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| Check it out - Miles Avenue! |
The last two P-days have
been pretty jam packed with fun stuff! Today we went to the National Zoo in
DC. It was strange because it was free and you can just walk straight in
and see everything right in the city. It was a little chilly and we didn't get
to stay too long, but it was great! We took the metro this time and that
takes longer than just driving. Last week we went to the Arlington National Cemetery.
It was way bigger than I imagined it being! It was fun to see the changing of
the guard and John Kennedy’s grave. Those are things I've only seen in
pictures, but it was cool to be there. My feet hurt because it was a lot of
walking and it felt like a day at Disneyland! Next week we will probably take
it easy and play some basketball or something.
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| Washington DC View (in the background) - from Arlington National Cemetery |
We are going to start
using facebook next week! We won’t get the ipads and iphones until mid December.
We will be able to teach anyone back home, through facebook or Skype that isn't a member of the church. If you have any referrals for me let me know!
Also I’d like to thank Grandma
Sparks for the awesome homemade rolls I received recently! They were amazing
and my roommates loved them as well. Halloween was fun. We didn’t end up
watching Despicable Me 2 cause I guess it’s not on DVD yet or something, but we
will probably watch it for Christmas. We watched Monsters University and the Emperor’s
New Groove. We pulled all the couches from the foyer and watched them on a
projector in the gym. We had lots of good food too!
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| Fall colors in Virginia |
We didn't do as much
tracting this week as usual. We've been trying to do a lot more member work to
get referrals. President Riggs as introduced "Family Fun Nights"
where we can go to a members house, teach a Family Home Evening type lesson and
play a game or something. The goal is for the families to have fun and then
feel comfortable inviting friends over to do the same thing at some point. One
of the scriptures we've been sharing with the members is D&C 88:81. It says
that for those who have been warned to warn theirs neighbors. We as members of
the church have been "warned" and it’s our responsibility to share
what we know with others.
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| Elder Miles |
I've started reading the
New Testament recently because I've never read it all the way through before. I
felt like I should in order to gain a stronger knowledge of what the people we
teach have been reading. Lots of people study the bible and it’s important to
be able to use a few references from the bible in our teaching. The New
Testament is really good and I wish I would have read it earlier! Any of
you out there that haven’t read it I encourage you to do it! It’s really
interesting seeing the similarities between it and the Book of Mormon. It’s
awesome having time to study and learn more about the gospel!
Love you all!
-Elder Miles |
| Elder Miles at the Arlington National Cemetery |
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| Elder Miles and the Arlington Memorial Amphitheater |
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