Christmas is in the air

Christmas is in the air, even over here in Spain. I am loving it as usual. The most common Christmas decoration is the favorite Santa Clause or the 3 kings hanging off the balcony like they are falling or climbing a ladder. Weird, but you see at least one per building and sometimes up to 10. They celebrate the 3 kings because they are the ones who came bearing gifts, which actually makes a lot of sense. Anyway, they celebrate that on the 6th of January. But of course, they celebrate both for double the presents. Anyway, just a little on what's going on around here for Christmas.

We played some awesome futbol in Mostoles last p day, and it was on fake turf. It was one step up from the normal cement here, but still not real grass. It was a blast though. We gave two blessings this last week to a member whose brother died, and to a lady who is the mom of a friend of a member, if that makes any sense. They both were awesome. Try this if you dare, but I promise it is delicious. Ok, so there is the tortilla de patata over here with the potatoes cooked like hash browns, then you pour the scrambled eggs in the frying pan with it. Do the same, but use bananas as the thing fried first, and you will have a delicious Elder Miller mission original.

It has either been super slow the last week or hopping, but not just middle ground all the time. But that's all good. The slow times help you appreciate the awesome spiritual charlas that we are able to teach. I truly love this work, and there is nowhere I would rather be then here serving in the Lord's vineyard at this special time of year. I love this saying that my Grandma Linda has on one of her Christmas sweatshirts, "Remember the reason for the season." Don't get caught up in the present receiving. Be the giver, and feel the real spirit of Christmas.

We have been teaching lots of people, new and old. One new one is blessing who we taught while she was braiding another Nigerians hair, and her daughter Victory was crawling around. I love the people here, and believe me, this is a melting pot of cultures. We are getting lot's of our investigators to progress when before, they were just coasting and not keeping commitments except to keep the teaching appointment. Anyway, I can see the Lord's hand in this work daily, and I love it. We had 3 investigators in church, and that was awesome to see. We took Francis to church, and then after, we were invited over to eat at a member's house and they invited her too. It was a great opportunity to share a message in the member's home to our investigator. We are trying extra hard to go through the member list even more than ever. Hopefully, we will continue to see great things like we have been. Teaching lessons is not a problem anymore, but now we need to get those investigators to walk into the waters of baptism. We are going to have the elders from Leganes living with us starting Friday, and that should be good but a little crowded, but not much.

I love it here and hope you all have a great holiday season.

Much love from Spain. Don't forget what this holiday is really about.

Love, Elder Miller