Ciao everybody!
so its the last week in the MTC and i cant wait to leave and i cant wait to go to ITALY! it will be the best. all i keep hearing from my teachers is how great the people and culture in italy is! I cant imagine what it is going to be like! ahhh!!! weird.... so speaking of i leave tuesday morning at 730. so i have to get up at 4 to go the airport! that sucks, but oh well im going to italy so its worth it! umm... i wish i had some crazy story to tell you, i really dont have much to say this week! i keep gettting better at the language! i keep working hard, i can probably work harder but im working on it! I keep reading the Book of mormon and bible alot. its a good read, i reccomend it to you all! really! do it! and besides that i really dont have much to say. I am super happy with my life. I am supper happy with this mission! and i Love my heavenly father and his son Jesus Christ and am so gratefull for all they have done and do for me! ok sorry boring letter. next weeks will be great i prommise! keep praying for me! i love you all! and thanks for all the packages.
Vi Voglio Benne!
Anziano Miller
Thursday, April 25, 2013
Thursday, April 18, 2013
12 More Days in the MTC
Ciao!
I have been here in the MTC for aver a month and hence on my mission for longer than a month! its crazy. i feel like i just left home some days. I still love it though so that is good. except the food, i will vent on the food real quick, it sucks! that is all! I will be in Italy in 12 DAYS though and eating the best food in the world, so i cant complain to much i guess. Another side note, whenever elders or sister come talk to me and ask where im going and i ask where they are going, i feel bad for saying italy. I honestly think its the best mission ever, its biast yes, but seriously. Italy! its the best. i also feel bad cause i have to act happy for every other mission. dont get me wrong, i love all missions and think they are super great, but italy is the best! but everything else is really great! I love this church and this gospel. that will probably be a common theme throughout my mission, so get used to it! So whats happened this week.... not much. i count down the days untill i leave, 12 day! and i learn italian every day! the language is really good. i understand pretty much everything people say, and i cant communicate most of my thoughts as best as i can. i know its gonna be different in Italy, but thats a worry for another day. so the one really cool thing that happened this week was our Tuesday devo. so every tuesday we have someone come talk to us, and its usually good but this week my companion didnt want to go to the actual place to hear the person talk and just wanted to go to the overflow areas and watch on the TV. but i for some reason was against it, i had a gut feeling it was gonna be someone good. so we walk in super late, which is still like 20 min before i starts just late for missionary time, and there are no seats. but somehow we end up getting seats in the third row. it was great. and as soon as we sat down everyone stood up, i didnt know why, but thne i looked up and it was Richard G Scott! It was such a cool experience to hear an apostle in person! it was also just a really good talk! he talked on prayer. I love prayer, but he really made prayer such an amazing blessing and gift that we all can enjoy. cause if you think about it, its pretty awesome that we can literally talk to our father in heaven through prayer. not a life changing talk or anything, but just awesome to hear him talk. I loved it! besides that my week has been pretty uneventfull. I continue to work hard and have fun here, but i really want to go to Italy. the other kinda cool thing that happened this week was that i got ot host the new missionaries that came in yesterday. It was really awesome slash really sad to be there. cool because i remember how powerfull it was when i got here the first day, sad because i just had to sit back and watch as families and missionaries cried there eyes out as they said goodbye. made me miss my fam bam, but then i got over that! ill see them in 2 years! it will be great! Umm i wish i had more to say, but i dont... so a couple thoughts i had for the day. Firtst, i love this gospel for many reasons, one being i think we have the best deal ever with our heavenly father. Repentence! we recieve the best gift imaginable, eternal life with our families! and you would think we would have to give up the thing we love most for that, like what we love the most, but in reality we give up the thing that hinders us the most and the thing if we think about we hate the most, which is sin. we give up what hate the most and get the best thing ever... idk if that made sense, but for me it did, and its awesome! the other thing i love is simple truths! this life and even church can be so confusing if we think about it alot and get really into the doctrine, but what makes it so great and so true are simple truths. Heavenly father sent his son to earth to atone for us. Jesus Christ is our savior. Families are eternal. God and Jesus christ love us all so much and want us to return to them more than anything. I ca say all that in Italian if you were wondering... but yeah. thoughts for the day. I love you all so much! keep writing me. keep praying for me! untill next time!
