January 19, 2009, Elder Milner

Todavia‏

Hey everyone, thanks for all the emails. I heard from everyone this week as well as a little email from the Jeanotte family. Be sure to thank them for me. It´s always been like they were family, so it was nice to hear from them as well.
I am still in Ica, and I am not sure for how much longer. My father, Elder Velasquez, left this morning for Lima, and my new companion will be coming tonight late. I am now an orphaned (adult) missionary now, and I am finished training. Sorry for the weird backwards ways of writing sentences, Spanish really is backwards in a lot of ways from English, and I don´t want to erase.
Things are going well here, and the climate is acting a lot more strangely now. At about ten oclock in the morning until about two oclock in the daytime, it is hot like you wouldn´t believe. But strangely there seems to be a cloud cover that comes everyday at two oclock, so it is not as hot when it should be the hottest. Strange.We are teaching and preparing several investigators for baptism within the next few weeks, and I am very glad that I am still here to help them in the process. Marselina is doing okay, as she had a rough time with some things, but she still wants to be baptized, and we are here to help her along the way. Her husband is a member, so he is patiently waiting as well. We had a less active family, the Familia Alvalos, come to Church this week, which was great. They have been struggling with coming to church for several years, but they made it yesterday, and we were thrilled. We also are teaching a joven (teenager) named Patricia, and we were having troubles in getting permission from her parents. The real trouble was that we couldn´t find her parents, and so it was really tough for her to progress. But yesterday, we found her father, and had the chance to talk to him. He said that he would like to see Patricia investigate the church for a while longer, but that he would allow her to make the decision if she wants to be baptized. we were really excited for this, and we are going to continue working with Patricia towards the ordenances of baptism and confirmation. We also had an new investigator named Feliciana surprise us yesterday at church, as we didn´t think she would be able to make it. Oh nosotros de poco fe (Oh us of little faith). It was a great blessing to see them all there at church yesterday, and we are excited for what this time will behold for the work of the Lord.
I saw for the first time since i left a picture of Tristan today. I hadn´t seen any of the other pictures, because they hadn´t been able to open, but today they did. I was completely shocked. ¡He is so different now, I could barely recognize him! He is so grown up, it is amazing. Well, it was really great to see how my nephew is growing up to look like his handsome uncle Elder Milner. :)
Well, I don´t have too much more for now, so I will end here. I know this church is true. I know this work is the most important that we can do in this life. Iam so grateful for the chance I have to be here, to help others come unto Christ, and accept his love.

Love you all, Elder Milner