Hola tudo bem familia e amigos!
So this week was a pretty neat week with everything
going on with the Holidays. It was pretty interesting to see how stores
put up more and more sales, clearances, and other ridiculous signs to
grab your attention and practically try to
make people drive right off of the road directly into their store.
(haha)
We as missionaries didn't change our message of what we share.
What we did change is our approach and the best one was caroling, it
worked really well and had a lot of success and some people were
interested more about what we believe and wanted to know
more. It was really interesting, and sometimes funny, to see the
response that we would get. Some people would have Merry Christmas all
over their house with decorations and lights and the Nativity scene up.
Then we would knock and start singing and they would
reject us or shut the door mid sentence and we were like what? I guess
people express getting a free song sung to them differently then others.
The best one by far was when a guy came up to the door after we knocked
and waved to us to acknowledge us, then
fiddled witht he door and looked back and said "..i'm sorry...it's
locked.." and left! We were like..uhh..you're the one on the inside of
the door, that's the lamest excuse.
(haha) But hey, what can you do right? It was interesting to see people react differently.
One lady cried when we snag to her
(and we don't have good voices at all come to think of it) but she said
"ya'll don't have any idea what this means to me...my daughter and I
have been wanting to go caroling for years and
we have never been sang to.." then she asked if she was supposed to pay
us and we said “nope, you listened so you did your part”. It was great to see someone light up like that.
Giving, not receiving. We also went to
Section 8 government assisted housing and handed out a bunch of our
media stuff like free Christ DVDs and Book of Mormon and Bibles to
people along with other little gifts for kids and the people said they
loved them and came back out to thank us as we were
walking away. Many said they didn't have any presents for their kids
and it made me sad, but very happy to see how we helped them. It make
syou want to help more people but it's one at a time, "line upon line,
precept upon precept.."
So now I am officially a "lone wolf" as I like to
call it. I am in the Anniston/Jacksonville area which is North of the
Oxford area where I normally am. In Oxford we got another companion and
he is assigned to this mission so my companion
is training him...so now wherever I switch to, I am always the third one
(haha) My
mission president (head hauncho of Alabama for us missionaries) wants
me to move back and forth between these two areas, and so now I am
literally living out of my suitcase. It's
fun becasue I teach different people but also I teach with different
missionaries so I have to maybe adjust my teaching style to theirs or vica versa, so it's like I am switching around and all. It keeps me on my toes I guess
so we will see how this next week goes and next week i will probably be back in Oxford.
Christmas was a neat experience and New Years is coming up, oh yeah, and I think it's my birthday too
(haha)...Almost
forgot that one. I was really grateful to be able to have Skyped (video
chatted) with my family and so it was really cool to see them again and
catch up in the short time
I had but it was definately worth it. They are still the same
crazy, girly household we have..sorry dad..I'll be back soon
(haha)
At least there is the wonderful world of sports where you can escape
from all the fights about sharing blow dryers and curling irons and
watch real, more interesting, action that never
ends (as long as you are on ESPN). But it was great to be able to talk
with them.
Elder Spencer Miller
pictures:
1. what better gift to give soemone for the holidays then a nice Cadillac or Oldsmobile with 24" rims
2. thought this house was really neat looking
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