Week Twelve - Caraz

Here is the latest e-mail from Elder Miller.

 

Elder Miller writes:

This week was a great week! I have officially completed one transfer in the field as of yesterday. I definitely learned a lot my first transfer and look forward to learning lots more this transfer. I have the same companion for this transfer because you are always with your trainers for two transfers so that is awesome. Elder Sánchez is really fun and a great teacher.

This week we have been working with a few different investigators. Two of them are references from our awesome Ward misión leader. He has been such a great help to us. Working with the members to find and teach the investigators is so much easier. Wow! The members here are great. One day this week we had one member drive us to yura coto for a few people there and we had one lesson with an old investigator that was great. She is very receptive and really trying to learn. Which as a missionary is a dream come true! When the investigators actually pray and read the book of mormon and the pamphlets It is so awesome. You can really see their growth as they study and ponder.

Wow the misión is such a learning process. Between learning more about the góspel and the scriptures combined with learning the language its kind of overwhelming at times, but Im learning and growing so that is good. Some days i have tojust laugh at myself and realice that im going to make some mistakes. I love to look back and see the progress that I have made though. This Sunday we went to Yungay for their sacrament meeting there in a house with about 20 to 30 people and it was a great experience as always. The people there are so nice and always have a special spirit about them. I gave a talk about building your life and family on the rock of the Lord.(like the wise man) It went great! My whole talk was in point form too. The gift of tongues is such a blessing.

I know this is the work of the lord and that there are people being prepared right now to receive it as it says in Moroni 7. It is such a blessing to be in such a beatiful place and with great people. I have definitely felt the love of the Lord in my life throughout this experience so far.