Elder Jayden Miles : May 2014

Goodies from Home!

This week went pretty well. I feel like I am getting better at teaching more clearly so that the spirit can testify. It has been hard to keep investigators in that teaching pool but we are trying hard. Just for fun I have been trying to learn a little french here and there from a french book of mormon. I have no clue how to pronounce any of it! Spanish is much easier to pronounce. I GOT YOUR PACKAGE this morning durning companion study! That was an awesome start of the day :) Starbursts, Skittles, and Sweedish Fish were a perfect selection. And the deodorant you sent was perfect as well, thank you thank you.

Lately, I have been studying a lot about my purpose as a missionary. I think I have been living somewhat in the wrong state of mind here. Some days we don´t recieve a single reference or teach a single lesson and returning to the piso after a day like that is hard. But what I have learned from that is that you should always look to tomorrow as a new day. Some nights I will just go to bed exhausted and not want to wake up for the next just knowing that I will have nothting to do except walk in the streets for 8 hours, but there is always something that pushes me to wake up and keep going. It is hard to explain. This morning I realized that I need to focus more on relying on faith in Jesus Christ. Yesterday is the past and the only thing we can do about it is learn from it. Today is today and I must always try to wake up with a new perspective that miricles can still happen even though they did not happen yesterday or if we just did not recognize them. This area has been tough but there are still people here that need the gospel. I know I am supposed to be here at this time. As I testified to the branch here, I could hardly hold myself together. The Gospel is True.

We have a baptismal date here in Talavera between the two companionships here. David is our date and we will see if he is willing to progress in the gospel.

Not much is new here in Talavera. This week we are going to a zone conference in Madrid which I am very excited for.

Love you so much and I hope that you have an great week!

Elder Miles