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| Merry Christmas from Elder Miles |
It was awesome to be
able to Skype everyone on Christmas!! That was definitely the highlight of my
Christmas... even though I got some pretty sweet new ties! On Christmas Eve we
had dinner with a member family and watched "Joy to the World".
On Christmas we ate breakfast with a member family, opened some
presents from them, read the Christmas story, and Skyped. Then we went to Denny’s
for lunch with the Zone Leaders. A random lady that wasn't even a member paid
for us! We all really appreciated it! When she saw the bill she probably had
some second thoughts (haha). Then we had dinner at another families house and
played Jenga - that was probably one of the more intense games of Jenga I’ve
ever played.
Christmas was over all
really fun, but it went by way to quickly! Everyone was under the impression
that we got to watch movies on New Year’s Eve, because they did last year, but
they told us we don't get to. I was super excited to see Despicable Me 2, but
it will have to wait until Halloween next year!
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| Mount Vernon Ward Church on the Potomac River |
We had a
trainers/trainee meeting the day after Christmas. During our lunch time
President Riggs decided he wanted to play a game of Lightning (Speed, Knockout,
Tornado, or whatever you call it). We had a line of probably 30+ missionaries
playing and I came away victorious :). There was also a football people were
throwing around and President Riggs knows I played QB (so did he), so he
challenged me to a little game. He called it "Burnout", but I had
never played before. The game is you line up across from each other and throw
the ball as hard as you can at the other person. Whoever drops more loses and
you are supposed to move closer and closer. I haven't really thrown a football
in a long time, so that was pretty tiring for my arm (haha). I’m pretty sure I
won cause he dropped more than I did, but he could sling it pretty hard!
My birthday is coming up
this week - be creative and I will appreciate anything!
I mentioned while we
were Skyping that we ran into some drunk guys on Christmas Eve. They wanted
Elder Van Dykes jacket (haha). I hope I didn't scare anyone (mom or grandma)
because everything was fine and it was pretty funny. Speaking of which there
were some drunk guys outside our apartment the other day (haha). Thank goodness
for the word of wisdom, so we don't make fools of ourselves!
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| Some apartments where Elder Miles has been tracting |
We took a recent
convert/less active member to the Christmas lights this week. He is a cool
black guy. We watched a violin performance and after one of the songs while
everyone else was clapping he stood up and put his hands in the air (haha)!
I love you all. I’m
getting kicked off the computer (public library).
-Elder Miles
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