Oh my this last week has been crazy and amazing and exciting!!! So on Tuesday afternoon I headed out on a bus for Málaga to go to the mission home to do my residency! Yes, it´s official, I am a resident of España! Being with President and Hermana Deere and those missionaries from my MTC group was so great. I said to President and Hermana Deere, ´´I´m hanging in there...but this is hard work! My bishop told me it was going to be hard, my stake president told me it was going to be hard, my family told me it was going to be hard- so obviously I expected it to be difficult. But i had no idea it was going to be THIS hard.´´ Haha they laughed and empathizathed with me. But i assured them that i love it so so much, and i do! Ah, it´s seriously the best.
So after doing residency things on Wednesday, i got to meet up with the one and only Hermana Israelson for intercambios! Oh my, she is wonderful! I had such a great time with her, and I learned so much! She is a great missionary.
So i was out of Almería for two days, and i´m in love with Almería, so it was nice to get back! And I missed Hermana Crockett, she´s so great!
On Saturday we had a barbeque with a family in our ward and the other family i mentioned last week with a baptismal date! It was so much fun! Oh my, the food was delicious, and Hermana Crockett taught me how to make these unreal brownies, so we ate those. too! And we had a super spiritual lesson with them afterwards...Saturday was a great day!
Sunday, wow.. SUNDAY. It was one of the best sacrament meetings I have ever been too. Hermana Crockett spoke, and also Elder Sharp our district leader. Hermana Crocketts talk was one of the best I have ever heard. I felt the Spirit so strongly, one of the most powerful times of my life. She talked about the Restauración and missionary work. She recited the first vision, and wow...it was powerful. She also said that ¨´We may not see a pillar of light, like Joseph Smith did, but we can see the light of the gospel of Jesus Christ in our lives.¨ It was awesome!!!
Also, Elder Sharp talked about members and missionaries working together! Which is so important in the work of Salvation. He said, ´´I don´t believe you (members) are here to help us with our work. I believe we (missionaries) are here to help YOU with your work.¨ Then he went on to say, ¨We´re all on the same team. It´s not the missionaries are the players and the members are the spectators. We´re all players, God and Jesus Christ are our coaches, our church leaders are our captains- but we are ALL players.¨ It is so true! We must all work together, that´s when the work of salvation is moved forward effectively!
Also-- big changes this week!!! So half of my district, Elders Bird, Church, and Sharp are leaving our district! Ah, i´m so sad about it. But Hermana Crockett and I are staying together- and one more Hermana is coming!!!! #TRIO
Crazy stuff- but it was cool cuz i just happened to meet the Hermana that´s coming when i was on intercambios in Málaga, so we already know each other and I am so excited! And ha, for all you preparing to go on missions, just know ¨p-day¨ is not even close to a free day! Ha, today we´ve spent HOURS cleaning and rearranging our piso to fit three! We all have to sleep in different beds in the same room, ha, so fitting three beds has been a challenge...lets just say our piso is pretty much completely different, but now we´re ready for Hermana Andrew and ah, big changes but we´re so excited! At first i was nervous and thinking, ´´Oh my, three hermana´s, one bathroom- this is never going to work!´´ But Hermana Crockett has been super positive and really has helped me to trust in the Lord and have a more positive outlook, i´m so grateful for her! And grateful to the Lord because seriously the fact that our rearranging worked out is an answer to prayer! Literally we prayed for His help. We were freaking out a little. Haha but it all worked out!
Ah, I love life, and i love my district and i´m so sad many of them are leaving but I know it´s the Lord´s will and His work, and I´m excited for the future!
Love, Hermana Miller
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