Ahoj!!!
Man this past week was amazing! We lost a big chunk of our zone on Monday, but now they are all in their countries serving the Lord and the people of Poland, Bulgaria, South Adriatic, and Slovenia! I am so excited for each and everyone of them. Seeing my good new friends go, made me realize that this is all really happening..! I am leaving in 15 DAY for the CZECH REPUBLIC! Can you believe it?! I can’t! It is so crazy but so very exciting for me and all of those in my district:) We cannot wait to get over to the country and share what we love.
We had Sister Bonnie L. Oscarson President of General Young Womens, come speak to us. And it was absolutely amazing. She talked about how we are never left alone, that our Savior is there right beside us, every step of the way. A great analogy that she gave was how our missions will be the training ground for our lives. This is so true! When you drop everything for the next 18-24 months of your life, and dedicate it to the Lord, He teaches you oh so much, and many of the lessons and blessings that I am seeing already- I know will be able to help me throughout the rest of my life. Our Father in Heaven knows our full potential and He is helping me a little bit each day to become it.
One of the best things about being a missionary is being able to see others as Christ would. Yesterday my companion and I got to skype a member in the Czech Republic! It was one of the coolest experiences ever! We had some connection problems at the beginning, and could not hear her super well, but I just had this overwhelming feeling of peace of love come over me. I knew that I already loved Alex. When I asked her how she developed faith in Christ, and how the gospel has blessed her life, my heart swelled. She talked about how thankful she was to have met the missionaries. They changed her life. It really gave me a taste of what it will be like once I get over to the country. Despite the language barrier, I know that I can always speak by the language of the spirit. It is real, and I have felt it work through me. My heart is in the Czech Republic already, and I cannot wait to go and meet these wonder people!
Sestra Valentine and I got called as the new Sister Training Leaders. We are over all of the sisters in our zone and we get to meet with them often. We help with training for the new missionaries that come into our zone and we even get a little flip phone that the branch presidency or front desk can call us on! Haha it is so weird having technology, even though we cannot do anything with it, we can only receive calls from those two places. It is amazing being in a position where people can turn to you for help, advice, questions, and love. I can feel how much God loves each of the sisters that are in my zone. And I can feel the spirit within me burning, they have so much goodness in them and it is wonderful being able to bare testimony with each of them during our one on one time.
It was so fun welcoming our new bunch of missionaries this week! We got ten new elders and two new sisters. They are all so sweet. It is funny looking at them and seeing that same deer in the headlights look that I know I had when I first got here. I know that each and every one of them are called of God, and they are just going to love the missionary life! We took them to play Australian handball with the rest of our zone and it was so much fun!
My scripture of the week is found in Alma 26:12-
You will not fail with Him
We must always seek for His Help
When we humble ourselves, we will see how many miracles He is capable of
I hope that you all know how much God loves each of you. He knows your potential and He will show you exactly how to achieve the plans that He has for you, if you take the time to create a relationship with Him. He loves you and wants you to turn to Him. I promise that He will bring you peace.
I would like to challenge you to take time in your prayers, if it be in the morning or at night, just take a moment and reflect on your day and ask if He is happy with what you have done, and then ask Him what He would have you do next. He will guide and direct you, I promise.
I love you all and hope you have a fabulous week!
S laskou,
Sestra Miller
(Pictures:
Our last zone picture, before they all left, we had a great picnic before the temple!
My companion and I matching in our floral at the Provo Temple
My district. I love them. We will all be on a plane to our country in two weeks together!)
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