Thanksgiving With A General Authority!

Ok, so I didn't eat Thanksgiving with a General Authority. I'm not that cool. But I did spend almost a whole day with Elder Meurs a couple days before Thanksgiving! :D

Every year in this mission a General Authority comes and does a mission tour where he does kind of a devotional of sorts with half the mission, then the other half the next day. So I got to see a bunch of the Sisters that I've served with that are currently on this side of the mission. :) Elder Meurs is awesome and I am so glad that I got to learn from him before I went home. :) We talked a lot about finding people to teach, about rising in our might, and he really emphasized the power of prayer. He also talked a lot about how members can be involved in missionary work (which I will be applying very soon as a member :)) which I loved. He had great insights and the spirit was so strong there. He is so sweet too. He has such a soft heart and a very calm disposition about him. Plus it was fun listening to his Australian accent all day. :)

I think the main thing I got from our day with Elder Meurs was that the Lord will do His part, if we do ours. Just do your part. It really is small in comparison to what He does. But do your part with all your might. I know that that is how we show God that we want His help, and the more we work, the more He will bless us. And I know that prayer is so essential in everything we do. It says time and time again in the scriptures to pray always. Do it! All the time! Involve the Lord in everything! That is how we will be successful.

Thanksgiving was awesome too. :) We were invited over by our Bishop's family and the Wolfe family. We were sooooooo fuuuuullllll. :) Oh my goodness, the Bishop's wife makes this dessert she calls Pumpkin Love and it is the greatest thing I have ever tasted oh my goodness yummm. I am going to get the recipe from her. It is so good. :) I'm very grateful for the members' generosity to invite us over to join their families for the holidays. It was so sweet of them.

We put two more people on date for baptism this week!! We're very excited. And it hasn't snowed yet. Fingers crossed it stays in the sky until December 29th. :P

I hope you all had a fantastic Thanksgiving and are having fun getting ready for Christmas!!

Sister Miller

Elder Meurs!

The Trio Reunites!!

THANKSGIVING!!

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!🦃🍽

It's crazy that this is my second one on my mission. :O It doesn't feel like it's been that long.

This week a lot of great stuff happened. :) We got a finalized date for Jaelyn's baptism so we can really make sure she's prepared for it. And she and her mother came to church! Her mother even had a migraine, bless her heart.

We also found four new investigators this week! Two of which are Millers. Obviously. The other two are great and we're really excited for them. One, Sister Green, was taught by the Elders about 5 months ago but then moved to live with her sister (and whenever someone moves out of the area, we throw the teaching record away, so there was no record of her in the area book) but then she moved back three months later! The only reason we found her was because we decided to go through the phone and make sure we knew who all the people in the contacts were. There were a few who didn't have records in the area book, she being one of them, so we called her and we got to meet with her! She has read all the way to Mosiah and went to church several times while the Elders were teaching her. She is awesome and hopefully we'll be able to help her finish her journey. :)

And Sister Smith came to church yesterday! We met with her Saturday night and were trying to help her come, but she wouldn't do it. She was too nervous and her car was in really bad shape so she wanted to wait another week. But Sunday morning she texted and said that she was coming! :O We were shocked. But she came and it was awesome. :) An 8 year old was getting baptized right after church too so she decided to stay for that and watch it. :) How inspired is that?

Funny thing too, so we have our mission coordination at our Bishop's house on Saturday mornings. Well, this last Saturday was the day of someone in the ward's wedding that was going to be happening at the church (just a small little ceremony) and the Bishop's wife was asked to be the photographer. She didn't know very much about photography though and she knew that Sister Donahoo was a professional photographer so she asked her to help her at the wedding. So we went to a wedding for lunch. :)

Whenever I think of Thanksgiving, or just being grateful in general, I think of the story in the Bible of the 10 lepers that Jesus Christ healed. Ten lepers asked Him to heal them, and He sent ten lepers to be healed. But only one came back and thanked Him for this miracle. May we all remember who gave us our blessings, and never take them for granted. May we all remember to thank Him with an attitude of worship not just this week, but every week. After all, doesn't He bless us more than once a year?

