We had our ward Halloween
party this last Friday and it went really well! We had three investigators show
up and one less active! It was a chili cook off and then a Trunk or Treat.
I only had one bite of chili and then everyone started showing up and I got
busy talking. It was really great to introduce the members to some of the
people we are teaching and to get our investigators more comfortable with the
church. We also had the primary program yesterday and one of our investigators
(who also came to the party) came and brought her daughter. She had been to one
in the past and said that this year wasn't as good as before (haha). Her
daughter is 18 years old and pretty severely autistic. She is really great. She
always brings us sodas when we come over (haha). She came to the party and when
we were all cleaning up she started shooting a basketball and she couldn't
miss! It was pretty crazy (haha).
I’m not sure if I
mentioned this earlier, but at the beginning of this transfer they split
several of the zones including ours and now there are 10 zones. This last week
at district meetings it was announced that we will be getting Ipads in mid December!!!
That was pretty exciting. We will be able to get on Facebook and stuff too. We don’t
know too many details but the Zone Leaders are being trained on how to
proselyte online. We were all super stoked, then they announced something
else... After the new year, all missionaries will be required to wear man
purses (shoulder bags). The 12 say that backpacks make us look like salesmen. I’m
not too excited for that one to say the least (haha). We had interviews with
president Riggs this week. He talked mostly about how the work has been
hastened and we have been saved for this time. It was pretty cool. He is coming
up to our zone to play basketball today, but none of my roommates want to go.
We are going to the Arlington Cemetery today instead.
We seem to have
very good timing cause we always run into people as they are pulling into their
driveways, which makes it kind of awkward (haha). We haven’t had too much luck
this week besides the Halloween party. We didn't teach too many lessons or find
new investigators, but we've stayed positive. All we can do is keep working
hard and being obedient. There is no use in being negative cause that just
makes things worse! I can’t think of any really good stories from this week to
tell, but there are always interesting conversations. Some people won’t open
the door so we just talk through the door and Elder Seely got a rejection when
he tried to shake a guy’s hand (haha). People weren't too interested in talking
during the Redskins game last night either.
We haven’t been
having too much success in terms of numbers lately, but the work is definitely
going well. It talks about success in Preach My Gospel as being your
commitment, obedience, and progress. We are doing all of those things and I
know we are being successful missionaries. I’m learning and growing a ton and
having fun. I know if we just keep working hard and doing all we can to improve
that we will be blessed with people who are ready to accept the gospel! I've been reading in Ether and chapter 12 verse 6 is very good. It says miracles don’t
happen until after the trial of our faith. Our faith is being tried, but I know
we will see miracles. They won’t come when we want them to cause everything
happens in the Lord's time!
Chase has told me
his playing time has gone up slowly. Sorry if I can’t write much today. My
computer is being super slow. I have heard BYU is looking better and I can’t
believe Hoffman is passing everyone. We are still
teaching the Indian guy but he is super busy with work. The Syrian family moved
to New Jersey and we are trying to get their address to refer them. We teach
between 3 and 10 lessons a week. We tract for about an hour a day. I will
probably be in Sterling until Dec. 19 which is the end of next transfer. We
have like 10 regular investigators.
Love you
-Elder Miles
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