Vi Voglio Benne. Ci ve diamo!
con Amore Anziano Miller
I have been here in the MTC for aver a month and hence on my mission for longer than a month! its crazy. i feel like i just left home some days. I still love it though so that is good. except the food, i will vent on the food real quick, it sucks! that is all! I will be in Italy in 12 DAYS though and eating the best food in the world, so i cant complain to much i guess. Another side note, whenever elders or sister come talk to me and ask where im going and i ask where they are going, i feel bad for saying italy. I honestly think its the best mission ever, its biast yes, but seriously. Italy! its the best. i also feel bad cause i have to act happy for every other mission. dont get me wrong, i love all missions and think they are super great, but italy is the best! but everything else is really great! I love this church and this gospel. that will probably be a common theme throughout my mission, so get used to it! So whats happened this week.... not much. i count down the days untill i leave, 12 day! and i learn italian every day! the language is really good. i understand pretty much everything people say, and i cant communicate most of my thoughts as best as i can. i know its gonna be different in Italy, but thats a worry for another day. so the one really cool thing that happened this week was our Tuesday devo. so every tuesday we have someone come talk to us, and its usually good but this week my companion didnt want to go to the actual place to hear the person talk and just wanted to go to the overflow areas and watch on the TV. but i for some reason was against it, i had a gut feeling it was gonna be someone good. so we walk in super late, which is still like 20 min before i starts just late for missionary time, and there are no seats. but somehow we end up getting seats in the third row. it was great. and as soon as we sat down everyone stood up, i didnt know why, but thne i looked up and it was Richard G Scott! It was such a cool experience to hear an apostle in person! it was also just a really good talk! he talked on prayer. I love prayer, but he really made prayer such an amazing blessing and gift that we all can enjoy. cause if you think about it, its pretty awesome that we can literally talk to our father in heaven through prayer. not a life changing talk or anything, but just awesome to hear him talk. I loved it! besides that my week has been pretty uneventfull. I continue to work hard and have fun here, but i really want to go to Italy. the other kinda cool thing that happened this week was that i got ot host the new missionaries that came in yesterday. It was really awesome slash really sad to be there. cool because i remember how powerfull it was when i got here the first day, sad because i just had to sit back and watch as families and missionaries cried there eyes out as they said goodbye. made me miss my fam bam, but then i got over that! ill see them in 2 years! it will be great! Umm i wish i had more to say, but i dont... so a couple thoughts i had for the day. Firtst, i love this gospel for many reasons, one being i think we have the best deal ever with our heavenly father. Repentence! we recieve the best gift imaginable, eternal life with our families! and you would think we would have to give up the thing we love most for that, like what we love the most, but in reality we give up the thing that hinders us the most and the thing if we think about we hate the most, which is sin. we give up what hate the most and get the best thing ever... idk if that made sense, but for me it did, and its awesome! the other thing i love is simple truths! this life and even church can be so confusing if we think about it alot and get really into the doctrine, but what makes it so great and so true are simple truths. Heavenly father sent his son to earth to atone for us. Jesus Christ is our savior. Families are eternal. God and Jesus christ love us all so much and want us to return to them more than anything. I ca say all that in Italian if you were wondering... but yeah. thoughts for the day. I love you all so much! keep writing me. keep praying for me! untill next time!
