Week #2

Dear Mom,

After i emailed you we had the rest of our P Day (until 5 o clock) to do our physical activities! So we played football for a little bit and got killed haha :) It was awesome! It definitley makes me miss Kody a ton! Then we played handball which is like soccer mixed with basketball...we use soccer goals and play like ultimate frisbee. It was super fun! Except when my glasses get knocked off! I hate glasses. I look like a freaking geek haha. After 5 we united as a district and we were supposed to study...but my district is kinda crazy so we ust talked the whole time! after our meeteing we went and had a fireside with the president. This guy is amazing. He is probably the most scripture savy guy i have ever met. Presidente Openshaw is his name. but our lesson was about getting married in the temple and being sealed so that we can recieve the patriarchal priesthood! I had no idea! To recieve exaltation we have to have this priesthood. So theres the fun fact of the day :) It was a crazy deep lesson! but i enjoyed it!

November 29th

I woke up so sore today! My muscles were aching from yesterday! My body was definietly not used to it haha. And i woke up with killer allergies. I was sneezing all morning! After breakfast i had an interview with president openshaw...it was pretty scary! But when my turn came to get an interview he was the nicest guy to me! He told me my spanish was really good and that i was ahead of schedule. After the interview we prayed and i felt like i was getting set apart again! He blessed me with so much! I was extremely grateful. After that it was the normal routine until we had some service to do! All we did was clean the kitchen haha but it was good to get out of the class room for a bit. My teacher in the after noon Hermano(Brother) Vargas has only been speaking english for 3 months! So sometimes i have to translate his Spanish into English for the class to understand haha! Its prettty Crazy. Hes freaking awesome though. Today i also got my first haircut! You will have to tell me how it looks.

December 1st

This is going to be a long entry so im sorry in advance! Today was my first 24 hour fast....i was starving haha. But I had a really good experience with it! Testimony meeting was amazing! I am honored to be with these people! They are truly angels of God. I am so humbled to be part of them. After Sacrement i took a two hour nap. haha a nap has never felt sooo good! We had another fireside that I want to share with you :) it was about blessings. Like administrering blessings. It was taught by President Openshaw and he told a story that I want to tell you! Its kinda sad! So 50 years ago when President Openshaw was serving his mission in Argentina, he was walking around town with his companion when a boy came running up begging for the missionaries to come to his house. His dad had just passsed away and he told the missionaries to give him a blessing to live again. My mission president said as soon as the boy was done talking, the president knew that the boys dad would live again. The spirit testified to the president that he was going to command him to live again. So my MTC president and his companion went over to the house and it was surrounded with friends and family crying and really sad. So my president went to the body and gave him a blessing and said "by the faith of those in this room you will live again" or something to that affect. Guess what....He didnt rise. My mission president then bore testimony that he should not have blessed him like that. he shouldve followed the spirit and commanded him to rise. If he had that father would sitll be alive today....i was blown away. It just made me realize I have to follow the spirt with EXACTNESS. Pretty crazy story.

 

Please tell Kali and Tara happy birthday for me! I love and miss you guys very much! Please give everyone hugs and kisses for me! I miss you so much mom! You guys are in my prayers!

Love,

Elder Milton