I am so grateful for the opportunity that God has given me to serve a mission on His behalf. I am grateful for all the experiences I have had and the people that I have met who have strengthened my testimony and my love for the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know that He is our Savior and I will never be able to thank Him enough for His Atoning Sacrifice.

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!

Sister Miller

And then there was ONE TRANSFER LEFT!!

But we won't talk about that.

This week was eventful. :) I like those weeks.

Our most progressing investigator is Sister Smith and she said she can't put down the Book of Mormon. :) And she said she would try to come to church on Sunday. She's super nervous but we're going to try to bring a member to her house before so she knows someone. :) She is such a sweet heart.

One of our other progressing investigators came to church on Sunday! She is the 11 year old daughter of a less active family who are trying to come back to church and they want her to be baptized. :) We're so glad they finally came. They are wonderful and we love them to pieces.

I also went to Ashland, Kentucky this week on exchanges!! Which was super fun because I have had two companions who both were trained there. :) And now I can say that I have served in FOUR different states! 😎

Ok, and I've decided that I am going to convert every Miller in this area because there are so many people with my last name so I go and talk to them, obviously, and then they totally want to go to church! Millers are elect. :) And there's a less active family named the Millers and we're working with them too. :) It must be meant to be.

Today for P-day we went to the Marshall University campus (in the Elders area (had to get special permission :))) and took pictures with the Marshall plane crash memorial fountain that they turn off every year on the anniversary of the plane crash. They also place roses down for each person who died. That was on November 14th so the roses were still there which was cool. I'm going to have to watch the movie when I get home. :)

Have a great week everyone!!!!

Sister Miller

The Bishop's wife here works at a student housing office and she has a movie poster for the Marshall movie in her office. :) 

We went to the marshall memorial fountain and the roses were still on there from the memorial ceremony that was on the 14th. That's the day the plane crashed. They turn off the fountain and put roses on for each person who died every year. And we went to Chipotle. :)

We went by the campus today and I took what pictures I could. :) The two are of the football stadium

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Halloween last week was special because the people we went to go see were within walking distance so we walked around with all the little trick-or-treaters. :P Some people asked us if we wanted candy, but we didn't think it would be good because we weren't technically trick-or-treating. :) Next year I'm getting three years worth or candy though, so no worries. :)

We are still trying to meet all of the members in our area and we were able to meet with a couple less actives this week. Very very few of the less actives are less active because of a lack of a testimony, which I find interesting. Anyway, one that we met is Brother Ball and we just talked to him a little on his porch because he lived alone. We told him to read 3 Nephi 18 (about the Sacrament) and he said he would "forget to do it" so we wrote it on a sticky note and gave it to him and told him to read it before Sunday (which gave him four days). He said he would put it on his fridge so it would "tempt him and make him feel guilty for not doing it." We told him he had to do it before Sunday and wouldn't leave until he said he would. We also promised him blessings. :) He finally said he'd do it. Silly man.

We also met with the Lambert family and I love them so much. :) She is less active but knows she needs to come. They invited us to dinner and we talked about the Sabbath Day and they came to church!!! Happy day. :)

We also met with an investigator we have named Delores and she is progressing!!!!! Happy day! She read 7 chapters in the Book of Mormon and said she would get baptized if she knew it was true. :) We're excited.

I love how much being on a mission has strengthened my testimony in church, the Sacrament, and the Sabbath Day. I know they are all so important for our salvation and that we literally would not be able to do what we need to do in this life without their blessings. I know that the Sacrament cleanses and renews us each week and that it is so essential for us each week. I know that the Sabbath is a gift from God that will bless us greatly on every other day of the week. And I know that the church is the House of the Lord and that we are blessed for keeping the commandment of going and worshiping our God there.

Have a wonderful week!!!! Share the gospel with someone this week!!

Sister Miller