Elder Chandler Miner: Dole Whip

Ho-law y'all

So this week has just been very delightful! and that is not sarcasm. The work here is progressing with each passing day! Elder Lyman and I work very well together and we have noticed it in the work. I'm still kinda figuring out my way through things but that's okay because i have tons of great examples in my life, both back home and here out on the mission of who I need to be in order to be a Real Missionary. I love getting weekly emails from all my missionary pals from around the world! I get to learn from their experiences about how to be an effective Missionary!

There have been a few things on my mission that have brought me pure joy and happiness. not all of them, just some. One, seeing your investigators walk into sacrament meeting late(because you already are feeling despair). Two, seeing them getting dunked in a baptismal font. Three, seeing an investigator or less active feel the spirit testify the gospel is true. Four, hearing from back home that people are starting their papers, or getting their calls. All of those are amazing things. For whatever reason, hearing about people doing their papers or getting their calls makes you so much happier once you're a missionary. Maybe it's cus they'll (or you) soon will be joining myself and 75,000 other people in the work of the Lord. Soon they (or you) will be part of "the army of Helaman". They actually sing that song with a couple words changed as missionaries. We are now the Lords missionaries who go out to bring the world his truth. It's weird, you think of things differently has a missionary. Things are more black and white and make more sense.

Oh my gosh, so there is this AMAZING thing in the world called Dole Whip. Now it is pretty much pineapple ice cream but good gosh it is delicious! Now you can only get it in two places on the earth. One, Disneyland. Which is actually where i had it! Two, Hawaii. Where sadly I have never been, but my family is currently there..... Now this Dole Whip is simply amazing. BUUUUUUUUUUUUUUT There is ONE MORE PLACE you can get it! And for whatever reason that is Sparks Nevada at a store called Kieva Juice. AND IT JUST SO HAPPENS TO BE IN OUR AREA! To quote Elder Lyman "I now know why I have been called to this mission in this area.It was to find DOLE WHIP!" it's sick as frick lol. So just for all you Dole Whip fans out there, that was for all y'all.Come to this mission.

But this week has seriously been great! We found 3 new investigators this week!! That is a lot for us! Two are married and their names are Nick and Kaushal Shukla. They are from India. They are Hindu. Boy this'll be fun! For everyone's knowledge, Hindus believe in many many many gods. So now we get to teach them about our Lord and Savior. They were actually a referral from the Hermanas. They are very curious about the LDS Faith and have gone to church many times in the past. They are pretty cool people!! We are very excited to do more with them!! The other new investigator is a former one who was dropped because her and her less active boyfriend are waiting for a house to be sold before getting married for legal reasons? Something strange like that. They know the church is true and are waiting on that to get baptized. So Elder Lyman and I will start teaching them again and try to get them as active as possible in preparation for the (hopefully soon to be)wife's baptism. We didn't know why they were dropped or anything. Their teaching record was not well filled out. All we had was a name and address. So we are very very excited to start teaching them again, and they are too!

We had zone training this week on tuesday so that was a lot of fun! Learned a lot from the other members of our zone. I'm kinda worried about how much our zone will change after transfers next week. it'll be sad! Oh and i am halfway through being trained too! So i'm halfway to being a full missionary lol. Everything about being a missionary is awesome!! I really love all the aspects about it! Everyone out here is awesome. Oh and i think i figured out why the ward here is so trusting of missionaries. This used to be the AP area. Then it became the Sister Training Leader Area. Now it's our area. So they are used to super awesome missionaries and it's great being here. So I encourage all y'all to reach out to your local missionaries. The work progresses so much faster with the members helping out. With member support we can do anything!

Guys i love all y'all and each y'all. I love the savior and I know that He Lives. He has risen. I invite all of you to think of him during this Easter Season. He is the reason for everything. Through Christ we can all be saved. Through Him we can find Eternal Joy and Life. I know it's true. So do 15,000,000 members. So do 75,000 Missionaries. So do 14 Apostles. So does 1 Prophet. Jesus is the Christ and He is the best man to ever walk the Earth. In His name amen

That's all folks!!

Love Elder Miner