Hi from Elder Miller

Dear Friends and Family,

I am having a great time down here in Provo. We have started to SYL or speak your language. This is the idea that we say whichever words in spanish that we can remember. Our teachers are awesome and our district is great! The MTC is such a busy place that it's hard to find time to write letters. If I haven't gotten around to it yet, I will try to sometime in the next 6-7 weeks. In case you haven't heard yet, Peter Ott and I are companions. We are the comic relief. We got short haircuts. It feels nice in the heat. Elder Ott and I are going strong, but he is much better at the language than me. We memorized the first vision in both Spanish and English though, and that brings such a strong spirit quoting Joseph Smith's words. Teaching in English has gone well, and we have been practicing daily. We each bear our testimony 3 times a day en espanol for practice.

Elder Ott ripped 2 pairs of pants in 3 days, and I had to teach him how to sew them. I still haven't tried ironing, but laundry went more smoothly this week. My first load of laundry didn't go so well. I started out by dumping the soap into the fabric softener hole, and had to move all of the stuff to another washer.
At the devotional on Tuesday, a kid had to throw up so he was running to get out of the room. He got to our row and threw up all over our zone leader. It was impossible to concentrate after that. It smelled horrible!!

We went to the R.C. (referral center) and received calls. Elder Ott talked to someone who said they "got a bullet in their leg" yesterday when they were calling in. They needed him to verify that he was really shot. It was crazy. I talked to a Sudan refugee who has been in America for 2 months, and barely had any English. He agreed to have the missionaries drop off his free Book of Mormon, and he referred me to his friend. His friend also wanted a Book of Mormon. It was an amazing experience.

We did service this Wednesday, and we were assigned to cleaning the main building's 8 bathrooms. We cleaned as a district. Elder Ott and I were in charge of cleaning the stainless steel. We made a discovery in one of the bathrooms. A woman's bathroom had 2 beds, 2 comfy chairs, a tv, and a scale. We were so mad that they had all these luxuries in their bathroom. Well that's this last week in a nutshell. If you want to hear more, write me through dearelder.com, a free mail service. Until next week, the church is true and God loves you.
Sincerely, Elder Miller

P.S. Elder Ott and I leave for the Madrid MTC this Tuesday, July 31. My address there will be:

Elder Morgan Allen Miller
Spain Madrid Mission
Avenida de Espana 17, Local 01-1
E - 28100 Alcobendas (Madrid)
SPAIN

We will enter the mission field on Sept. 11