8-20-08

From: elder.miller@myldsmail.net Hey how are things going? It sounds like things are going well. Elder Sewell stayed in Mostoles and received Elder Guerrero who is from Ecuador as his new companion. He was in the CCM with Elder Ott and me. He is way awesome, Elder Sewell is way lucky. Well, a kid who is 6 yrs old who is named Arnaldito is here at the email place with his aunt. He is way funny and is the only boy in the Primary of 5. He is way cool and wears spiky hair. He is way funny. He is kind of distracting, but he doesn’t know that we only have one hour to do emails. Well, thanks for everything and for giving me the updates. A man told us there are around 80,000 people living in Ciudad Real but I am kind of iffy about that. We had a meal at Nieve’s house on Sunday with her son Javi, her daughter Veronica, and her husband Toy. It was interesting food, that was pretty good, but usually it is way good there, so I am looking forward to the future meals we eat there every Sunday after church. We had an awesome lesson with a new investigator named Augusto from Bolivia. He was in Parque Gasset when we met. He and his wife have an 11 month old baby. He is an awesome new investigator for the pool of not very many. We are working to find new people through our efforts, and the members are helping by giving us a bunch of references and helping us in that way. Also, they are awesome for coming to lessons. It is just great. Also, we taught a new investigator who was a member referral. The member is name Yrma, and she is awesome. She does street contacts and shares the gospel. We met a man the other day in a parque who had Yrma’s contact information and the church address. She is awesome and she put us in contact with a woman named Ana Maria who is a new investigator. We taught her with the Branch President on Monday morning. So the work is picking up, and I like it here in this area with Elder Ott. Every Saturday we have a noche de hogar, and so that is a good opportunity for members to bring friends as well. But last time it was just 3 members, and Yrma had no clue how to play Hang Man. So it was way frustrating on her turn because she didn’t catch on to the game. We ended up just finishing the game by guessing all the unused letters. There were 25 people at church on Sunday, so about the same size as Fuenlabrada was. I have enjoyed the members so far and getting to know the city has been fun as well. We do a lot of street contacting and knocking, and so we are out and about all over the place. I gave out HLJ rings or haz lo justo/Choose the Right, on Sunday in church. The Primary children loved them, so that was good to get in with the rama. Arnaldito just closed my email, but luckily he didn’t close the email itself just the mylds page, so I was able to copy the email and re-log in. So I am short on time, but I want to let you know that I love you guys.
Well, for a spiritual thought this week, I will take a thought my Grandma Judy shared with me, and the thoughts were taken from an Elder Wirthlin talk, May 2005 Ensign which said: "Kind words not only lift our spirits in the moment they are given, but they can linger with us over the years...Kindness is the essence of greatness and the fundamental characteristic of the noblest men and women I have known. Kindness is a passport that opens doors and fashions friends. It softens hearts and molds relationships that can last lifetimes...Kindness is the essence of Celestial life. Kindness is how a Christlike person treats others. Kindness should permeate all of our words and actions at work, at school, at church, and especially in our homes....We never need to repent of kind words we've spoken, or regret kind deeds we've performed." well make good choices team, and have a very extraordinary week. Also, I will be going on exchanges in Valdapeñas next Tuesday. Much love from Spain. Love, Elder Miller