October 8

Hey everybody! Elder Haynie and I are doing great. So about Dora, things are still on track for the 1st of November, and we have a lesson on Saturday with Luis Gallego. She came to the capilla on Sunday and the internet didn’t work there. She was there with Luis and Jose Antonio. She knows both of them from lessons, but still hasn’t had the opportunity to attend church. We are hoping for this week. It was sad she didn’t get to see or hear conference, but we are going to watch a talk from the last conference on Saturday with her. Luis took advantage of the situation to teach her about family history and the temple and the importance of it. She wants to go to the temple now. So, Luis is awesome. To bad the internet didn’t work but life goes on.
General Conference was amazing for me. We had interviews in Leganes on Friday, and then worked in Elder Jensen’s area on Friday night. We stayed there in parla with Elder Jensen and Fairbanks and there companions in a real stand alone house. Way weird, and it has 4 floors! We worked there on Saturday morning and then that night, we saw the Saturday morning session. We saw all but the Sunday night session on Sunday. I got to see a ton of elders, and loads of members from Mostoles, one from Fuenlabrada, and non from Segovia. We had one member from Ciudad Real there. It was just great.
Well, time is going by way to fast, and I wish I could slow it down. Good things are happening here – well, great things.
I talked about Ana Maria back with Elder Ott. We taught her 3 lessons, two of which I wasn’t there for because of exchanges. But anyway, she was a referral from Irma. She is awesome. She has been super stressed and on vacation from the crazy Alzheimer’s woman she takes care of. We had an appointment last week that she couldn’t make it to, but this week we had the first appointment in about 4 weeks. We reviewed the first lesson and it went just great. She told us she felt the Book of Mormon is true and that Joseph Smith was a prophet. Both of which are great signs. Then we both felt like a baptismal challenge of the 15th of November was perfect, and so did she. She accepted, and we are so excited to prepare Ana Maria and Dora both from Bolivia to be baptized in the month of November.
We had a way awesome experience yesterday. Well, we had our plans a little messed up by people not being at appointments, and so we went to one of our back up plans which was parque pilar in the east area where I am learning the area still. We were just contacting there, and saw this man walking calmly without one ounce of hurry or "prisa". We walked after him, and after a little bit caught up. We just introduced ourselves and got to know him, and contacted him as we do everyone. He was a nice man from Brazil named Henry. He was here because he studied his doctorate in law here at the university, and lived here 4 years. He is 40 now, and was just coming back to visit a teacher he had (and to meet with us). He has a member friend her in Madrid, and also his cousin in Brazil where he lives is a member of our church. He told us he was going to the train station, and that he was going to Germany next, and then back home to Brazil. He speaks English, Portuguese, Spanish and German by the way. He told us he was just walking with a prayer in his heart that he could find some friends, good genuine people. He told us how he had just finished his prayer as we walked along side him and said “hi”. How amazing, the Lord answers prayers, and Elder Haynie and I got to be an immediate answer for Henry. We told him to keep praying and keep having faith that Heavenly Father is listening.
We also found a family of 6 from Peru last week, but they lived in a pueblo more than an hour away. So we didn’t really have a way to teach them. We went over to Jesus and Kriss´ house to teach them, and they were like – “we are going to have a family come over for you to teach them”. So they gave us as a referral the of same family of six who just moved here to Ciudad Real 2 days ago. We started teaching the family yesterday and have another cita tomorrow. We haven’t met the father Raul yet, but Olinda the mom, and the 4 kids are just awesome. The kids are Cindi -18, Jeni -16, Alexis -12, and Jorge’- 11. We are so excited for this family that Heavenly Father helped us come back into contact with and teach this amazing gospel that blesses families.
We have exchanges in Puerto llano tomorrow until Saturday, and then with the Zone Leaders Tuesday. District Meeting went great on questions in chapter 10 of “Preach my Gospel”, and then we also talked about language learning plans. It went great. I love it here, and we continue to work with the great members here. We took Arnaldo, a very humble member to a lesson. It was amazing to hear his testimony. It was so powerful- even though he has only been a member for about a year and a half. I love these people and this amazing work. Elder Haynie and I will continue to work hard, be obedient, and pray our guts out. Love you all!
General Conference was just amazing. I didn’t get to watch the last session, but I know it was amazing as well. My Grandma shared this quote President Monson shared. He reminded people that "stresses will come no matter what." He said, "We must deal with them the best we can, but we should not let them get in the way of what is most important...and what is always most important almost always involves the people around us. Often, we assume that they must know how much we love them. But we should never assume; we should let them know. Despite the changes which come into our lives, and with gratitude in our hearts, may we fill our days as much as we can with those things which matter most." There were just so many great talks. Take a look at them if you get the time. Well have a great week, and use your time wisely. Thanks for all that you do for me. Much love from me to you all.

Love,
Elder Miller