rain and a ton!!!!!!!

Wow, this week was super weird and interesting but I loved it!

It rained literally for 4 days without stopping. Wow, it was crazy and the clouds were super thick and they came down into the valley.  It got cold.  I was praying that it would snow but to my surprise it did not. ha ha.  It was a little difficult to do the work because all the people were inside and we got wet a lot and lots of things happened.  We knew that the Lord would bless us if we were strong and kept our faith and our happiness. Well he certainly did. We ended the week with 30 lessons, it was amazing we taught and taught and taught lesson after lesson. Wow, I loved it and the Lord was totally blessing us. We were able to teach a lot of spirit filled lessons and help many of God's children come unto CHRIST and it just made me so happy.

Ben and Elder Miller

Elder Mejia, Ben and Elder Miller

My man Benjamin was baptized this week on Sunday before church and then he was confirmed in sacrament. This ole boy is awesome and my experiences with him I truly cherish. He is 60 and has had a few accidents in his life.  He has had two strokes and he also crashed on his 4-wheeler so he has his difficulties. He can barely talk and he can't remember hardly anything.  He can't use one of his arms but I truly saw a miracle with this man. We taught him for 3 weeks and we had very little progress he forgot almost everything. I was going to drop him but something told me that we couldn't and that we had to keep on teaching him and visiting him. This last week we were praying for somebody that we could baptize and Ben came to our minds. We said we will trust this impression. We went with him, after much prayer he was different. We taught him and he remembered everything and loved it. He was able to learn and to speak. I believe it was the gift of interpretation because there are not many who understand him.  It was amazing but really amazing! He loved everything we were teaching and when Sunday came he was all ready for his baptism. Wow, what a tender mercy. I love my life and I love this work. God lives and he is a God of miracles!! Mom, I would like to talk to you more about this when I get home because it was amazing.

This week was just jam packed with great stuff. We met with a young couple for the first time named Juan and Mari.  This lesson was amazing and the spirit was so strong. We were talking about Christ and His atonement and what he wants us to do and so we talked about baptism and this is the first lesson. We talked a little about baptism and Mari said to us, " what do we have to do to be baptized?"  I was shocked but we explained to her and then we invited them to be baptized and they accepted.  She asked us how did you feel when you were baptized and how do you feel now. In short, I told her I feel something that can't be explained in words but it is one of the greatest joys that there is.  She said "I will feel that and I will have that in my life.  I will work hard and do what the Lord says so that I can feel life that as well."  I was filled with joy. I can't even explain how much I love my mission and what I'm doing. These experiences are amazing.  I am so grateful to be in instrument in the Lord's hands.

Mom, tell Kimball that I loved the MTC and that he needs to take advantage of the MTC. He may feel like he is in there for a long time but he can learn a ton. Tell him to always be positive and always focus on the good things and he will love it. Tell Kimball that I love him and he is my brother. He is a great kid and he will be an excellent missionary. Tell him to love the people. Tell him I love him.

Well gotta go, I have a big soccer game to go to. Missionaries vs members loser pays for a bbq. haha

I love life

love life

be positive

be optimistic

smile

love your elder 

elder miller