I'm going to hit my year mark coming up soon.....and it's soooo crazy
to think I've spent a year of my life in Spain on my mission! Time
flys, literally the weeks go faster and faster, I heard the saying
"Days are weeks and weeks are days" but really now it's more like
"Days are hours and weeks are days". It's trippy! We're SUPER busy out
here in Ibiza, there's soooo much to do. Last week we had to spend two
days outside of our area(which I'm not too crazy about) to go to a
Mission Tour where we were able to hear from W Craig Zwick from the
first presidency of the Seventy and Elder L Tom Perry's wife(she's
President Dayton's sister) and it was AMAZING!! Later we worked on
covering visits and making sure we saw everyone we needed to see for
the week after haha.
So during the conference I learned so much! Elder Zwick speaks PERFECT
Spanish and we did the conference in Spanish and it was super great!
He spoke about simplifying, intensifying and testifying when we
teaching, gaining trust of members, and overcoming temptation and
spiritually progressing! It was a very spiritually edifying experience
for me and all the other missionaries who attended. It was also nice
being able to see Elder Islas and Tyson. I also got be in my first
area in the mission! We went to visit a member family that was the
best when I served there, Talia and Andres. They were surprised by the
visit and we didn't have much time but after saying good bye she
handed us two tubs of ice cream and said "Here's some food for the
road!" Haha I really have been blessed to meet some of the sweetest
people I've ever met during my mission. I also was asked to sing in an
octet for the conference and I actually sang a solo, haha I was pretty
nervous because we were singing in front of a general authority and
110 missionaries. We sang a song called, "How Can I Keep from
Singing?" And I remember just being super nervous to sing because it's
been so long since I've performed in front of people and as we got up
on stage I was like shaking haha but the moment I started singing my
solo I felt a warm peaceful feeling come over me telling me everything
would be alright.
As for the work here in Ibiza we have been working with Emilio. He has
a baptismal date for this weekend, but he's struggling with quitting
smoking and so we might have to push his baptismal date back a little.
Also he FOUND A HOME AND A JOB!!!! Thank you everyone who has prayed
for him, he's been searching for so long and finally has been blessed
by the lord with a place to live and a job to support himself. What a
HUGE miracle the Lord has worked in his life!
Well other than that things have been good! Time is just flying by and
I'm loving every second of my mission, I'm working hard and trying to
really to serve with all my heart, might, mind and strength. I'm not
perfect but I know I'm doing my best and I feel good about that! Love
you all, have a great week :)
-Elder Miller
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