Ty Baptizes Mark Antony

Ciao tutti!

OK my cool stories for the week! First we had the 2 baptisms of the brothers! It was such a great day and event! I am so thankful for the opportunity I had to be apart of their conversion! Also apart of their baptism! So my companion and me baptized the brothers, each of us baptized one. I baptized the older brother Marc Antony Arojo! Sweet name I know haha. He is a very awesome kid! My comp baptized the younger brother Bryan! he as well is just so sweet sincere and just awesome! Then the next day in church the other anziani in our ward gave them the holy ghost and confirmed them! They are so happy and just have an amazing glow to them now! Its funny cause they both love to pray!! haha so every time we have a meeting in church or meet with them they both volunteer to say the prayer and give the most honest sincere prayers haha. Last night in Family home evening the younger brother prayed and thanked for everything he ate that day and everything we were about to eat and then asked God to forgive his brother because he coughed during the prayer haha it was funny but its really great to see how their relationship with their father in heaven has grown so much just even in this last month! Also they already have tons of new friends in church because they young kids all accepted them with open arms! so they love everything and are so happy! The other cool miracle from the baptism is that their mom came! Their mom is not a member, but now this year alone her daughter and her 2 sons and her niece have all been baptized!!! The father was unfortunately killed some years ago so she is alone and an amazing strong lady, so we are really hoping she was able to recognize the spirit that was at the baptism! I know with time she will see how this gospel will bless her life! But at least we know she was excited for the baptism because she cooked a ton of food for after wards to eat! haha it was so sweet! I love those kids so much and cant wait till their entire family can be sealed together! 

The other cool miracle I had this week was one that started last week! Me and my companion had 30 min before a lesson and decided to walk to a park, but unfortunately like happens often no one was interested to talk at all! haha but as we were walking to the next appointment, we saw a man on a bench a ways away and asked each other if we wanted to go talk to him, initially we said no and kept going, but as we walked away I had a strong feeling i should go back. SO to give you a seen we had just past by the guy a bit ago and he clearly saw us, then decided to go back soon after haha so it was a bit awkward but lets be honest, I don’t care about awkward! haha. We talked to him for a little bit and he was really interested! We were just happy he talked to us; we didn’t have much time so we exchanged numbers and left him with a prayer. Then this week we set up another appointment to see him! That in itself is a miracle because it never happens! But we got an appointment. So we met up with him in the same park at the same bench. We started to explain how the church of Jesus Christ has been restored today and he loved it all! But during the lesson he had to stop us and just vent on how he kept thinking about how he felt when we talked for the first time last week. He said he had this feeling of excitement and joy that he had never felt before! We explained that was the spirit talking to him and telling about the truthfulness of our message. So as we finished the lesson we asked him to pray, he had never really prayed before but did it anyways! Another miracle! when he finished we were saying our goodbyes and setting up when we can see each other again, but me and my comp could tell he had something on his mind. And as i stood up to leave he stopped me and looked me in the eyes and asked with the most sincerity I have ever heard in my life "Alla mia eta, si potrebbe entrare la vostra chiesa e farsi battezzare??" which translates to " at my age, could someone enter into your church and be baptized?" I looked him back in the eyes and said "ASSOLUTAMENTE!" haha which means absolutely! so we committed him to be baptized in the future! It was so cool to see the spirit work in me to guide me and the work in the man! I know the church is true! I know this Gospel is the true gospel for salvation! I am so thankful for this mission! 

Cool not related mission things, this week i went to a place in Switzerland called Bellinzona where there are these beautiful castles! Then the last week I went to Bellagio. Which is this beautiful area at lake Como where its a peninsula out in the middle of the lake! it is surrounded by the Swiss alps with snow caps and is definitely one of the most beautiful places I have ever seen in my life! 

OK I love you all! I love the mission! ciao

Read the Book of Mormon

Ciao!!

So someone told me once that a prophet or an apostle once said that if you read the entire Book of Mormon in your mission language out loud you will be fluent in that language by the end! SO I took that to heart and have been reading it when I have free time out loud! And this week i finally finished it! So I guess that means i should be fluent haha I’m not sure about fluent, but I know it definitely helped me more than anything else! I will say I can speak Italian and understand every Italian... but I don’t know if I will ever speak our sound like an Italian when I speak Italian unfortunately... But more important I strengthened my testimony of the Book of Mormon! I know that like the Bible this book is another testament of our savior Jesus Christ! We are so blessed to have this sacred book to help us understand our purpose and the teachings of Jesus Christ! I know it is true! and I know that it is the proof that i belong and represent the true church on the earth! 

ok love you all! 

Beautiful Italy

A Good Week for Elder Miller

Ciao Tutti!

this week has been a good one! it was my first full week with my new companion Anziaon Orso! he really is a great guy! With an awesome testimony of this gospel! Its starting to get a little colder every day, but its not to bad! the Bad part is that its been raining almost all this week except for today, and it turns out people dont like to go out very much when it rains. So finding new people to talk to and teach has been difficult! but i love it anyways! Luckily we have finally been able to recieve some referals from some members! this week we recieved a referal from a member, but the only thing she gave us was an address and the name of the husband, but it turned out this address was really far away! so we went really hoping he would be there cause if not it would have been a long trip for not very much. But when we got there he was there! and he let us in to his house to talk! both miracles haha cause neither happen very often! but we taught him and his grandson! they are both very open to knowing more and we have a another appointment this friday! so referals work! 

