Elder Gavin Milius: I RODE MY BIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME

Yooo how's it going!! Elder Milius here with another banging email!! Mondays are coming a lot quicker these days I'm almost running out of things to say but that doesn't mean my week was boring cause it was actually pretty fun!

Last Monday we went Mountain biking with our zone leaders and had so much fun! We then went to this like tunnel that goes under the freeway and we climbed to the other side of the tunnel. It took us a good 5 minutes of just squat crawling and when we got to the other side there was nothing over there that made it worth it, but now I can say I crawled under a freeway and not a lot of people can say that. We then went to this place called Mission BBQ and lemme tell you, that place slapped hard! It was so good. If your ever in Chesapeake VA you gotta try it.

Tuesday we had an awesome lesson with our guy on date and we really think he's understanding what we are teaching him now. The whole time we were trying to figure out whether or not he actually understands what we are saying or if he's just going through the motions but he has great comments when we talk about things. We were talking about the Word of Wisdom and he was so on board with it!! He also has been coming to church a lot so I wouldn't be surprised if as long as we keep meeting with him, he might be baptized before Christmas!

Wednesday we had dinner with another person we are teaching and they made clam chowder......I wouldn't say it's horrible, but I wouldn't buy a bunch of ingredients to make it again lol. We then tried to have a lesson but it went a little south, they're main concern was that they don't like how the church doesn't do community activities which is literally just a problem for this area, I know so many areas that are a lot more community involved. But we just explained that our church isn't really there for activities and we don't have to have a bunch of community parties because our church is based on our doctrine which is faith, repentance, baptism, receiving the gift of the holy ghost and enduring to the end. There's nothing we can do to fix the problem she has so we just testified and then left.

Thursday, Friday and Saturday we did a lot of knocking. And from the headline, you already know, I rode my bike on Friday! We went to a neighborhood not too far from our apartment but with winter rolling around, it is getting really cold here. It's not snowing but it's definitely like 40 degrees all day. So we rode our bikes in the freezing cold air, and ended up knocking till dark. Which by the way dark is now at like 5:30. We rode home in what felt like midnight skies with freezing cold air in out white shirts and ties. Let's just say today we went to Ross and got beanies and next time I'm gonna wear my bigger jacket.

Sunday we had three of our progressing people come to church which was amazing!! And then we went to a members house for dinner. This family is so fun, so nice and super cool. We had an amazing spaghetti dinner and after shared an amazing lesson about family prayer and had some amazing scotcheroons and then we went home and finished out the night pretty much.

Overall, great great week! Lots of stuff happened and I'm super happy with all the things I experienced. I've had a lot of thoughts about feeling the spirit and a lot of times where I've heard and felt distinct feelings from the spirit. I mean we didn't find anyone who was crazy ready to be baptized but I can honestly say that you dont need to have a crazy spiritual experience to recognize the spirit and how it can influence your life. If you feel a prompting to do something and nothing comes out of it even though you listened to the spirit, it doesn't really matter. One, our minds don't understand what God knows, and two, it's important that we always follow prompting regardless of the outcome because it shows God that we are willing to listen to any prompting and he can use us for his work wherever that may be.

Anyways hope yall have a fantastic week, enjoy Thanksgiving!!! And remember to always be grateful for what you have!! Don't get too fat over the holidays!!!! Talk to yall in the next one!!!!!