Hola familia e amigos! Tudo bem!
So this past week was my first week in the area
just north of where I am currently, it was Anniston/Jacksonville and it
was a different feel. Taught with some different missionaries and it was
interesting being with them but they are cool
and fun. We taught some cool people and most of the time we were
door-to-door knocking and asking people if they were interested in
learning more. I got a phone call from the missionaries, who I am
normally with, in Oxford and they said that the Panamanian
family is moving to Atlanta, GA soon. I was shocked...I knew they were
planning on moving but not until after the school year. So I will try to
go visit them this week before I go. They were an amazing family and I
can't wait to see how it plays out in the
future. I'm truly going to miss them the most but am optimistic for
what will happen with them.
It was really fun and neat learning how to adjust
to a different area, new people, new missionaries you are teaching with,
but the highlight of my week was as follows:
Thursday was my birthday and as a missionary, I
just did what I do everyday, woke up, studied, ate, and went to work.
Later that evening when we were planning for what to do the next day, we
got a call from our mission president and he
asked for me. He talked to me briefly and I honestly thought he was
just going to wish me a happy birthday but when he said "Elder Miller,
your time has finally come. We should be receiving your visa and you
will be leaving next Thursday..." my eyes lit up
and I stood up from my chair. The other missionaries were saying "you
got it?! You got it! You got your visa!" I was sooo excited I could not
contain it, I wanted to run for miles to be honest but according to a
rule of not being out after a certain time at
night, my running distance was restricted...so the inside of the
apartment sufficed hahaha I honestly could not believe the time had
come, I knew it was going to be soon and the whole day I just prayed in
my head that I could get the best birthday present...my
visa...and I did! He herad my prayer in my heart and I just can't deny
that. Wow, so much excitement filled me that night and continues to fill
me. I'll be honest, I will miss some of the people here. I know that
it's my time to move on to the people of Santa
Maria, Brazil, I am ready to learn the language and not have a clue
what they are saying, eat some sweet Brazilian food, and enjoy the nice
summer weather they are having! Who says you can't have summer all year
long? Just have to go to the right places. Anyways,
I will make this email short because of my limited amount of time but I
will see how this week goes and if I haven't gotten eaten by an
Anaconda yet so we will see what happens. happy New ear and hopw
everyone starts AND finishes this year off in the right
direction.
Elder Spencer Miller
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