Besudes that it has been a good week! nothing to crazy or exciting... I found out my best friend Joey got engaged! so that was exciting news! I wish him the best and hope he waits for me to get back to get married! 

We also have been doing alot of member lessons! i want Orso to meet and know all the members really well! so we have been passing by all the members! its been really nice to be in the members homes! they remind me of home! i love the spirit and love i can feel in all these families! no matter it be a tiny house where a family of 6 lives, or a huge house where a small family lived, they are all so loving! i know that is thanks to this gospel! The Gospel blesses families! a very short but true sentence!

ok i love you all! ill try to send some more pictures of me and my new and last companions! 

Ciao! 

Here are some photos of Italy Captioned by Ty

Me on a street with pretty lights

Preston and I at the Duomo

This could be "His last District" or "zone" 

Me and a pretty lake at Como

Anziano Pulle and me in front of a pretty lake

Me and Anziano Pulle on top of a mountain at Como

Me and my companion Anziano Orso

Me with a pretty background acting like I don't care

That is all for now. Make sure you write Elder Miller. He loves getting letters and emails. 

Capturing Moments in Milan Italy

Here are a few pictures Elder Miller sent. Sorry, no captions this time. Looks like has had some great exploring days in Italy. Make sure to write him :) His Preparation day is Wednesdays!

Update on Elder Miller

Ciao Tutti!

So it has been way too long since i have written to my Blog. So i have alot of catching up to do! First I love the mission! I love doing the Lords Work here in Italy everyday! And i dont know if i told this, but im now in Milano! The capital of my mission, and like the second or third biggest city in Italy! and it is exactly that... a big city! I live in the area called the Navigli, because there are some old canals that Leonardo Davinco built a long time ago, and they run through my part of the city! so those two streets in my area are really nice and famous! lots of nice shops and people, but... the rest of my area is known as the ghetto haha so it reminds me of Ancona a bit. But i love it! I have seen some pretty crazy things here on the busses and on the streets i have seen even grosser things, but all in all i love it here and all the people! I have been here 3 months, and just got my second companion here in Milano. My first comp was named Anziano Rutter. He was great! a ton of energy and just a ton of fun! i will miss him, but he will be a rock star one day so im glad i was his comp so i can get free tickets! Now i have a new companion named Anziano Orso. He has an amazing story and is an amazing missionary. He is a recent convert of 2 years, and is the only member in his entire family! he is from a city called surprise arizona, and is a little younger than me in the mission! already he has taught em so much and i look up to how strong he is especially for being so new in the church! Other fun news, its Saldi again so everyone is shopping and everything is really cheap! i love it! haha. The work here has been a little slower than i like, but thats because its cold and there has been a ton of holidays lately, and italians dont do anything on holidays itss pretty great! The holidays for me were amazing! i spent alot of time with the members here in Milano. They treat me like a son and feed me sooo much haha! they are all great! And i also got to see my family on skype! I love my family so much and am so blessed to have such a wonderful family that supports and loves me like they do! Im excited to be here longer in Milan because i still feel like i need to do more here! 

On that note we had a really cool miracle yesterday actually! so ill explain the miracle and maybe explain more about the mission life here in milan. So last week we received a referal for this man. So i called him almost imediately to make an appointment. Originally he wanted to meet saturday, but i wanted to meet earlier so i asked him if we could meet wednesday instead. He relluctantly agreed. So when we showed up yesterday it turns out it was his birthday, so i kinda felt a little wierd at first. it turns out this man was raised in the church in Peru and all his family was baptized except him...He has been here in Italy for 22 years and has never met the missionaries here in italy. He explained how he really just wants to change his life, and was conced that we were her to change his life. The cool part or the miracle part was that while we were there, he called his mom to tell her that we were with him. when she heard that we were there, she started to cry right away. she said that she had been praying all this week that his son would be able to find the church, cause she and her family are strong members. SO she explained that for his birthday the only thing she prayed for was for missionaries to find him. So there we were... on his birthday... just like his mom had been praying for. he passed me the phone so i could talk to her, but turns out i dont understand spanish haha but although i could not understand her, i felt the spirit so stron through the phone. I knew that we were answers to her prayers and i could feel her love for her son and for us! It was such a cool experience for me! I know that god aswers prayers! ive never been such a direct answer to someones prayer, but it confers to me that this is the lords work! We are excited to work with this man and his wife, and they both seemed soo happy to meet with us and just alk to us! I am so thankfull for all the prayers all over the world, and all the members! like i said, i know God answers prayers! I know he is aware of each and everyone of us. And i know he wants us to be happy!

ok im not sure what else i can write. Ill be better at keeping my blog updated, if anything for me so i can remember more of my mission. Because i love this mission! i love being here in Italy! and i love this gospel! Keep praying everyone! 

I love you all!

Ciao!

Anziano Miller