
Having an awesome family like you helps me get through the hard days and
remember how blessed I am.
I love you all,
Elder Miller
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