Aye que increible es
ser una misionera! No puedo creer que casi he terminado un cuarto de mision!
(Aye it is amazing to be a missionary! I can
not believe I've almost finished a quarter of a mission! – thank you, Google
translate!)
YOU GUYS. This work just
flies by. I cannot believe I am coming
up on my quarter mark. And another
transfer is over! Say whaaaat?! It's not fair. I just wish I could be a missionary for
forever. We will be getting transfer
calls this week, I am super nervous. I
am praying like crazy that Heavenly Father will grant me the wish of my heart
and permit me to stay with my Grand Island family for longer. I sincerely and
truly love it here, and these people need the gospel so badly. Everyone does. I am coming to learn that it does not matter
who you are, or where you are from, or what you have done, the gospel is FOR
YOU. It helps and blesses everyone, no
matter what you are going through. The
hardest thing in the world is knowing that, and knowing that your investigators
know that, and seeing them just walk away from the most beautiful and joyful
message they could ever receive. We have
had that happen quite a few times recently, where our investigators with
baptismal dates have just dropped us out of the blue. Satan truly does work on people, he knows how
important the decision is to be baptized WITH THE PROPER AND RESTORED
AUTHORITY, and he knows the joy and
peace and strength it gives us, and he
will do anything to keep us from that.
I have seen him make
children sick, run visas out, cause family contention, and fill people's minds
with doubts and lies among many other horrible things, just to keep one person
from being baptized. It's so hard
sometimes. Esthela still wants to get
baptized but can't get her visa figured out to come back and the missionaries
in Mexico can't find her for some reason. Jose, our investigator who was supposed to get
baptized this coming Saturday, just told us that he has to go back to
Mexico as well, and is not sure when he will come back. It breaks my heart. This work truly takes all of your heart and
soul if you are being obedient and trying your best to be focused, and
sometimes it just beats you up. But as I
have always said, with the greatest lows come the most wonderful joys, greater than anything you could ever imagine.
We saw MIRACLES this
week finding people. We saw a teen girl
walking and felt like we should talk to her, but by the time we parked the car
and hopped out, she had disappeared. We
prayed that we would find her again one day, and had to leave to go do service.
Well, later that day we were driving and
we saw her again! This time we stopped
the car immediately and jumped out and began talking to her and her friend.
After about 10 minutes, she invited us to walk to her house with her. We went in, met her family and taught them. They are amazing and so ready to receive the
gospel. We have another lesson with them
tonight, and one with her friend's family tomorrow. God truly does hear and answer prayers.
Secondly, we tried to
visit a less-active woman this week and she was not home, so we decided to
knock a couple doors on the next apartment building over. After no success for a while, we came to a
door and I felt like we should skip a few and go down to this one door that had
been calling my attention for a few minutes. We walked over and saw it was #7...lucky
number seven. We knocked and a man
opened. His name is Gennys and he is from Cuba. He immediately told us to wait for a minute, pulled chairs into his room and cleaned up,
and let us in. He is married and has a
3 year old boy, he doesn't drink, smoke, drink coffee, go out dancing, none of
that. He is so loyal in his relationship, even though his family has been in
Guatemala for two years. He has so many
questions and wants to learn so much more about the gospel so he can help his
family. Before we even offered, he
asked us for any pamphlets and for the Book of Mormon and he has been reading
them non-stop and writing down his questions to ask us. He is incredible and such a gentleman and so
ready for the gospel. Heavenly Father
truly has prepared specific people for us here.
I love this work so
much. It is worth everything you have
to give up - especially your heart. You get so much more back in return. I want to give everything to my Savior-
including my will. I hope you all do as
well.
"Obedience brings
blessings, but obedience with exactness brings miracles." You will see miracles as you put your will in
harmony with that of God. He has the
best plan anyways.
I love you all,
Hermana Miller :)
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