I was sad not to hear from you last week but that is okay! I dont blame you for forgetting, it is still surprising me and I am here! Everyone sounds so busy! Which I guess depends on the person if that is good or bad, but to me I think that is good! :) I was super happy to see Mom is doing so good in school! Kody is a pro on a pogo stick?! Also Megan is leaving SO soon, this is scary! Mike was called to the High Council?! That is super exciting! I am sure he is a little nervous also but he will be great! Congrats! Dinner with the McCormies family sounded really good :) thank you for supporting Kelly, when I couldnt be there!
Well this week would be a difficult week to leave the office! I had to update the stats, and I have been looking like crazy for a special house for a new mission nurse that will be coming this week! So I have made a handful of visits this week to visit all the people I talked about last week! I am planning on visiting R. the first time today so we will see how he is doing and try to help him to come to church tomorrow. The C.(American) family is doing! We talked to A.(the inactive son) and we practiced Spanish by reading the ¨Yes Lord, I Will Follow Thee¨ talk from conference. He seemed to like it and open up a little bit. So that was super good!
The big news is that there was a problem with a companionship so my office trainer went to that area with one and the other one is with me right now! Elder H., my office trainer, might not come back! So now all the weight is on my shoulders and my help is gone in the office! So I am a little nervous and we found my first white hair yesterday! So the office is stepping up a notch! Being in the office just blows my mind! I see the more human side of President Mc. and see him trust me a little more! I have realized it wasnt by Presidents choice that I am here, it has been the Lords! President almost is just as surprised that I am here as I am! Yesterday we had a meeting about finances and he asked me a variety of questions that I had know clue what could be done and when I said that he told me he didn't know either but he trusted me to fix it...haha to see that President Mc. doesn't have all the answers just helped me realize the gravity and seriousness of this calling. He has a famous saying for the office staff when one of us messes up he says ¨Youre not fired, and you cant quit... so fix it¨ which could be taken cold but I have felt that it is so true! I havent made any huge errors but it helps me to know that the Lord has me here for a reason and trusts that I can fix it. Another difficulty is thinking about the talk ¨Which Way Do You Face¨ that I always have to represent the church to the missionaries/people and not representing the people to the church. So sometimes there really isnt much I can do when something is broken or when a landlord wants more money...I have to always defend the Churchs best interest, which is super ugly...but it has to be done!
Today for P-Day I got a sweet gig! We contacted a tennis coach and taught him a little and he really liked what we represented and respected our sacrifice of girls for two years so he let us use his tennis court today and some of his equipment..so I took my Secretary companion Elder A. from San Bernardo County California! He played a bunch of tennis before the mission so he was practically kissing me for getting this deal! Man, I was so terrible at it but it was fun to play on a clay court! There arent too common in the US so we enjoyed ourselves!
Things are super good for me! I have been extremely blessed so I know that a lot is expected from me, I just hope and pray that I can reach those expectations! I know that I can with your support and love so I thank you for that! Please know that I pray for you and I love you guys so much! I will write you much more next week! :)
Love Forever and Always,
Elder Milton
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