July 14, 2014
Quuuuueeeee pasa,
mundo?!?!
Another GREAT week in
the Nebraska Omaha Mission. I adore being a missionary. I adore Grand Island. I
adore life. Aughhh this week was too good to be true! I will have to do a
quickie run-down of the big events to try to fill you all in!
1.) Interviews with
President Weston! Oh my goodness that man is amazing and inspired. He literally
answered every single one of my prayers and the questions of my heart. It was
like he was reading my soul. I am so blessed to have such a good set of mission
parents. They have put their whole heart and soul into this mission. And they
have really turned it around. Only a few years ago, a General Authority said
that about 85% of the missionaries here had serious problems to work through,
and now because of the inspired and strict/loving leadership of the Lord
calling the Westons, a few months ago it was called one of the most obedient
missions. That is proof that the Atonement is real. And this week was a mission
record-setting week for baptismal sets and investigators coming to church!
Exact obedience brings blessings! You can't really love the work without it! Anyways, that care and passion that they put
into the mission as a whole transcends and reflects in the way they treat every
missionary. I really love them and appreciate them. I know they are consecrated
servants of the Lord.
2.) We had a baby!
Well, not yet. But we threw a baby shower for Hermana Fabela-Carrillo and it
was GREAT! We had like 40 people there and a bunch of awesome investigators and
even a less-active member family who haven't been to church in like 5 years!
And now they want us to get their 12 year old son ready to go through the
temple and do baptisms for his uncle who passed away! Miracle! (PS-I have now
thrown just about every major life event on my mission - a wedding, baby
shower, missionary farewell, Christmas parties, etc etc etc. The only one I am
missing is a funeral, but we did get kicked out of our district meeting 2 weeks
ago because they brought a dead body into our room for a viewing - so I guess that counts...)
3.) BENITA AND JESSICA
CAME TO CHURCH YESTERDAY AND LOVED IT! They even asked for copies of
Preach My Gospel! I was so excited that
I took mine out of my bag and just gave it to them! (Which is a
miracle in itself that I had it because normally I don't bring it with me, but
I felt prompted to yesterday morning.) They are amazing! Please pray they will
be protected and be able to get baptized on August 2nd according to
plan! I love them so dearly!
4.) The Cubans here
love me! Haha! And I love them! We got the opportunity to talk to a bunch
yesterday and I don't know what it is, but I always just hit it off so well
with Cubans! We got along great. At the beginning of the conversation they were
telling us they were strong believers in "Brujeria" which is like
black magic, but by the end, they all accepted Books of Mormon and were really
solid about reading them! And they were convinced I was Italian. (Apparently I
have an Italian accent?) I dunno but I just adored them. Who am I kidding, I
adore all Cubans! They are the best! Maybe I'll move down to Miami and go to a
Spanish ward down there one day, hahaha!
5.) I got to teach
Relief Society yesterday (Charity and Visiting Teaching) and give a 20 minute
talk on the Plan of Salvation in sacrament! I was so proud of the sisters in
RS, they planned 3 visits to sick/sad sisters all by themselves this week!
That's massive progress and a miracle!
Anyways, time is
short. Sorry this letter was pretty "worldly." I ran out of time. But
I wanted to share one of my favorite scriptures with you all, it is Proverbs 3:27:
"Withhold not good from them to whom it is due, when it is in the power of thine hand to do it."
If we all did this,
the world would become infinitely more Christ-like, one kind act at a time.
Will you each do a random act of kindness every day this week? I can promise
you will feel more joy and feel more sensitive to the Spirit. You will answer
prayers and yours will be answered!
I love you all!
Besitos,
Hermana Miller :)
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