Monday, June 8, 2015

Hey family, 

Wow my last letter. That just blows my mind. I can't believe it. I wish it wasn't real. 

To be honest, I'm going to be super duper sad to leave, not only Argentina, but the mission. I've enjoyed every single second here (even the hard ones). I've seen many people change their lives and accept the gospel. I've seen people choose to follow Christ and be baptized, I've seen inactive members who thought there wasn't another chance for them become active, accept a calling, prepare for the temple, and have their children baptized. I love relating my mission to the mission of the Sons of Mosiah found in Alma 26, where they are teaching the Lamanites. I'm sure my mission isn't near as hard as theirs, but this chapter has always helped me when I felt like I couldn't do it anymore. I've thought if the best missionaries in the BOM had troubles, were rejected and wanted to turn back then I can do it. (Alma 26:27). 

I know I'm not a perfect missionary but I've done all I can in being the best. With the Lord and his never ending atonement, I was able to perfect myself in him. I found a quote once, I don't remember, but it was something like we can never fail if we are on the Lords side and it's so true. (Alma 26:12)   12 Yea, I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God, for in his strength I can do all things; yea, behold, many mighty miracles we have wrought in this land, for which we will praise his name forever.

I remember before my mission I didn't even know what the gospel was. I remember trying to explain it to someone and was so dorky ummm we believe in God, and Jesus, and the Holy Ghost, but they're all different beings. Just nada que ver. Haha I was super nervous and didn't even know about the whole restoration. I knew about Joseph Smith and that he saw God and Jesus, but I would never have been able to explain it back in that moment. I never was one to be super strong in the gospel, and read my scriptures everyday, study, pray, fast. It rarely crossed my mind, but being out here in the mission I have learned soo much of who I am and who I want to be. I've learnt the doctrine and the importance of this gospel that I didn't even know or understand before. I love this gospel, I love how this gospel has changed me, and changed the lives of the people here in Argentina. 

Thanks to everyone who has supported me and helped me keep on going. I'm so grateful for my mission here in the patagonia and more than nothing I'm so grateful for this gospel. Like I say the mission never changed me, but the gospel has. I love it. 

Anyway, sieguen en el evangelio porque es el único camino para llegar a la vida eterna. Les quiero mucho. Se que dios vive y que es nuestro padre celestial. Se que Jesucristo es nuestra salvador que expió por nosotros. Amo el evangelio, amo mi salvador. Amo mi misión y lo que aprendí acá.  

I love ya, 

Hermana Miller

Hermana Miller didn't send any pictures this week so I got these from the blog that her mission presidents wife does.  These are from her last leadership council.

Monday, June 1, 2015

Hey fam jam!

Well let me tell you this week was the best week ever! Seriously I'm LOVING Neuquén! I love my area, my companion, my district, and my zone. I've never had such an amazing uplifting experience. Maybe it's because I'm leaving soon, but I don't think so. I'm honestly just loving the mission more than I ever have before. Which maybe isn't to good because it'll make it harder to leave. =(  But what do you do. 

I had fun today buying some little gifts! Neuquén has way more shops to buy stuff at. So it's way fun! Maybe bad at the same time because I just want to buy everything!!! Haha but it's way fun! My poor companion though, she's like man it sucks having 2 companions in a row go home because it makes me super trunky and I just want to buy everything too. She goes home in December. Poor girl. But she's a trooper and a good sport. I'm just trying not to be tooooo trunky for her. ;)

This week we did 2 intercambios! It was way fun, it's kinda a little stressful because I feel like I don't know what I'm doing sometimes. But basically you just have to be this huge example "as a leader". It's fun though, I get to know way more people and missionaries! 

Ok so super awesome milagro. This week we found this family de diez. They're so great! I love them! We found them and they promised to come to church (even though they didn't) but they were all for the gospel! It was the first lesson with them but they were way excited for us to keep working with them!!! =) It's going to be great! Isabel and Hugo and they have 8 kids, but only 3 of them live with them. 18, 20, and another son who's like adopted into the family, he's 20 too. But they're so great! So I'll let you know how things go with this family next Monday. Hopefully they come to church.

We have stake conference this Sunday so that'll be good. The missionaries are doing this sweet musical number. The director gave me the piano music to play and it was just way to hard, and I couldn't do it. She wanted me to play for the conference, but I was like man idk because I'm not going to have time to practice. So I'm singing instead. Haha but I don't have to play the piano in sacrament meetings here FOR THE FIRST TIME, because they have  youth that play! Super awesome!!! It's weird sitting in the congregation. I like it.

This week we had a capilla abierta. It was not even close to as cool as it was in Roca. Basically no one came, so that sucked. Haha but what do you do. I think all the investigadores were people that the Elders found on the street and invited them in. So we had some non members for the menos. 

A few days ago we had to clean the church and the baptism font was full of water and we had to clean it. It was so rank. I went in there (once all the water drained) just cleaning it with like disinfectant. It was so gross. There were spiders everywhere and webs and it was so sick. I'm just standing in this smelly, muddy, spider infested water in my bare foot. But hey we got it clean. Haha, we had to mop up some of the water with towels and ring them into a bucket because the last little bit would not drain. Only in Argentina...

On Wednesday we have consejo, so all the leaders will come to Neuquén and I totally get to see Hermana Christensen. So I'm stoked! =)

Sorry I wrote so much and I want to write so much more, but I got to go!!! Love you guys so much! See ya in like 2 weeks. whaaaaaaaat?!?!

Les amo!

xoxoxo

Hermana Miller