First
off, big, huge, ENORMOUS thank you to everyone who was so sweet about my
birthday! I felt/feel very loved!
My birthday was a normal day, worked hard as usual which means it was a perfect
day. I couldn't have asked for a better
way to spend the big 2-1 than by being a
missionary in the Lord's vineyard. I
sure love missionary work!
This
week we road-tripped out to Lincoln (PS: IT IS GORGEOUS) for our Zone
Conference, and let me tell you, it was perfect. The theme was all about
families and the gospel. We had a commitment to find conversion stories for our
families, and the Lord inspired some wonderful woman to put incredibly detailed
ones of our ancestors on Familysearch.org. Reading those was one of the most
powerful experiences of my whole life. As I pondered the sacrifices that my own
family members went through to instill this great legacy of the gospel into my
family, it made me think about what kind of legacies I will leave behind for my
posterity. (No better time to think about that than on a birthday, too!) I can
truly say now that I understand and appreciate the Spirit of Elijah; the
turning of the hearts of the children to their fathers. As we understand and
study our past, we are instilled with deep desires to better the future. I know
that is true because I feel it in my own heart. I am in the process of making a
set of goals and plans to reach my goal for who I will be as I turn 22 next
year, and I know that with the Lord's help, I can be transformed; not just for
myself, but for my future husband and children as well. I have decided the
motto of my family will be 2 Nephi 5:27 - "And it came to pass that we lived after the manner of
happiness." I know that the
only way to familial peace, happiness, and progress is through living the
gospel fully and actively. There is
no true joy in a family that is successful in every way except for
spiritual, because the other types of
success never last. Harsh, but true. I
am making a commitment NOW to do ALL that I can to ensure that my family will
be rooted in Christ and in His restored gospel. Because that's all that counts in the end. An eternal family.
This
last year has been one of such absolute growth, progress, refinement, and
learning. I am so grateful for the Atonement of Christ and the ability we have
to change a little every day to become more like Him, our perfect brother.
That's such a priceless gift.
Our
24 miracle went very well. Not exactly according to our plan, but things never
do. Heavenly Father always has better plans! Between the elders and us, we
ended up with about 14 set baptismal dates for the branch! That's incredible!
We gave the 4 wonderful guys to the elders to teach, which was very hard, but
God blessed us for it in so many ways. We have received so much revelation
about how to help and strengthen this branch, and found SO many promising
people to teach that I know we never could have found without the inspiration
to set this goal. the sheer amount of daily miracles and answered prayers we
saw and are still seeing has grown my faith by like a million percent. God is good. I love doing His work.
I
love you all, have a wonderful week! Go study The Family: A Proclamation to the
World and your patriarchal blessings! Make goals for YOUR future generations!
Love,
Hermana
Miller :)
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