This week week
I have been looking for ways that God's hand has been in my life. It is so easy
to take all of His blessings and guidance for granted! As I have been looking
and paying attention these past few days, I have felt an over abundance of love
from my Heavenly Father. We don't have to have crazy miracles everyday to be a
witness of His love for us. That fact that he sacrificed His only begotten Son
for us so we can return to live with Him again is evidence of His love.
We witnessed the hand of the Lord during a lesson we taught to the younger district on Saturday. We taught Elder Hale (AKA Tanner, the guy with the rat tail who lived in wyview with us) and his companion. We were discussing the first vision and asked him to read the first vision aloud. We assumed he was capable until he looked down and saw that in was in cursive. Now understand that Russian cursive is a different alphabet than Russian print which is a different alphabet than English. The first half he absolutely butchered. Almost every word was pronounced wrong. About half way through, something clicked. All of a sudden this was this strong powerful feeling in the room. This was a feeling I had never felt before. It was the gift of tongues. Elder Hale finished reading the vision in perfect Russian and powerfully. My companion's and my hearts were all full. At the end of the lesson we complimented him and thanked him for allowing us to witness this miracle. He had absolutely no idea it happened! This proves that we are continually be blessed even when we don't feel we are. God's hand is in our lives way more than we can recognize.
Last night our devotional was with Neil L. Anderson! He discussed how Love and Sacrifice and connected. "We love the things we sacrificed. We sacrifice the things we love." He challenged each one of us to pray and study this more. What things do I love? What things do I want to sacrifice for? He said the essence of life is to "Learn to love God, and learn to love others."
Thoughts based on what Anderson said about the Atonement:How did Christ perform the Atonement? We do not know. But it was only possible because of His Divine Heritage. We cannot fully understand the the Atonement physically. The Atonement can only be understood spiritually, and even then it is very limited. To understand His love and Atonement is a quest of a lifetime! I will talk more about the Atonement next week hopefully!
In the closing of his devo he said at least 6 or 7 times. "Christ is the Son of God. Christ is the Son of God." It was soooo powerful! His last words were: "Christ is the Son of God, and I His WITNESS." I felt like I was hit with a brick when he said that.
Questions:-
What was the veil like during the Savior's earthly ministry?
History is not my strongest subject..... How did the timing of Joseph Smith and the restoration relate to the the timing of freedom of religion and what not?
Why did Christ have to die on a Christ? (Besides to fulfill prophecy)
Is Satan only bound to this world?
So we have made the trek Westward to Zion. AKA Wyview/Raintree. They bused down all 160 of the Russian speakers yesterday. We doubled the population on this campus! The environment here is EXTREMELY different! Everybody here is very relaxed and chill and personable. We live in the same buildings as my old freshman ward. WEIRD. (Molly/Jensen/Olivia- Who use to live in building 23, room 302? It is the bottom, far right stairwell.... Tanner now lives in what use to be Tyler, Austin, and Diego's apt! I can see our apt from my bedroom window...) The parking lots are now basketball courts! The food here is AMAZING!!! I think my eggs actually came from a chicken this morning!!!! Good stuff! But, it is very, very weird to be here. I feel like I need to stay up late and sleep in. Every step I take I think of a flash back of memories I had at this place. Its going to take a lot of energy to focus here, but I know that I can do it! If God wants me to be on west campus, he will provide a way for me to do it! :)
After the devo ended last night we got to sing hymns until the lightning/thunder ended. Eventually they let us out and we got to walk all of the way from the Marriott Center to Raintree in the pouring down rain!! Everybody was completely soaked. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was singing and splashing in puddles like no other. It was the best! :)
We are also allowed to go to Jamba Juice and Great Harvest and Burger Supreme and Subzero! :)
New address:2025 N 900 E Unit 900Provo UT 84602Make sure you write UNIT 900 and make sure you still write MOS RUS mission!
