Elder Chandler Miner: Changes!!

How is everyone doing? Life out here in Reno is pretty good! Things are going well. We are seeing good things happen with the work. The weather is pretty nice right now. It's cooling off. Just about sweater weather. So no complaints on my end.

A couple of cool things have happened this week.

1 Trio life

2 Brianna Sims

3 Air Races

4 Why I Believe

5 New Companion

Let me tell ya, being in a trio is a ton of fun! Especially when that trio can change any given day. It just means there is never a dull or quiet moment either. It is pretty sweet! Like sooo much fun! I have been with the Stead Elders this week for the most part. Elders Werner and White. Now Elder Werner goes home tomorrow and Elder White is training and will be the new district leader in the north valleys, as well as on a bike.

So last Monday, with the Stead Elders, we taught a lady named Brianna Sims. She went to the church when she was a kid, and also has gone 3 times now. Twice to Stead ward and once to Silver Lake ward. We taught her again on Friday. She is very prepared and had started reading the Book of Mormon before we met her. She has also accepeted a baptismal date of October 14! When we had asked her about who she thought Joseph Smith was her responce was: A Prophet. For a lot of the lesson we were pretty stunned with her understanding of everything. We are excited to keep teaching her!

I'm not sure how many of you have heard of the Reno Air Races, but they are held in my area up here. You probably have heard of the tragedy that happened several years back when a plane crashed just before the grand stands. We have been able to watch planes fly over heard in formations and and doing different tricks all week out here! While teaching Brianna at a park we saw a plane fly straight up spinning until he stalled, and then nose dive until he could pull out and repeat the process. It was pretty dang cool! As a lot of you know, I love planes, so that was a real treat to watch!

Last night we had the Why I Believe fireside! I really love these things. It was a little odd to be the one to organize and carry it out. We got HUGE coverage for this one though. Every ward got this announced way in advance and we had representatives from every ward in the stake except for one. We had about 87 people in attendence. Normally it's close to 30 people... We had to move from the the Relief Society room to the chapel. But the speakers spoke with power of their conversion. The Holy Ghost testified of their words and bore witness to all who were in attendence. We had some miracles happen because of this. We had taught this man, in the trio, named Storm. He is an older gentleman who knows his bible pretty well. I was able to have a pretty nice chat about it and he gave me righteous envy for some of his knowledge and materials. Now I really want a Geneva bible. But anyway, he doesn't think there is one true religion. He doesn't think the priesthood is nessisary. But a nice man. We invited him to the fireside yesterday. He said he wouldn't be able to make it. But he ended up coming to church to ask when the fireside was. Then he came to the firside. And now, he wants to meet with and get serious with missionaries! The spirit testified to him and he recongized it. A lot of other miracles like that happened as well. It was really strange to sit on the stand and to conduct the meeting. I'm not sure how I feel about doing that. It isn't exactly in my character to do that. But what the Lord asks, I will do.

So transfers.. There was a lot of changes in he mission this transfer. A lot of missionaries are only staying for one or two transfers in their areas. A lot of people are training too. I got to see all my friends in the mission and where they are, and who they are with. But as for me, I get to stay in Cold Springs and Silver Lake. My new companion is Elder Coronado. He came out one transfer after me. He is a spanish Elder. I think the Lord is trying to tell me to learn Spanish.. He is coming to here from ELY!!!! So I have someone to talk to about ELY. He was a Zone Leader out there. So We will be able to just do the work. No worrying about training or anything. Just two missionaries doing their job. I am excited for it! And another plus, I get to drive! I like driving. But It will be a good transfer. We have good things lined up. General Conference is coming up, and Stake Conference is the week following that. The work never stops. Even when companions go home and move on, this work never stops.

Well I love all y'all and each y'all

Elder Miner