hey everybody

Hey everybody,

Can you believe that this time has past?  I can't and I really am filled with mixed emotions. I don't really know what to think. It hasn't really hit me yet that I am coming home.  It is just so weird.  My life is so normal to me. I know what I have to do each and every day and I know how to do it. It just comes to me so fluently.  So I am still not at that point of  "no way!!!  I am going home" but I am sure it will come sometime in this week. It is incredible, everything that has happened in these 2 years. I have been pondering a lot this last week on everything that I have learned and all of the experience I have gained. It is overwhelming but very amazing.  When I first arrived here in Mexico, my mission President asked me "what do you want out of your mission?"  I told him that I wanted to become the man that my Heavenly Father wanted me to be.  That is always what I have desired and it is why I have strived so hard to always give it my best.  I know that I have become this person.  The spirit has testified to my heart that it is. I am so grateful for my life and everything that God has given me.  Through all of the trials and challenges God was able to shape and mold me into the son that He knows that I am.  I am so grateful for everything but I know that there is more molding to happen.  This was a very good preparation for me for the rest of my life because everyday there will be opportunities to learn and grow. It is so amazing and I know that I am ready for this next step in my life.  I'm unsure of how I will do it exactly but I know that as I always put my trust in the Lord and obey His commandments, I will always be blessed in my life temporally and spiritually.

I am Elder Miller a son God.  I have been called to represent His Son Jesus Christ, which is a calling for life. It is a calling that I hold very dear to my heart for I know that my Savior lives and that He loves us. He came to the earth to save all mankind, if they will only listen to His voice.  He has carried all of the sins and burdens of all of us so that we may know how to return unto the Father.  The power of the everlasting atonement has the power to heal for I have witnessed it.  All of us can feel this love from our Savior if we will come unto him.  His arms are always opened to receive us. All He asks us to do is have a broken heart and a contrite spirit that we may have faith in Him and repent of our sins so that we may make a covenant with the Father by entering into the waters of baptism to have our sins washed away so we can be sanctified to receive the Holy Ghost. Then we must show our love and faith and endure to the end. This is the gospel of Christ, the master has taught us and we must follow if we want to obtain eternal life. There is no other way but through our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.  We are here to experience joy and happiness.  I testify to you all that this is the only way.  There is no other way.  I am so blessed to have the gospel in my life and I am so grateful for every moment I have to serve our King. I know He lives.

con mucho mucho amor

elder miller

Hey Happy New Year everyone!!!

Man the new year down here was so crazy!!! We went and ate dinner with a family and it was really good. It's a fun little family. In this family only the daughter is baptized and she has like 16 years.  The rest of her family are not members and are a little wild but we have been working with them little by little and they are starting to come around. The mom actually invited us to eat with them this week, so we are happy that they are coming along little by little. After we left to go home, the streets were crazy. People had their music going full blast and everyone was doing fireworks and drinking. It was crazy. I am glad we got home safe. We were in the house later when it was midnight, it sounded like a warzone out side our house.  It was crazy there were fireworks and gunshots and everything. 

We are teaching a kid that's named Antonio. He is super cool. We started teaching him this week and he is 20. He was talking with us about his friends of the church and how different they were from the rest of the youth. They had a light about them.  He told us that he felt like there was something that was missing in his life but he was willing to do anything in order to fill this hole in his life. He talked to us about how he liked to be direct in everything he does.   We said that is great because we are the same way and we invited him to be baptized in the first visit.  He said yes. He is progressing really well. He is reading everyday and he received an answer from God that the Book of Mormon is true!!  He is just a stud.

Oh Elder Olsen got changed and is no longer with us. It was sad but he is needed in other parts. We did have another change Elder Cruz and I received bikes. Yeah, I was so stoked.  Now we cruz around on bikes and it is awesome. I taught my companion how to do a pop a wheelie this week, it was super funny.

well I love you all a lot

live life love life

elder miller

hey

Hey it was really good talkin with all of you this past week.

Elder Cruz, Elder Miller y Elder Olsen.

It was great to see all of you and to hear your voices. I'm sorry I'm weird and didn't really know what to say, it's just that I live in a different world.  So your gonna have to help me when I get home so I'm not so weird. haha. But it was really nice.  I really needed that just to chat with you all and to joke  yeah and to laugh!! I can't wait to give kel and jacee a big ole lobster. Huck is super cute. He always just looks happy and content with life. Oh zass I'm going to teach that kid a thing or two but namely the mullet haha I'm super stoked to see him!!