Vi Voglio Benne. Ci ve diamo!
con Amore Anziano Miller
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Week Three in the MTC
Ciao Familia e camici! I miss you all!
so this week has once again jam packed with information and events! I continue to learn more language everyday, or atleast try to! Its hard, but i Love it so much! I can honestly say im understanding a good amount of the italian the teachers speak. like 3 weeks and i think i have learned more than all my years of spanish! id like to say its all me and my hard work, but i know its not. This place is really an amazing place where the spirit and gods hand is helping everyone so much! especially me! i am so thankful for everything that i have and this amazing opportunity! I cant wait to go to Italy and help those people, it really is what i am working so hard for. ok so first ill tell you some small things, umm... my companion is still great! seriously he is captain america! i think he is fluent in italian already, and hes singing in church this sunday! he does it all... haha its funny! im very humbled, but im so grateful for this companionship! the Sorella in my district are really awesome! 3 of them are seriously exactly like my sisters... its weird! they are great though, they have such a strong testimony and an strong spirit! I love it! my teachers are great too, im older than one of them by 2 years which is kind of funny, but he is really good at italian so im glad i have him! ok thats all the small things. the big things... We had conference this weekend! it was really really awesome! everything was directly pointed at missionary work and obbedience. atleast thats what i got out of it. but im bias. Elder Holland talk was so good! go look it up! its the best and so inspiring! plus i was around 3000 other missionaries so it was probably the coolest general conference i have ever had. the other cool thing about this weekend was after conference on sunday we had a devotional like usual, but this one was really cool cause we had the singing group "vocal point" come sing for us. i dont know who they are, but it was awesome! it was like mormon pitch perfect! i wish i could sing haha. although side note, i love singing in italian! it just sounds better than english! i think i sound better too. but yeah vocal point was awesome! the other cool thing that happened this week was we did really well on our lessons, these lessons are just practice and fake fyi, but i still love them! but the really cool thing was that we commited ours to baptism! on the second lesson! the spirit was so strong! and it felt so real! it makes me so excited to go to Italy and bring those people this gospel and allow them to discover the amazing joy that is this church! christs church! and then i think how cool it will be when i get to bring an italian to baptism! idk.... it just sounds like the coollest thing ever! ok im done i think! i dont know what else to say. i heard louisville won the NCAA, BOOO! i cant beilieve i didnt watch any of it, first time for everything! Duke is still the best team. oh and i think the great gatsby came out this week too, i bet it was good! im slightly jealous but not really! ok i love you all so much! Io so che questo chiesa e vero!
Ciao! Ci ve diamo!
Vi voglio benne
Love you all!
so this week has once again jam packed with information and events! I continue to learn more language everyday, or atleast try to! Its hard, but i Love it so much! I can honestly say im understanding a good amount of the italian the teachers speak. like 3 weeks and i think i have learned more than all my years of spanish! id like to say its all me and my hard work, but i know its not. This place is really an amazing place where the spirit and gods hand is helping everyone so much! especially me! i am so thankful for everything that i have and this amazing opportunity! I cant wait to go to Italy and help those people, it really is what i am working so hard for. ok so first ill tell you some small things, umm... my companion is still great! seriously he is captain america! i think he is fluent in italian already, and hes singing in church this sunday! he does it all... haha its funny! im very humbled, but im so grateful for this companionship! the Sorella in my district are really awesome! 3 of them are seriously exactly like my sisters... its weird! they are great though, they have such a strong testimony and an strong spirit! I love it! my teachers are great too, im older than one of them by 2 years which is kind of funny, but he is really good at italian so im glad i have him! ok thats all the small things. the big things... We had conference this weekend! it was really really awesome! everything was directly pointed at missionary work and obbedience. atleast thats what i got out of it. but im bias. Elder Holland talk was so good! go look it up! its the best and so inspiring! plus i was around 3000 other missionaries so it was probably the coolest general conference i have ever had. the other cool thing about this weekend was after conference on sunday we had a devotional like usual, but this one was really cool cause we had the singing group "vocal point" come sing for us. i dont know who they are, but it was awesome! it was like mormon pitch perfect! i wish i could sing haha. although side note, i love singing in italian! it just sounds better than english! i think i sound better too. but yeah vocal point was awesome! the other cool thing that happened this week was we did really well on our lessons, these lessons are just practice and fake fyi, but i still love them! but the really cool thing was that we commited ours to baptism! on the second lesson! the spirit was so strong! and it felt so real! it makes me so excited to go to Italy and bring those people this gospel and allow them to discover the amazing joy that is this church! christs church! and then i think how cool it will be when i get to bring an italian to baptism! idk.... it just sounds like the coollest thing ever! ok im done i think! i dont know what else to say. i heard louisville won the NCAA, BOOO! i cant beilieve i didnt watch any of it, first time for everything! Duke is still the best team. oh and i think the great gatsby came out this week too, i bet it was good! im slightly jealous but not really! ok i love you all so much! Io so che questo chiesa e vero!
