Hello Family!
Thank you for all of your kind birthday wishes! They made me smile. :) I can't believe that I will be 21 either, but come Wednesday there is nothing I can do about it. :)
This weekend I received the best birthday gift ever! Karolyn and Jonathon were baptized and confirmed and are now officially members of Christ's true church. The service went so well that it was definitely one of the best I have ever seen. Many of the ward members came to support them on their special day and lots of people participated. They were already a part of the ward on their first Sunday at Church but now it's even official. :) Karolyn asked me to baptize her and confirm Jonathan and Elder Engemann to do the opposite. It has been a while since an investigator asked me to baptize them so it was a very special experience to be in the water for this one! I really want to introduce you to their family and all of those whom I have helped on my mission to enter into the waters of baptism. There are some really elect people in Florida and I feel blessed to have worked with many of them. In the mean time since I can't introduce you face to face I talked with Karolyn on Saturday evening and she gave me her face book information so that you could meet her through facebook. She's really nice and Jonathan and her 20 month-old are great sons. I think it would be great if you could write her a email on facebook and tell her congratulations as well as give her the new member advice that you were talking about Dad.
I'll definitely have to introduce you to them in August! It brought me so much joy to see them make the step of baptism after all the lessons, commitments, and testimony building experiences that they had. The Lord has been helping them every step of the way! I now have a stronger testimony of Mighty Prayer and I know that their baptisms were an answer to our prayers of faith. The Lord is working miracles in our mission. I'll send a picture from their baptism. (see attached photo 001: Left to right- Elder Miller (my left arm was wet before the baptism because I had to wade into the font in my underwear and shirt to fix the plug since it was draining), Karolyn, Jonathan, and Elder Engemann (he's actually smiling!))
photo 002 (while tracting I noticed this seen with the light coming through both the tree and the thundercloud behind it and it reminded me of the first vision. Cool, huh?)
On Saturday we were invited over for lunch with some of our investigators- Alex and Ari. They are from St. Croy island in the Virgin Islands and they made some delicious Cruzan Curry. We began teaching them the restoration and everything was new to them because in their country they are not usually raised Christian. They are open and really nice and when Elder Engemann mentioned my birthday on Wednesday they offered to make me a cake! We are going to teach them more this week and also help them paint their house.
Our investigator, Ryan, is really solid and is looking forward to making changes in his life that will bring him closer to God. We met with him again this week and will be continuing to help him prepare towards baptism in June. Everything is going very well for us here in Port St. Lucie and I know the Lord will continue to help us prepare His children towards baptism.
Thank you so much for sending package(s) and Reece's grad announcement! I really look forward to getting those. :)
I definitely look forward to seeing you in action at Mimi's, Reece. I am so happy for you that you are succeeding with the Lord's help at your job. You have really shown commitment and dedication there. Keep up the hard work and have an awesome graduation this week! Remi, I hope you have the best end-of-the-school-year party ever! Have a fun summer, too, ok? Mom, I am glad you are enjoying working with the young women so much and I know the Lord will help you in all the responsibilities you have been given. I will pray for you, too! I printed out the two forms. [BYU-I stuff] I will fill them out today and then send them in the mail to you so you can fill out the parts I don't know.
To answer your other question: Missionaries actually go to Disney on Monday, and then the Temple on Tuesday. I would like to spend the night with the missionaries that I came out with and then be picked up at the mission home on Wednesday morning (you can choose what time on Wednesday. don't make yourself get up too early :) haha. I can imagine it's going to be hard to sleep that night. :) A returned missionary in our ward gave a talk on Sunday. He told me about a meeting that is held with the stake president to release me. Do we need to set that up at some point? Thank you for the forms and I will send those asap.
I look forward to a spiritually empowering zone conference on Tuesday. President has been a great leader in this mission and will forever be remembered by those who have served with him. I look forward to hearing what he has to say tomorrow in our final zone conference with him. This week finished off strong for us with the baptisms and confirmations of Karolyn and Jonathon. I know the Lord will answer your prayers, my prayers, and the prayers of members world wide as we pray with faith, sincerity, and real intent. Thank you for your prayers and faith (especially in the 10 baptismal commits, Mom!) and I know the Lord will help us in accomplishing His work here in Port St. Lucie. Have an awesome week and a great, fun-filled party on Wednesday! I'll be there doing gainers off the side of the pool in spirit. :)
Love,
Elder Miller
Posts
No comments:
Post a Comment