I don't have a lot to say this week because I talked to all of you on Saturday.  I had a really good week and one filled with a lot of spiritual experiences dealing with the power of the priesthood but really close to my heart.  I can't really share them in an email but just give me a few weeks and you can hear them.

Elder Miller, Elder Sargent, y
Elder Peterson.
Guadalajara Temple

I will tell you one.  We went to Guadalajara on Wednesday for the big Christmas party. We went with 3 zones and some of my really good friends were there.  I got to see them and everything and it was really awesome.  After Elder Peterson came out of the temple, he came up to me and just looked not to good.  He asked me to give him a blessing. I said of course. We went into a room with him, Elder Sargent, Roberto Jaen and I. He was bad, he was burning up and he was super achy in all his body. I gave him a blessing and the words just flowed out of my mouth.  It was really special and the spirit was so present and strong.  It had us in tears.  This was a really special moment and after the blessing luego luego, he felt better and he wasn't in pain. I testify that the priesthood power is real. It is the power that God gives his worthy sons to act in His name. I have had so many experiences that I cannot deny the priesthood. Men of the priesthood, always live worthy of your priesthood because you never know when you will have to use it. I'm so grateful for the restoration of the gospel of JESUS CHRIST and the blessings I receive from it. 

Christmas was weird. It was really great and I enjoyed it, but it is just weird not to be with the family.  We taught a lot of people yesterday and it was really great.  That night I taught my companions how to make tortilla pizza. oh zass man, they were so good!!! I haven't had those since I left the house!!! 

Well, I am so happy to be a missionary and to be serving my King. It has truly blessed and changed my life. I am eternally grateful for the time I have here and will have in these next couple weeks. I have become more of the man that my Heavenly Father wants me to be and I continue becoming that man everyday.

Roberto Jaen y Elder Miller.

I love all of you so much!!!

live life love life

smile

make the best of the situation

be positive

elder miller

hey

hey everyone!!!!

We had an excellent week this week.  It was really crazy but filled with little special moments.

Elder Miller, Elder Olsen y Elder Cruz.

First,  I gotta tell you about my birthday dinner it was awesome. My companion said to me, " what do you want me to make you for your birthday dinner?"   I just said I wanted a lot of meat! yea!!! and I want it spicy!! So, he got to cooking.  I don't know what he made but it was so good. This is what it had---it had pieces of steak, hotdog, ham, and habenero chorizo with onions and a ton of chile peppers and it  was all mixed together like a stir fry.  We ate it with beans and tortillas, man I about died, it was so good but so spicy. We were all crying, it was so funny.  I was so grateful and it was a really good b day dinner.  I am really grateful for my comp Elder Cruz.

Elder Cruz, Luz, Daniel, Elena,
Elder Olsen y Elder Miller.

We had an amazing baptism this week well, yesterday. Luz, Elena and Daniel all were baptized. They were going to get baptized on Christmas but they are going out of town so they all were baptized yesterday. How beautiful. Their lives have all changed so much and they all know what is really important in life. They are all so much happier in their lives. 

I spoke in church yesterday. It was special for me. I spoke on coming to Christ. I had all my thoughts gathered but I had only pondered on what I would say and I had studied the scriptures. I got up in front and the words just came to my head of what I should say as well as the scriptures I was going to share. It was really special. I was really grateful for the chance I had to speak and bear my testimony of our Lord and Savior and the things that He has done for us and for His atonement. I am eternally grateful for the atonement in my life, for it has the power to wash away sins and to heal our wounds but these blessing only come as we are worthy and living the steps of the gospel of Jesus Christ. All that I ask each and every one of you is that you can share these blessings with those who don't have them.  This would be the best gift you could give to our Savior at this time of year.

I love all of you very much 

happy holidays, 

love elder miller

hey everyone

Wow, what a crazy week we had!!! and wow was it full of surprises!!

Elder Cruz y Elder Miller

 

One news that is so exciting is that Elder Cruz and I are proud new parents haha!!! yeah I have another kid.  Oh um I'm talking in missionary terms . Elder Cruz and I are trainning a new missionary!!! They called us late Monday night and said that we had to be in Guadalajara the next day at 10 in the morning!!  We went and we were just so stoked. Our kid is so awesome.  He is the man, his name is Elder Olsen. Yea, know what? He's from California. He comes from New Port Beach and he is a surfer. He is super chill.  He is my bud and he just has a great spirit about him. He doesn't speak a lot of Spanish but he has great desires to serve the Lord. I am so blessed, I really am.  I have two great companions and I love them both. Elder Cruz is just plain funny.  He is always making me laugh and his English accent is so funny. (he speaks English) He plays the piano beautifully and he has a great knowledge of the scriptures.  I'm just so grateful for these two elders they are just so awesome.

