June
23, 2014
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| Can you believe the pictures a mother can find when she hits the internet & finds mission blogs from other, fellow missionaries that serve with her child who is handicapped at sending out pictures to her OWN mother?! Ohhh... I have a future... somewhere, doing something.... hopefully legit & not illegal, I have a future! :) Thank you to all sweet picture-posting missionaries everywhere! Especially those in the NOM - you, I love. |
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| Seriously... I have a gift! I am a mom who is desperate for pictures & K-deficient! AKA: anemic from lack of Kodak moments! I even messaged the sweet sisters who posted these photos & asked them to stealth ninja hug Alyssa when they see her at Zone Conference next & whisper in her ear, "this hug is from your Mom.... she needs you to start sending her pictures of your own. She is getting crafty & desperate!" ;) |
I
have spent way too much time this week in the bathtub with my companion. (I
recognize that was an odd sentence.) We have had like 3 tornado warnings this
week. Our leaders told us to hang out in the bath tub (it has become my new
"home office" of sorts,) so therefore, to be obedient, we have been.
It's just a blast. Haha, I am not entirely convinced it will protect us from
anything since we are on the second story, but as we say in Spanish "a ver
que pasa." (“see what happens”)…. I
really hate the sirens, (that sound is so eerie,) but I am not afraid because I
have faith the Lord protects His servants. And so far, He has. One beautiful
day this week He cancelled all of our evening appointments so we went home to
eat dinner instead of going to a meal appointment and within a few minutes the
weather just turned so ugly it was crazy. He sure protects us. Our car got some
pretty bad hail damage, but no windows were knocked out which happened to some
other missionaries, so we can't complain at all. Just more opportunities to
practice being faithful! Faith casts out all fear!
Transfers
are this week, everyone is anxiously awaiting to see what happens. If the Lord
sees fit to keep me here in Grand Island, great! We have found some really
sweet families to teach this week and I LOVE the people here! But if He needs
me somewhere else, I will go happily because it is His will. He always knows
best. Say a prayer all will go well!
We
had the branch picnic on Saturday! (Think tacos and lots of futbol!) It
was a blast and we got a Cuban family of investigators there! It was so great!
The branch is making leaps and bounds and really doing a good job
fellowshipping them! We stopped by yesterday evening to visit them (they didn't
come to church,) and it turns out they were all ready and dressed to go to
church and just didn't come because they got the time wrong! Ahhh! But it's
okay, the Lord knows best. I sure love them a ton. They are amazing people -
they would give you the shirt off their back and then ask if you need anything
else. I have never seen such big and genuine hearts as I have seen with them.
The Cuban people are amazing. All Latinos are, but I have a special and tender
love for Cubanos.
We
had a miracle this week! A few months ago Hermana Pocock and I received a referral
from a youth in our ward to go visit her aunt who was living with the
grandparents. We went and the aunt was not interested, but we started talking
to grandma and grandpa, Benita and Jose. Turns out that several years
earlier, Benita had taken the lessons, but never got baptized because Jose
didn't want her too! She was really awesome and hilarious but staunch on still
not being baptized, even though she knows the Church is true. We kept visiting
them and it was going well! About 3 months ago they disappeared off the face of
the planet-turns out they went to Mexico. (LIKE EVERYONE.) We had no idea when
they would be back! Last week we felt prompted to go and they were there, they
had just gotten back the night before! We had a really good lesson and Jose
participated!
Well,
the Sunday following, the youth's mom told us again to go visit her
sister, but that her sister had moved and she didn't know where! We had an
appointment with Benita and Jose on Monday, and figured we would ask them.
Well we show up on Monday, and guess who shows up too?! Jessica, the aunt!
She jumped out of her car and was like "I moved? I need to give you my new
address so you can come visit me! I need God in my life!" WHAT. SO COOL.
We have an appointment tonight! Then after she left, we had a lesson with
Benita and we felt we should extend the baptismal invitation again and we
didn't even finish asking her before she was saying "Yes, yes! I want the
Spirit. I know it will be hard but I understand the blessings and I want them!"
It was incredible. She's so solid. I love that woman. That is the power of the
Spirit, ladies and gentlemen.
Another
great thing this week was we had Spanish Conference. I LOVE ALL THE SPANISH
MISSIONARIES! We are a small but really united force. I teared up when I saw
Hermana Pocock-she ran and picked me up and swung me around! Haha! That's so
our relationship. It was great to see all my dear friends: Elder Wilson, Elder
Pulver, Elder Robinson, Elder Garff, Hermana Pocock, and so many more. I love
them all dearly. They take such good care of me. Hermana Pocock and Elders
Wilson and Pulver sent me a birthday card together since they are all in the
Souix City area! They are the best!
I
have been thinking a lot about discipline lately. If you are not self-disciplined,
you cannot be a disciple of Jesus Christ. As
Stephen Covey said: "The undisciplined are slaves to moods, appetites, and
passions." I am writing my personal vision for who I want to be right now,
and I have found Book of Mormon scriptures that exactly define who I want to
be!
Mosiah 5:2
And they all cried with one voice, saying: Yea, we believe all the words which thouhast spoken unto us; and also, we know of their surety and truth, because of theSpirit of the Lord Omnipotent, which has wrought a mighty change
in us, or in ourhearts, that we have no more disposition to do evil, but to do good
continually.
3 Nephi 28:39-40
Now this change was not equal to that which shall take place at the last day; butthere was a change wrought upon them, insomuch that Satan could have nopower over them, that he could not tempt
them; and they were sanctified in theflesh, that they were holy, and that the powers of the earth could not hold them.
And in this state they were to remain until the judgment day of Christ; and at thatday they were to receive a greater change, and to be received into the kingdom
of the Father to go no more out, but to dwell with God eternally in the heavens.
Mosiah 18:12
And now it came to pass that Alma took Helam, he being one of the first, andwent and stood forth in the water, and cried, saying: O Lord, pour out thy Spiritupon thy servant, that he may do this work with holiness of heart.
Think about it! Be
disciplined! I am working on it too!
Love you all, have a great week. I know I will.
Love, Hermana Miller
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