This week's Letters...
Letter from Home:
Dear Elder Milne!
Greetings from the back of an Uber ride heading to the Albuquerque airport! Dad and I spent a fantastic few days in Nashville, spent Super Bowl Sunday at our home in Albuquerque, and now I’m off to St. George to get back to class. I hope this letter finds you happy and well in Inca, Peru!
How have the past few days been since speaking on Wednesday? You have been weighing on my mind heavily since then as I could see and feel your struggle. All the emotions you are experiencing are normal but not fun! I know you are frustrated with trying to learn the Spanish language, but I know with patience, persistence, and prayer you will get there. I challenge you to approach each day with an excited attitude to learn something new and also the ability to look back and see progress! Aside from the language, I also challenge you to look each day for someone to love and serve. Share that beautiful heart of yours and recognize through small and simple means, great things are brought to pass. Trust in the Lord, stay close to the Spirit, and look for His tender mercies. Develop a relationship with the Holy Ghost. Strive to be worthy each day of His companionship. He will enlighten your mind, and through Him we are given the gifts of the Spirit - one being the gift of tongues and the most important being the gift of charity. I know the Lord will bless you with all the gifts you need to carry out the work He has for you in Peru!
All is well here at home. All of us are busy trying our best to move forward in work and school. Nothing exciting or new to share. We love and miss you so much, but we have faith the Lord will bless you and keep you safe. Our thoughts and prayers are always with you!
Love,
Mom
PS... Depending on what time you are on today, I may or may not be available. I will for sure be available around 1:00 our time, but it will be hit and miss before then, depending on where I’m at in my flights, etc...
Greetings from the back of an Uber ride heading to the Albuquerque airport! Dad and I spent a fantastic few days in Nashville, spent Super Bowl Sunday at our home in Albuquerque, and now I’m off to St. George to get back to class. I hope this letter finds you happy and well in Inca, Peru!
How have the past few days been since speaking on Wednesday? You have been weighing on my mind heavily since then as I could see and feel your struggle. All the emotions you are experiencing are normal but not fun! I know you are frustrated with trying to learn the Spanish language, but I know with patience, persistence, and prayer you will get there. I challenge you to approach each day with an excited attitude to learn something new and also the ability to look back and see progress! Aside from the language, I also challenge you to look each day for someone to love and serve. Share that beautiful heart of yours and recognize through small and simple means, great things are brought to pass. Trust in the Lord, stay close to the Spirit, and look for His tender mercies. Develop a relationship with the Holy Ghost. Strive to be worthy each day of His companionship. He will enlighten your mind, and through Him we are given the gifts of the Spirit - one being the gift of tongues and the most important being the gift of charity. I know the Lord will bless you with all the gifts you need to carry out the work He has for you in Peru!
All is well here at home. All of us are busy trying our best to move forward in work and school. Nothing exciting or new to share. We love and miss you so much, but we have faith the Lord will bless you and keep you safe. Our thoughts and prayers are always with you!
Love,
Mom
PS... Depending on what time you are on today, I may or may not be available. I will for sure be available around 1:00 our time, but it will be hit and miss before then, depending on where I’m at in my flights, etc...
Hey Everyone!
My first week in Ica, Peru has been pretty great - got
to experience a lot. First day out it was pouring rain and it was so awesome. A
man Abel asked us why we were out working in the rain, then we explained who we
were. He invited us in, and we were able to set up an appointment to start
teaching him. Yesterday we taught him about the Restoration of the Gospel. I
was able to teach part of the lesson and bare my testimony. He had a lot of
questions and nice comments. He even complemented my Spanish haha! It made
me feel good. I love the smiles we bring to these people; it motivates me to
keep going. Abel told me he thinks God brought me to Peru for him. This made me
really excited, but super frustrated at the same time because I still don’t
speak Spanish well enough to be able to say everything I want to say. I have to
be patient and just keep doing my best each day.
I have a baptism this Saturday! It´s a 9 year old
girl, but her parents aren't super active and baptizing her is bringing
them all back together, so it´s great. It has been neat to watch the faith of
this young girl. She has been praying that her father would be able to come to
the baptism, and now it looks like he will. I’m happy Heavenly Father answered
her prayer. The food is way good, people are really nice, my companion is
perfect for me. He is from Ogden, Utah,
and he has been serving just over a year. He is a really obedient missionary
and is teaching me a lot. We share our apartment with two other missionaries,
and one of them is from Beaver (my mom’s hometown). His name is Elder Washburn,
and his family is in the same ward as my Aunt Nanette. It helps knowing people
from back home. Things are good. Long road ahead but, I´m loving it.
Elder Milne
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