 

We got back to our house late Tuesday night to take Elder Olsen back. Then early Wednesday morning,  Elder Cruz and I had to go back to Guadalajara for some meetings we had with President. They were so great.  I learned a lot. But man, we were out of our area for 3 days.  We got back Wednesday night at like 12.  We hadn't done any work all week but we weren't going to use that for an excuse. We went to work. We were working with everything we had.  Last night we were able to complete with all of our mission goals. Wow, it was super intense and we had a lot of great experiences.

 

We baptized this week which was a real miracle.  We baptized the sister of Laura, who is one our recent converts. She didn't want to listen to us for a long time but she had a special experience where she received an answer from God that these things were true.  She told us when we were over there that she wanted to be baptized. We were like what---and she told us everything it was way awesome. She had already been to church and read in The Book of Mormon.  We just taught her what she needed and she was ready. She wanted Elder Olsen to baptize her.  It was super awesome for Elder Olsen because he only has a few days here. haha He was super stoked. Rocio is awesome.  She is really funny but she is so happy now and she was so happy to be baptized.

 

I had a very special experience this week, well we did with two sisters. They are named Luz and Elena. They are like in there 40s. They were referrals from a member. We went to visit them and they received us with a big smile. We started talking with them and Luz told us that she didn't believe in God, she never has and she never will. She said that we are always welcome to come and visit her but that she doesn't believe in God. She has had a really rough life and that is why her sister Elena is with her right now because she lives in Guadalajara.  She told us that she felt a voice in her heart that she had to come and be with her sister.  She followed that voice and she has been here for a little bit and has helped her sister a lot.  We started passing by with them on Thursday and we have passed by with them everyday since. In these few days, I have seen the hearts of these two ladies change drastically. They are praying and reading everyday.  They went to a baptism and they went to church. They told us that what they felt in these couple day is nothing they have ever felt before. Luz told us that she knows that God lives and loves her. Last night Luz,  Elena and Daniel all accepted to be baptized right before christmas. Wow, I can't explain to you in words how I feel. It is amazing and I know the gospel is true and I know God guides us to his children that are ready to accept the Gospel. Luz and Elena are amazing.  I know I knew them before this life.  I know that my companions and I were prepared before to teach them. I love this Gospel and I love God's plan!!!!

 

 

Hey, I love you so much

 

enjoy the moments

 

live life love life

 

Elder Miller

 

hey everyone

Hey,

This one is going to be a little short this week but I write it with much love!!

This week we had the great blessing to listen to Elder Tenorio.  He is from the seventy. He came and talked to us, also his wife. Wow, it was an amazing conference. The spirit was just incredible, it really was and very inspirational. Elder Tenorio was just so excited to talk with us and was just so real and himself. He laughed and had a great sense of humor. But what really stood out to me was his true desire to serve the Lord and to do his work. He told us of many experiences that he has had in his life doing the Lord’s work. Man, where ever he goes and who ever he speaks with---he is always looking for way to talk about the restored gospel and invite others to come unto Christ. I feel that this is something that all of us can do a little better. There are so many of God’s children who are just waiting for us to be bold and be out going and to share the gospel with them so that they can have these beautiful blessings in there lives.

Baptism of Hermano Eliab.

This is what I want all of you to ponder on this week.

What am I doing today to share the Gospel with my brothers and sisters? Think about it, ponder it and then act. Don’t be scared. Just do it, for the Lord will give the very words in the precise moment.

Elder Cruz and Elder Miller

I love all of you dearly.

live life, love life

elder miller

hey hey

Hey everyone!!!!! Wow, I had an excellent week this last week and I have so much to say!!!

Elder Cruz and Elder Miller

First off, I can really say for the first time in all my mission I got cold but I mean really cold!!! I don't know what happened but Saturday night a cold front moved into Morelia. Man oh man did it get cold fast but I was cold. In all reality, it probably wasn't that cold but I have been just enjoying almost perfect weather for 2 years and this came.  Wow, I was freezing.   When we got home from church to change our suits, I was like I'm putting on my camo!!!  I did i put my camo pjs on under my missionary clothes. haha I also had a sweater and my black coat!! I don't know what was up but I was cold and man if I was cold yesterday, man in a month or so when I arrive in SLC I'm gonna be like Sanka from Cool Runnings!! haha but ya gotta love it!!!