Ciao! Ci ve diamo!
Vi voglio benne
Love you all!
Friday, April 5, 2013
COMPLETE FAILURE
So, this is Keri. I am so embarrassed that I am writing this story, but it is that good, I had to share it.
Yesterday was Ty's P-day, so I wanted to be the best sister EVER, and attempt my first food drop off. (I thought everyone did this.. so I was going to join the ranks) I went and got Ty and sweatshirt because he forgot his. I got cups of ice with their favorite sodas, diet coke and mountain dew for this comp, candy, 2 cafe rio pork quesidillas, and chips and queso. THE WORKS!! I was so excited for him to eat a good mean... but at the same time, I was so nervous to do it. Technically, it's breaking the rules... but I just love the little brother so much, I thought I could pull it off.
In the distance... I see Ty and his companion walking out of the temple. I hurry and get the bags ready.. the whole time in my head I was thinking I should have got better bags to hide the food, but I was in crunch time, cafe rio was taking too long to make the food... I had to zip to the parking lot; the meeting place. I snuck a quick hug and a picture with the boys holding their food. They were SO EXCITED!!! I asked if they thought they could pull it off.. if they wanted a back pack or something.. but they laughed and said they had it. I was SOOOO NERVOUS!!! I waited in the parking lot like 5 minutes, so when I drove to the light, I could see if they got through security. As I was coming up the red signal light, I saw two innocent boys stopped at security. The guard wouldn't let them though. Granted, they didn't really disguise the HUGE cafe rio bags very well... My heart is racing. I am on the phone with my sister Toni, freaking out. They pulled me over... then I see the two boys walk over with the security guard, a walk of shame, to my car and they had to put the food in my car and walk away. I FAILED!!!! I asked in the nicest way possible if the guard would let it happen just this once. They hold up a tight shift there.. and it wasn't happening. He told my I was lucky that he was letting Ty take the sweatshirt in.. but the food was a no go! I was so mad!! I said I love you... I am so sorry. Family love doesn't trump MTC rules. I know down the road, we will laugh about it. I was just stressing I got them in so much trouble... that and my investment on cafe rio... DOWN THE DRAIN!! (not really, I just gave it to my nephews.. and they were loving it. With each bite they took... my inside was so sad that Ty and his companion had it in their hands... SO CLOSE.
For HOURS.... I was a huge stress case. I know it isnt THAT BIG OF A DEAL.. but I am such a chicken, and I dont break rules often. Rules are for a reason...haha. Today I tried to make up for it and sent him doughnuts, candy, and soda to make up for it. I sent him like three dearelder.com letters already saying how sorry I was... that I will stick to the rules now. But hey, I tried.
Thursday, April 4, 2013
Week Two + A Cursing Elder
Ciao!!
