Elder Gavin Milius: I’M THROWING OUT AN OUTFIT NOW

So this week was for real baller!! We had an awesome fun filled week for sure! It was filled with miracles and struggles but overall just the best! On a side note though, it's so hot! It has finally started climbing because it's getting to the middle of the summer, I'm lowkey super hyped for the winter time cause I'm not wet all the time. But the summer has been awesome because everyone is outside and it's just sweet to be able to walk around and talk to everyone.

So this week we had exchanges with the ZLs and I had to ride a bike cause my comp took the car from me, so we were on bikes all day and it lowkey was super hype, we just biked around downtown Richmond, it was so fun. Then we were able to go to this one apartment complex and everyone was outside so it was like one big hangout, we had kids coming up to us wanting to ride bikes with us and we gave them all Jesus pictures and talked to a bunch of people outside! It was so awesome. The worst part about biking though was going uphill because on the way back to the apartment it was seriously all uphill and it was killing me. I'm surprised I made it back for dinner but then I had to deal with it again on our way back for the night and I seriously almost died. Another sad thing was there was a hole in my back pocket and I lost my knife! It just slid down my leg and I had it in my leg pit for a while but then eventually it jusy fell out. I would have stopped but my zone leader was on a bike team back home so he was already a mile ahead of me! But the zone leader exchange was awesome! Now I have a really sweaty white shirt, pants and underwear, it's super gross and I might throw it out cause I was seriously so drenched after riding my bike.

We then had a crazy miracle this Sunday!! Our friend Craig who we put on date for the 29th of July was planning on coming to church but then come Sunday morning he totally canceled and said he was nervous so he didn't want to come. And then our other friend Christopher got sick so he wasn't coming to church either so we were so upset that we weren't gonna have anyone to church. So we sent Craig a pretty disappointed text saying that we really need him to come to church if he wants to be baptized. He never responded to that text and so we didn't think anything of it but then we were sitting in church during fast and testimony meeting and all the sudden, CRAIG WALKS IN!! He just walked in, sat down and listened and we were like jumping up and down in our seats! We were so happy, then he stayed for second hour and had amazing comments during class!! Oh my gosh, we've been trying to get Craig to come to church for so long and he finally came and stayed! It was so awesome!!

Anyways those are the highlights from the week! Been reading a lot of the old testament and am now in 2 Kings but the story I just read was about Elijah and the drought, the people of Israel were worshiping a fals God named Baal and Elijah wanted to challenge Baal, The Lord vs Baal. Elijah told he priest to make an altar and sacrifice an animal but not light it on fire and to pray to Baal to light it. Obviously nothing happened but when Elijah did the same, he told the people to pour water over his altar so that it would be impossible really to light it, but The Lord lit the altar and they all knew that The lord is the true and only God! It's just a great reminder of the power God has and that he is the God of the Heavens and the Earth and with his power, we can do anything! Choose God Today, Join The Winning Team!! Anyways, love yall, enjoy the week ahead!!!!

-Elder Milius