What a week! There was lots of highs and lots of lows for this week. It honestly was a pretty crazy week but it was a good one in the end. But how is everyone doing? Hope your having a great Monday. To jump right in let's start with the bad.
So about halfway through the week we had exchanges with some elders in our district. Things we gonna be good but as we started going out finding we ended up getting kicked out of every place we went to, then when the other set of elders went to a finding spot that we had previously been kicked out of, they got the cops called on them and they had a very long situation to figure out with the cops. Fortunately the cops just told them not to come back but ever since that exchange, things have just been so tense with finding. It feels like we are being watched like a hawk. Since the town is so small I feel like everyone knows who we are and has seen us before so everywhere we go it always seems like cops are following us. We also had a member who happened to be a cop chastise us for public contacting. He threatened to call our Mission President and I wanted to just tell him that our mission president is the one encouraging us to do this so your phone call won't get anywhere.
Anyways that is really all the cruddy part of the week. Finding has been paused for a little. However I think God knew we would struggle with this so he has placed so many people in our paths to help prepare for baptism. On Wednesday we put 2 of our friends on date for baptism which was incredible. We also have a family who we want to put on date this Sunday. Then we kept getting texts and calls from members saying they want their kids baptized and so we've got 2 unbaptized youth who want to prepare soon for baptism which is incredible! This has never happened on my mission. I think God knew I needed some motivation and so he has given us so many opportunities to baptize! I am praying me and my companion stay this next transfer cause for my last transfer, we potentially could have 5 or more people get baptized and what a way to end a mission that would be! Ah I'm enjoying my time very much right now. While day to day can be slow, these past couple months have flown by. Soon ill be 20 and soon ill be giving my departing testimony at zone conference. Soon I'll be meeting with president for my departing interview and soon I'll be getting on a plane leaving all my energy in the mission field. It's a bitter sweet thing to think about but I'm so excited to see how my last couple months of the mission entail for me! God is so good and he is the reason we've had so many miracles. For I am weak and am nothing but with God I can bless lives!
Anyways I hope yall have a great week! Keep being awesome and don't forget to read your scriptures!
-Elder Milius
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