Its officially been 2 weeks in the MTC and now 2 weeks as a missionary. Time is weird in here, i feel like i have been here for a months, but at the same time each day and time is going by so fast now. I think its because we do so much in each day and because for some reason i feel really comfortable being here. not sure how to describe it, but it great. In my classes they keep jamming Italian down our throats. we are in class for atleast 8 hours of the day either learning italian or learning doctirine. The teachers never stop speaking Italian to us, so it really forces me to try and learn it as much as fast as i can. I think im actually doing pretty well with the language. I can understand a good amount of what our teachers are saying, and can get my point across pretty well in broken italian, but still italian. I cant wait to be like my teachers and speak it fluently. So i dont know if i told you how the classes work, but they have us doing lessons pretty much everyday. The first week we had one whose name was Davide, but the second week it turns out he is our second teacher for the rest of the time at the MTC. He is a great teacher, and is fresh off the mission field from the Milan Italy mission so its fun to hear stories about the mission im going to. Before i tell you about the stuff that has happened i need to tell you about a lesson i had last week that i forgot to say, i think... if i told you lst time im sorry. so as we were in the lesson i kept asking him questions. the lesson was on the plan of slavation, so i was asking him alot of family questions and what not, so in Italian to start a "what" question you either say "che cosa" or just cosa, depending on the situation. So for the first half i think i was doing it right, but then for some reason my brain went dislexic, and i switched "che cosa" to "che caso" but i was saying it like it was 2 "zz" where the s is, and in Italian you would just pronounce that as a single z in english. The investigator starting laughing and telling me to stop. as best as he could he told me that i chold never ever say that in italian, so after the lesson i naturally had to see what i was saying to him, turns out I was pretty much cussing him out the entire time. Really bad words... im im not gonna tell you what it meant, but just know its really bad and i felt really bad afterwards... but it was pretty funny. and i guess one to remember. I will get better im sure, and hopefully never cuss anyone out again. OK so now to the stuff that has happened in the past week. On sunday it was easter and we had some really awesome speakers come to the MTC. the first was Bishop cussoe... i think thats how you spell it. BUt he is of the general Authority. he is from france and is really awesome. the really cool part about that meeting was that all 3000+ missionaries took the sacrament while we were in there. It was a really cool experience, and i dont think ill ever forget it. then that night we had sheri dew speak to us, and im pretty sure she is a writer of some pretty important books?... not sure! but she was really good. I think my favorite part of that day though was walking to the temple. We get to go on a walk every sunday, but this one was nice because Keri met me there to surprise me! I know it had only been a week, but i loved seeing her so much! I love my family so much! i kind of got in trouble because i had her walk around with us, but i dont care. i dont feel like i broke any rules... family is important! It was a really cool easter sunday. on monday we had our first experience with the TRC. The TRC is when volunteers who speak italian come in and we just have to go in and teach them and talk to them for 20 min. we did it twice, and to 2 different people. I think that was the coolest teaching experience i have had so far. The first one was a young girl, and i understood most of what she said. But when i bore my testimony, for some reason i could tell she was really touched by what i said, i know it wasnt really good italian, but the spirit was definately there! i loved it. It really showed me that gospel and the doctrine is most powerfull with simple truths and through the spirit. i have always had a pretty simple testimony, but in italian i have been forced to make it even more simple. but still the spirit speaks to people more than anything. it was a cool experience. I loved it! the rest of the week was filled with volleyball, basketball, (both of which people think im awesome at... well i am!) and then more teaching, learning, and mediocre food. But it is still great! This weekend will be really cool because it is general conference. I know being here with all these missionaries will be so powerfull and inspiring. I am really looking forward to it. I wish i had more to say, but ive never been a good communicator. I love this mission, I love my family! I know im supposed to be here and that I will learn so much while im here. Io so che questo chiesa e vero. Io so che Gesu Cristo ci aiuta tornare a Dio tramire Sua Espiezioni. sono molto grato per la opportunita a insegnare questo vangelo. Io so che Gesu Cristo la ama, anche mi ama. Solo mediente Dio e Suoi Figlio Gesu Cristo possiamo essere felice, e torniamo vive con Voi. Nel nome de Gesu Cristo. Amen. thats probably wrong, but i did it all from memory, so it pretty cool. I found out i dont relaly say i love you inless its my wife, so Vi Voglio Benne! thats the next best thing. Ci ve diamo!
