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