Week 80,
Another week by, and good things continue to happen. I’ve been out 18 months now and that’s all I’m really going to say about that! It’s been an adventure of a time and it will keep going with or without me! We’ve had a lot of miracles happen and people are progressing. We keep finding too and things look like they are going to be great for the next little while. And, it’s not just us! Amazing things are happening around the mission-it’s coming!!
To start off Crystal and Oscar are the younger couple who were just married and we’re really excited about them! This past Tuesday we had an amazing lesson with them and they opened up a lot. Crystal and her family have been going through some rough patches and without too many details she was really struggling. So much so that when we invited them to be baptized that was one of her concerns that she would need to get rid of a lot of anger. Then a couple days later we texted her to confirm an appointment that we had set up for the following day and she responded, “Which one of you two said the intercessory Prayer last night?” We were obviously confused and didn’t know what to say but turns out that her family member that were involved in this big “struggle” were calling her all day in tears apologizing for everything they had put her through and everything she was going through. We went by on Friday and got more of the story but she just said that they’ve really been searching for a while and everywhere they go (church) they don’t necessarily feel a difference. But, since she’s been pursuing this everything is starting to fall into place and things that have been hard for a long time are finally resolving themselves. It’s been cool to say the least! We were a little scared when they didn’t come to church on Sunday but they ended up being sick with a bug that’s been going around with all this cold and she texted apologizing, then she asked for the scriptures we went over so they could get caught up for next week! :) We are going to try to get them over to the Sainsbury’s home for dinner because they have a perfect ratio of dinner-to-baptisms at their house.
Geoffery is doing okay as well. We are just trying to decide his comprehension level and stuff so we’ll see with him in the next couple weeks.Marshae is a lady we met who seems super enthusiastic about the gospel and about learning from the Book of Mormon. We went over on Thursday and she was just so excited to tell us everything she had been learning and that she wants to come to church and all this stuff. She then didn’t let us leave without hugs (typical southern black lady)! Beonca and Jeremy are a couple people we’ve been trying to get in a teach and they have a crazy story. To take a long explanation and make it a little shorter: Beonca is having problems with her heart. She said that they are doing all sorts of tests, they want to put a pacemaker in, one of the doctors disagrees because she’s like 29, and she doesn’t know what to do! We went to give her a blessing and she told us that on three occasions her heart has stopped for 3 seconds, 5 seconds, and 13 seconds. It’s followed that pattern on three different occasions like I said and they don’t know what to do. So, they will probably be on our radar for the next few weeks!
We also went on exchanges this week with the Prattville Elders. It went well and we found a couple of cool people! Derrick, Selsa and Jordan, Anna, and some others! I don’t know all of them because I haven’t met them (cons of exchanges) but there were a couple families that seem pretty interested so we’re pumped for that!
- Crystal and Oscar’s dog always farts during our lessons with them.
- A guy on the level above us last Monday was cheering for Alabama, loudly. We went to go find him and when we knocked on his door he answered and he was totally chilling alone with his dog.
- Geoffery prayed to know if these things are true! He said, “God I just need to know on the up and up if these things are for real, like…”
- I was told by a guy we found that I should be an actor. It was because of my “marble blue eyes and my chiseled-ness.”
- It was 8:45 and a lady told us that we weren’t supposed to solicit and especially late at night. We went to the next building and found someone who seemed sorta interested! It was also in our apartment complex.
- We went to follow-up with Gwenn, one of the sister’s investigators who lives near us. She wasn’t answering their calls and stuff and when she answered (pretty sure it was her) we said, “Hey Gwenn how are you?” “Oh, she’s not in yet she’ll be here in an hour.” That was weird, we’re still pretty sure that was her.
- A drunk guy named Rojo invited us in his house. We had contacted his wife, Ashley, previously and he had been throwing down Coronas. He kept asking us, “Who do you call this guy?” pointing to a picture of Jesus on a Restoration pamphlet. “Sir or Jesus?” His cousins where there videotaping him drunk talking to the mormons.
- Elder Egbert got sick to the point where he made the comment, “It’s like I have bengay up my nostrils.”
- Sorry for not sending BoM Baseball, I’ll send it this week!
- We ran out of toilet paper when we were on exchanges and it was late at night. Thank goodness we were able to run across the parking lot to the gym and use that bathroom!
All is going well in Hoover! With President Monson’s passing I’d like to just make the comment of how wonderful of a man and prophet he was. He was the prophet of my youth and I’ll always remember him and his wiggling ears! Donald Trump came out with a statement that I was impressed by talking about his life in the church and the example of faith and love he was! I’m excited for President Nelson and the work will continue to move forward under the direction of our Lord, Jesus Christ! Can’t wait for China to be open to missionaries!
Thank y’all for your support! Let me know if you need anything from me, love ya!
Much Love,
Elder Milius
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Godspeed,
ELDER MICHAEL S. MILIUS
ALABAMA BIRMINGHAM MISSION
"Behold I am a disciple of Jesus Christ, the Son of God. I have been called of Him to declare His word among His people, that they might have everlasting life." ~3 Nephi 5:13
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