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Hey everyone!!!!!!!

We had another great week here in my area. My comp was gone for like half the week on divisions and I stayed here in the area and I had one of the youth accompany me everyday. He is actually almost ready to turn in his papers for his mission. He is 18 and his name is Tono. He is a really funny kid.  I get along with him really well along with all of the other youth here in the ward. It was a really good experience for me to be with Tono. I really feel like he was able to grow and learn in the time that we had together.  He said that he was grateful for the time he had with us.  He really liked it and said that he is more excited to get his papers all filled out and sent in!!! I am really happy for him. He will be a great missionary.

We are teaching a man right now whose name is Carlos.  He is an older man like 65 or 70 but he is my bud. I love him a lot and we have a great relationship. He has a little store that he owns on the side of a highway and it is like a half mile from the church.  When we get there, he always greets us with a smile and asks us how we are doing and invites us in to talk for a little while and to drink a pop with him. He reminds me a lot of Grandpa S. 

He is very sincere and calm.  He has a very calm voice.  He always takes his time to answer questions and he answers them when he has thought about it and knows what he is going to say, just like Grandpa S. I remember so many times when I would go down to visit grandpa and he would always greet me with a big smile and a great big bear hug.   I used to love just sitting on the couch or in the lawn chairs just talking to Grandpa S.  He was always so sincere and honest and this is how Carlos is. Hey, he even likes the western look like grandpa did. It is such a joy to sit down and talk with Carlos and to see him progress everyday.  Wow, it is so great and brings me so much joy.  Carlos walks to church every week with his grandson and they do it with joy.  Wow, what a special guy.  We will be baptized in two weeks.

We also had the primary program this Sunday.   It was so great and funny.   I love the little primary kids. They all sang with all the air that they had in their lungs and then all got up to the mic and said there little talk.   They are so cute and all of them just had really big smiles on their faces. 

It is starting to get a little colder here in the morning.   We have to wear jackets because the air is crisp, but I like it.  It makes everything feel refreshed.  Oh, I haven't seen this for a long time but in the mornings sometimes we can see our breath.  It is a little chilly.

This week is going to be a really great week for us. There is going to be many of God's children that will enter into the waters of baptism.   I'm really excited.   We are going to have the baptism in a lake that is called Sirajuen or something like that.   I have no idea how to spell it but it is a place that is super beautiful.  It will be very memorable.

Well, I love all of you very much.

take care

smile

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elder miller