January 1 2009, Elder Milner

Prospero Año‏

Hey Everyone thanks for writing this week. It was great to hear from you all, and thank You Bishop Smith and Brother Sands for the messages as well. It is nice to hear from members of the ward, and to remember how blessed I was to be a part of it for so many years.
That is great to hear that you all came out on top in the Basketball tournament. I have only played basketball really one time in this four months, and that was a couple of days ago. And believe me, it wasn´t pretty. But I will definitely be apart of the family team in the future.
Things are going well here, and we are teaching a lot of people right now, thanks to the great blessings of the Lord. We are hoping to have a mother and son, Angelica and Leonardo, be baptized this next Saturday, but we are still working with them, and all is in the time of the Lord. They are progressing really well, and they came to church this last week. It was really a great thing, because we were not sure if they would make it, because Angelica works on Sundays. We taught her the other day about Keeping the Sabbath day Holy, and she realized and accepted that she needed to quit working on Sundays. But this was Saturday, and so she couldn´t really change anything about the following day. Or so we thought. She, along with all her family, came to church for all of the meetings. What a great blessing from the Lord!
We also had another experience with an investigator, that is really a sign of the power and divinity of this work. We were contacting in an area of Ica, when we knocked on the first door of the area. A middle-aged woman named Susana came to the door, and we could tell that she was tired, or down, and so when she let us in, we asked her if we could help. She told us that she had a tumor, and that the doctors were checking it out, to see if it was cancerous. We taught her about the Restoration, and offered to give her a blessing. We did so, and then we left.
We returned a few days later, and we came to her door, and she answered, looking a lot different than when we had last seen her. We then listened as she told us what occured with her sickness. She had gone to see the doctor, and to their surprise and shock, the tumor was (from what I could understand) either decreasing, or not existent. In all cases, the tumor was not malignant, and she is perfectly fine now. We were so greatful for the power of the priesthood.
She told us later, of how she was in a depression when we had first come to the door, and she hadn´t been answering the door for anyone. But in her mind, something told her that she needed to answer the door for us, and before she did, that she needed to listen to what we would say. She followed this prompting, and after the lesson, she told us of a peace that entered into her heart, and that allowed her the much needed comfort that she so desired. It was a miracle in every way possible. We are so grateful to the Lord, for allowing us to be worthy to serve in this marvelous work.
I know this church is True. I know Jesus Christ is my Savior, and that His Atonement is real. I know that miracles do exist.

I love you all, and I will talk to you next week.

Elder Milner.
P.S. We are working on the package situation. I will keep you posted