Anziano MIller
Its officially been 2 weeks in the MTC and now 2 weeks as a missionary. Time is weird in here, i feel like i have been here for a months, but at the same time each day and time is going by so fast now. I think its because we do so much in each day and because for some reason i feel really comfortable being here. not sure how to describe it, but it great. In my classes they keep jamming Italian down our throats. we are in class for atleast 8 hours of the day either learning italian or learning doctirine. The teachers never stop speaking Italian to us, so it really forces me to try and learn it as much as fast as i can. I think im actually doing pretty well with the language. I can understand a good amount of what our teachers are saying, and can get my point across pretty well in broken italian, but still italian. I cant wait to be like my teachers and speak it fluently. So i dont know if i told you how the classes work, but they have us doing lessons pretty much everyday. The first week we had one whose name was Davide, but the second week it turns out he is our second teacher for the rest of the time at the MTC. He is a great teacher, and is fresh off the mission field from the Milan Italy mission so its fun to hear stories about the mission im going to. Before i tell you about the stuff that has happened i need to tell you about a lesson i had last week that i forgot to say, i think... if i told you lst time im sorry. so as we were in the lesson i kept asking him questions. the lesson was on the plan of slavation, so i was asking him alot of family questions and what not, so in Italian to start a "what" question you either say "che cosa" or just cosa, depending on the situation. So for the first half i think i was doing it right, but then for some reason my brain went dislexic, and i switched "che cosa" to "che caso" but i was saying it like it was 2 "zz" where the s is, and in Italian you would just pronounce that as a single z in english. The investigator starting laughing and telling me to stop. as best as he could he told me that i chold never ever say that in italian, so after the lesson i naturally had to see what i was saying to him, turns out I was pretty much cussing him out the entire time. Really bad words... im im not gonna tell you what it meant, but just know its really bad and i felt really bad afterwards... but it was pretty funny. and i guess one to remember. I will get better im sure, and hopefully never cuss anyone out again. OK so now to the stuff that has happened in the past week. On sunday it was easter and we had some really awesome speakers come to the MTC. the first was Bishop cussoe... i think thats how you spell it. BUt he is of the general Authority. he is from france and is really awesome. the really cool part about that meeting was that all 3000+ missionaries took the sacrament while we were in there. It was a really cool experience, and i dont think ill ever forget it. then that night we had sheri dew speak to us, and im pretty sure she is a writer of some pretty important books?... not sure! but she was really good. I think my favorite part of that day though was walking to the temple. We get to go on a walk every sunday, but this one was nice because Keri met me there to surprise me! I know it had only been a week, but i loved seeing her so much! I love my family so much! i kind of got in trouble because i had her walk around with us, but i dont care. i dont feel like i broke any rules... family is important! It was a really cool easter sunday. on monday we had our first experience with the TRC. The TRC is when volunteers who speak italian come in and we just have to go in and teach them and talk to them for 20 min. we did it twice, and to 2 different people. I think that was the coolest teaching experience i have had so far. The first one was a young girl, and i understood most of what she said. But when i bore my testimony, for some reason i could tell she was really touched by what i said, i know it wasnt really good italian, but the spirit was definately there! i loved it. It really showed me that gospel and the doctrine is most powerfull with simple truths and through the spirit. i have always had a pretty simple testimony, but in italian i have been forced to make it even more simple. but still the spirit speaks to people more than anything. it was a cool experience. I loved it! the rest of the week was filled with volleyball, basketball, (both of which people think im awesome at... well i am!) and then more teaching, learning, and mediocre food. But it is still great! This weekend will be really cool because it is general conference. I know being here with all these missionaries will be so powerfull and inspiring. I am really looking forward to it. I wish i had more to say, but ive never been a good communicator. I love this mission, I love my family! I know im supposed to be here and that I will learn so much while im here. Io so che questo chiesa e vero. Io so che Gesu Cristo ci aiuta tornare a Dio tramire Sua Espiezioni. sono molto grato per la opportunita a insegnare questo vangelo. Io so che Gesu Cristo la ama, anche mi ama. Solo mediente Dio e Suoi Figlio Gesu Cristo possiamo essere felice, e torniamo vive con Voi. Nel nome de Gesu Cristo. Amen. thats probably wrong, but i did it all from memory, so it pretty cool. I found out i dont relaly say i love you inless its my wife, so Vi Voglio Benne! thats the next best thing. Ci ve diamo!
Anziano MIller
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