Good Morning everyone!!

    It's been such a GREAT week! There are so many good things going on, it leaves me hardly any time to process and let the joy of all this sink in. It's just amazing to see how the Lord continues to work with his children, even when we don't have enough time to do so. We have been so blessed with finding our brothers and sisters who are prepared in the short time that we have in the area. Sacrifices truly do bring forth blessings of heaven. There are a couple of baptisms going on this week- one of those includes a WEDDING the day of the baptism!! Alright, let me back up..

    Sheila is getting baptized this Saturday :) It has been yet another trying week for her though. Sunday morning her 4 boys who range from 17-4 woke up with pink eye which kept all of them from going to church. She called us and discussed the program for her baptism of which she is still going strong preparing for! She has great faith and nothing is slowing her down. She often makes comments about how she can't believe the Lord didn't she her this church long ago. It's funny how whether you are a long time member of the church, or a short time convert, or not even interested in the church... we get into a funk where we feel "all is well", we become content with the routine we are in and rarely do we bother to lift our eyes higher and reach for a greater sense of spirituality. I feel like I have to keep reminding myself, and others, how we are on a treadmill and we are either going forward or backward... there's no standing still. And the things that will keep us going forward are actively engaging ourselves in church, having personal study, and always praying to our Father.

    Mike is doing sooo good! Him and his son Dillon are preparing to be baptized Saturday too! But first, Saturday MORNING him and Kelly are getting married! YAYYYY!! I'm so excited for them! I'm so grateful that I've been able to meet with them and help them understand Gods will for them. I know that by them getting married and then the two being baptized, that it will bless their lives forever and help them make the changes that are necessary for them to be in line with Christ's teachings. I'm SO happy for them! Gosh, I just can't describe how thankful I am that I've been able to serve in a family ward for not even 3 weeks and be able to help a family take that step towards becoming an eternal family.

    Chelsea, Amanda, and Kenny are also doing pretty good! They are all just trying to find out if it's really true or not. So for now, we are helping them to receive an answer to their prayers. I just KNOW that the restored gospel of Jesus Christ will help them so much. I am thankful that no matter what stage of life we are in, or what challenges we may be facing... the restored gospel will help us. It really does help us improve the quality of life. And all we need to do to find out if it's true, or to keep our testimony strong is to pray, read, come to church and try the experiment of keeping the commandments... and see if it doesn't bless our lives.

   Tonight we are doing a blitz for the Helix ward with our district, I've mapped out a rout for each companionship and we'll be visiting former investigator, potential investigators and less-actives, hopefully we'll find a lot of people home and interested in learning and accepting the restored gospel!

   Some other things that are going on in this coming week is drum roll please.... IM GETTING MY NEW COMPANION!! President called yesterday to tell me she'll be arriving Thursday morning and that I need to meet them at the Mormon Battalion to do some orientation and work out the details of what's going to happen with really only having 3 weeks left of the transfer. Her name is Sister Smith (this will be the 3rd Sister Smith serving at the Mobatt) and I really don't know anything about her, so I guess I'll let you know more next week :)  I've just really LOVED these last few weeks with Sister Pelfrey and Sister Poulson, they are so great! It has been a great opportunity to finally teach a FAMILY. And to end these last few weeks that I've had in the Spring Valley ward, we have one wedding and 3 baptisms!! I'm grateful for this opportunity. I'm sure these next few weeks will be great too with Sister Smith! I'm excited to meet her :)

    Well, that's it for now.. I hope you all have a GREAT week and I love you sooo much! You're in my prayers! And don't forget, this church is TRUE :D
Love,

Sister Miller