Lots of Bikes!

In our mission right now we are pushing biking super hard. It's a really great way to have people

see you! I am really slow on the bike again, so I can't really share a story of biking that produced miracles, but I can share a story of walking that produced some. Elder Vargas and I were on exchanges on Saturday and we walked around for about 2 hours. In that time we handed our multiple pamphlets, several Books of Mormon, and made some solid contacts. We have 2 return appointments and gave two solid referrals to the Spanish Elders up here. I will definitely testify to the blessing of being outside. It's a lot easier to open your mouth to people when your companion dares you to talk to someone haha. 

I really enjoyed the exchanges with Elders Tolbert and Vargas this week. It was pretty cool to go with Elder Tolbert again. He was one of my Zone Leaders in Fallon, and now is one of the assistants. It is pretty cool to see how we have both changed. It was almost refreshing to be in the area with someone who doesn't know it for a couple days. I was able to do things a little differently. We saw some pretty sweet miracles as well! 

With Elder Tolbert, we were able to make contact with Chris Hammond in the Cold Springs ward. He was that investigator that is on probation. He misunderstood us and thought that he had to wait till the end of his probation to be baptized, which is in 5 years. So he had more or less told us to not come by anymore and that he was done. But Elder Tolbert and I were able to make contact and at first he was really upset and told us to meet him at a park in a half hour. Once there he calmed down and stopped swearing as we were with him more and more. We expressed our love for him and told him he wasn't rejected. We explained better the procedure for what to do if you are on probation. He is now back on board and is committed again to following his savior! That was so big. We care so much about him, and so does the ward. They want to see him at church and they want to love him! i got to go by the next day with Elder Vargas and we were able to explain even more to him! It was amazing to see the spirit work upon him in that very moment! 

I love being out here and I can't wait to see what this area will continue to bring! Lots of good times are ahead!! 

I love all y'all and each y'all! 

Elder Miner 

p.s. the eclipse was pretty dang cool!! 

Walking around Reno