And Pday is still Tuesday. (Besides today)
I LOVE my life!!!!! And and I can't do any of this by myself. Why do I love it so much?? Because the Lord's hand has been in my entire life. What a blessing.
I love you all!!!! MAKE IT a great day! :)
Love, Sister Miller
We witnessed the hand of the Lord during a lesson we taught to the younger district on Saturday. We taught Elder Hale (AKA Tanner, the guy with the rat tail who lived in wyview with us) and his companion. We were discussing the first vision and asked him to read the first vision aloud. We assumed he was capable until he looked down and saw that in was in cursive. Now understand that Russian cursive is a different alphabet than Russian print which is a different alphabet than English. The first half he absolutely butchered. Almost every word was pronounced wrong. About half way through, something clicked. All of a sudden this was this strong powerful feeling in the room. This was a feeling I had never felt before. It was the gift of tongues. Elder Hale finished reading the vision in perfect Russian and powerfully. My companion's and my hearts were all full. At the end of the lesson we complimented him and thanked him for allowing us to witness this miracle. He had absolutely no idea it happened! This proves that we are continually be blessed even when we don't feel we are. God's hand is in our lives way more than we can recognize.
Last night our devotional was with Neil L. Anderson! He discussed how Love and Sacrifice and connected. "We love the things we sacrificed. We sacrifice the things we love." He challenged each one of us to pray and study this more. What things do I love? What things do I want to sacrifice for? He said the essence of life is to "Learn to love God, and learn to love others."
Thoughts based on what Anderson said about the Atonement:How did Christ perform the Atonement? We do not know. But it was only possible because of His Divine Heritage. We cannot fully understand the the Atonement physically. The Atonement can only be understood spiritually, and even then it is very limited. To understand His love and Atonement is a quest of a lifetime! I will talk more about the Atonement next week hopefully!
In the closing of his devo he said at least 6 or 7 times. "Christ is the Son of God. Christ is the Son of God." It was soooo powerful! His last words were: "Christ is the Son of God, and I His WITNESS." I felt like I was hit with a brick when he said that.
Questions:-
What was the veil like during the Savior's earthly ministry?
History is not my strongest subject..... How did the timing of Joseph Smith and the restoration relate to the the timing of freedom of religion and what not?
Why did Christ have to die on a Christ? (Besides to fulfill prophecy)
Is Satan only bound to this world?
So we have made the trek Westward to Zion. AKA Wyview/Raintree. They bused down all 160 of the Russian speakers yesterday. We doubled the population on this campus! The environment here is EXTREMELY different! Everybody here is very relaxed and chill and personable. We live in the same buildings as my old freshman ward. WEIRD. (Molly/Jensen/Olivia- Who use to live in building 23, room 302? It is the bottom, far right stairwell.... Tanner now lives in what use to be Tyler, Austin, and Diego's apt! I can see our apt from my bedroom window...) The parking lots are now basketball courts! The food here is AMAZING!!! I think my eggs actually came from a chicken this morning!!!! Good stuff! But, it is very, very weird to be here. I feel like I need to stay up late and sleep in. Every step I take I think of a flash back of memories I had at this place. Its going to take a lot of energy to focus here, but I know that I can do it! If God wants me to be on west campus, he will provide a way for me to do it! :)
After the devo ended last night we got to sing hymns until the lightning/thunder ended. Eventually they let us out and we got to walk all of the way from the Marriott Center to Raintree in the pouring down rain!! Everybody was completely soaked. IT WAS AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I was singing and splashing in puddles like no other. It was the best! :)
We are also allowed to go to Jamba Juice and Great Harvest and Burger Supreme and Subzero! :)
New address:2025 N 900 E Unit 900Provo UT 84602Make sure you write UNIT 900 and make sure you still write MOS RUS mission!
And Pday is still Tuesday. (Besides today)
I LOVE my life!!!!! And and I can't do any of this by myself. Why do I love it so much?? Because the Lord's hand has been in my entire life. What a blessing.
I love you all!!!! MAKE IT a great day! :)
Love, Sister Miller
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