April 19, 2011

yes, 2 sets of missionaries live in our house. we actually live out in farr west but Willard is just north of it but we cover willard, and yes we have a car but we are trying to save miles so we have been walking and hitching rides from people. but the work is kind of going slow here, i am kind of bugged at my companion because he is kind of lazy, he has been out 19 months and he is kind of ready to go hom, but when i first came to this area we were just going to lessons and just talking to them for an hour and not teaching anything, but that quickly changed because it is ok to sit and chat with people but you can only do it for so long and you have to teach something while you are there, but i am getting him to work now becuase we don't really have that big of a teaching pool that is slowly changing. and i am really excited to see some more work done here because this area has alot of potential. but i really don't have time to e-mail alot this week becuase we are helping somebody move today and i am using their computer as quick as i can. but anyways i promise that i will write you more next week.

Love

Elder Miller

April 12, 2011

Things are going pretty well out here in Willard but they could be better. I like my companion and it so far has been really fun serving with him. I think the funnest part of this area is that we live with another companionship in our apartment so that has been pretty fun. But we have been teaching quite a bit of people in Willard when the Willard area has been pretty slow. But this week I went over to teach this 8 year old kid who for some reason didn't want to get baptized and i was told he didn't want to get baptized because he was scared of water. so we go over there and it turns out the only reason he didn't want to get baptized was because he didn't want to wear the baptismal clothes and he also didn't want to have a million people at his baptism. and i was thinking the whole time, at that age i didn't even care what happened to me all i knew was that i was getting baptized. but i taught him a lesson about baptism and it was kind of frustrating because he was one of those kids who told me that i was wrong... so he was telling me that i didn't know what i was talking about and he was telling me that i was wrong, which was frustrating, but finally his mom backed up me and told him the things i said and he believed her. but finally at the end i said you will be a happier person if you get baptized and you'll be sad if you don't and you will only have to wear the baptismal clothes for about 10 minutes and you can invite however many people you want to the baptism and he finally said yes, so that was good.
but this week we have more lessons than we had set up last week and they are actually with investigators, which is awesome so i am really excited to get around and teach. But i am so far liking willard/farr west, even though willard has nothing and i think that willard has more cows than people... but i am still loving it out here, i love you all and wish you well.
Love
Elder Miller

April 5, 2011

so now i am in willard, utah, and so far i am getting to know the area. i kind of know how to get to some peoples houses and be able to go the gym in the mornings. but my new comp's name is Elder Bennett, and he is from Mississippi/Idaho. But we cover all of Willard City, and a Stake in Farr West. and a ward in Perry and Plain city. so it is alot of farm land out here, but they do have a golf course near to where we live, and there is a guy in our area that will take us so i am really excited about that, and we even might go to the driving range today, so i am super excited!

but it was really cool to see general conference this weekend. I was able to go to 3 of the sesssions at general conference. I was able to go to the Saturday Morning and afternoon sessions and I was also able to go to the sunday afternoon session. also like you already know i was able to go with Elder Wayments parents to conference because i had some extra tickets, and when i first got to farr west i looked them up and visited them. but it was really good to be able to go into the HUGE conference center to watch conference, and it was also weird to see some people that i knew. but anyways i really liked the talks given by the 70's about he atonement. about how we shold be patient with our sufferings and that the savior knows about what we are going through. But i also really liked President Eyring's talk during priesthood session, where he talked about excercing your preiesthood authoirty to the best of your ability. but the best thing about conference this weekend is that i didn't fall asleep during any of the sessions!  but anyways i really don't have much to report about this week becuase i really don't know what is going on here, haha all i know is that i am in willard/farr west and i am preaching the gospel to people out here, and i am loving it. anyways hope you all well and i pray for you everyday

Love

Elder Miller