This week I had a very special experience with a family in our ward. This family has become close to us.  We really have gained there confidence because with other missionaries they were a little bit closed to them but they are awesome and we would always tell them if you need anything call us.  They called us during the week with sad news. They told us that their little boy Derek had been burned really bad and was in the hospital. They asked us to come give him a blessing. We dropped everything we had going and went racing for the hospital. When we got there, the family looked tired but were very happy to see us. The people in the hospital let us pass to see little Derek (he is a cute boy he is always smiling and has long curly hair) He was in a little bathtub.  He saw us and smiled even when he was in so much pain. We knelt down next to his little bathtub and gave him a blessing. I felt a great peace in the room and the company of Heavenly messengers. It was beautiful. We thought he was going to be in the hospital for a while but when we got to church on Sunday, in comes running little Derek. I was overwhelmed to see him and his Dad said that his recovery will be very good. Know that the priesthood power exists.  It is real and it is the power that God gives to his worthy sons to act in his name.

Funny story. We were racing to a lesson on Wednesday in the morning. We were walking down the side of the freeway to go teach some guys that work for Catapillar.  We were walking fast to be there on time but the sun was super bright and powerful and I couldn't see so I had my head tilted down and I was walking and walking and boom!!!! I ran into a metal sign that was on the freeway.  It was just right at the perfect height that it just wacked me right on the top of the head!!! I was seeing stars.  I was just like wohhh and then I was like-- hey snap out of it you gotta teach a lesson right now.  I went running to catch up to my comp because he was in front of me and man my head hurt.   I touched my head and yup cut it right open, yup there was blood. My comp was like what did you do and I just chuckled, it's not that bad let's go teach.  He said "ahh crazy miller" so that was a highlight. haha and yes mom, I am fine don't worry.

We were teaching a lady this week named Araceli. She is pretty cool.  We were in a lesson and she just broke down and told us everything that is going on in her life. It was sad but I knew there was hope for her there is always hope. We were talking about the family and how the gospel can help us be happy and be a family eternal, if we live by the principles. I was prompted to take out the pic of Mike and his family from my scriptures. I did so and I shared with her what a great example Mike is to me and to many. It was a special moment. I told her the relationship Mike and I have and what has happened ever since we met. His example is fierce. I love it and I know that the gospel has blessed him greatly in his life for I have seen it. I don't remember everything I said but it had me in tears. I am so grateful for Mike Eager and for the example he sets. He is a great guy and I consider him as one of my brothers.

This weekend was really great!! We had two baptisms. Brisa was baptized and Carlos. 2 days before the baptism of Brisa, she was unsure if she was going to get baptized.

Elder Cruz, Brisa and Elder Miller

She said that she hasn't felt what she needs to be baptized.  We talked with her for a very long time and left her with homework. The next day Friday we watched the Joseph Smith movie. It was great. After the movie, we bore pure testimonies to Briza of the truthfulness of everything that we do. The spirit was incredible, so strong!! After we closed our testimonies, Brisa said, "miller, I did what you told me to do, I prayed like I have never prayed before and I felt different. I know these things are true, will you baptize me tomorrow!!" It was such a beautiful moment and it is moments like these where your happiness goes to a state of joy just like it says in the Book of Mormon where there was a separation of the body and spirit--- for so great was there joy!! I love my mission and I love being one of the Lord's Representatives. We had the baptism. It was great.


I baptized Hermano Carlos.

Baptism of Hermano Carlos

What a special moment this was for me!! I can't explain it in words but all I know is that the smile that he had on his face was a true smile a pure smile and I will never forget it.  What a great guy.

Elder Miller and Hermano Carlos

I love all of you dearly.  You are in my thoughts and prayers along with investigators, members, and a lot of missionaries but know that I love you and I love you all very dearly. Know that I am safe and that I am at my Father's business. Be kind, be patient, take a pause and meditate the creations of God for they are beautiful, enjoy your surroundings, be positive and look at the good things in life, be happy, show that smile off, make someone’s day, serve, be yourself, love, laugh, enjoy the moments, live life, and love life.

I am grateful to be a child of God, to have a physical body and to be part of a family who loves me! 

love your son elder miller