September 19, 2016

 We had a good week. The work is coming along little by little. We are teaching everyday, but we just dont have a ton of people and that rush to spread the gospel like I would like to have. Flavio is doing good and is super excited to be baptized this week! We dont have anyone else progressing very well so I think he is going to be my last baptism here in Cohab Juscelino. There is a young man in our branch that is really sweet. He has become one of my best friends and he is the only member in his family. We went to his house about everyday this week, and little by little we are starting to work with his mom. The other Elders had already taught her a little, but they scared her off with baptism. So a little bit at a time we are talking with her about the church.

We had a great stake conference yesterday, that is now my second here in the ward.  Bishop has unofficially given me a calling as the first counselor in the young mens haha. The stake conference was good, President and Sister Silcox spoke, they are so freaking great. I love them. Pres Silcox is just such a wise guy. He is the type of guy that when you are talking with him you leave the conversation felling smarter.

Yes we have transfers on the 4th and I am sure that I will be transferred, but we wont know for sure until the Sunday night of conference.
I would be so dang happy if I see grams and gramps. Last time I didn't even get to talk with them because I was so busy taking care of everyone.

Everything is going good. Life is great and I am loving it here in Brazil. The mission is great but only the tough and pure of heart will survive.
I hope everything is going okay at home. I cant believe that all my friends are all over the hump and I am yet hit the marker!!

Here in 1 year from now you will be coming to Brasil I will show what its like to be in the battle field of the Lord.
That's all for now well see next week folks!


 com muito amor,
 Elder Millard

Sept 12, 2016

Well I'll be honest the work is going pretty slow right now. We have one guy that is progressing pretty well. I have actually known him for several months, but he just never seemed interested. He is the friend of some members so he has already met us, but this is the first week that he is really showing interest. He has been to church the last two weeks and his baptismal goal is for the 24th. Everything is going good for now, this week we are going to teach all the commandments so I hope we can get it all ready in time. His name is Flavio.

Our area is doing good. I sure have been here for a long time, I feel at home here. The members all love me here hahaha😜.  Everyone says they are going to be so sad when I leave!

Can you believe how fast time is passing! I will hit my year mark it two weeks! Time is just passing way to fast!

The mission is not easy but its worth it.  God may not take away our difficulties, but he will always give us strength to endure. 

I know this church is true and I thank God everyday for being a part of such a great family! We really are so blessed! 

Sorry but I am a little short on time, but I will write better next week. 

Love,

Elder Millard

August 29, 2016

Sorry I was in such a bad mood last week, I was just upset about being sick and losing all my pics. Well this week was pretty slow we had to go to the mission office a few times and do some interviews and stuff so we didn't get to work a whole lot, but this last Sunday we had a few people show um in the church and some of them seem pretty interested, so I hope we will have some good work to do this week. 

I was not upset that I didn't get transferred I was just upset about other things. I was very shocked that I stayed because about 2 weeks before President told me that I was going to be transferred, so I had already started packing my bags, but I guess he changed his mind. I now have 7 months here in Cohab Juscelino and at the end of the transfer I will have 8 so I will have spent a large part of my mission here! It is a great area and I love it, but it is just pretty tiring. 

Yes I did here a lot about the Olympics. Everybody was watching it, so I did see a little bit but not to much. About everyone I see has told me about that crazy swimmer who just made a mess here in Brazil. Everyone jokes with my about it because they think Americans are all the same. Everyone just thinks he is a total idiot! 

The Brazilian Gold medal in soccer against Germany was very emotional. That was a little bit of redemption because of the humiliating loss in the world cup. Everyone was going crazy when we won! 

Well I don't have a lot to say this week, but I think that this next week we will have some new investigators to talk about. 

Love You,

Elder Millard  

August 8, 2016

We had a good week. We have been working a lot with this young woman, she is the sister of another recent convert. She loves the Book of Mormon and is really excited about the church. Her name is Rosangela and she is 15 years old. She is super excited and loved her baptism yesterday!!!!  I felt the spirit so strong when I was teaching her and I really am so proud to have witnessed this miracle!

She lives about two hours away from where we live and in this last week of preparation for her baptism we went there everyday and she lives at the top of this giant mountain so I definitely got some good hiking miles in this week. Its all good, I needed it! 

During this last two weeks of the transfer we are just really trying to find some new investigators. Everyone in our branch is saying that I am going to be transferred and my comp will stay. However there is this guy that is kind of famous in the mission for being able to guess what will happen with transfers and he says that I will stay one more hahaha. Things are going good with my greenie and he is different than I am but we are doing alright. 

The mission is going great and I don't ever want to forget all the amazing things I am learning here. The blessings are a lot bigger than the difficulties. Sometimes our hardest challenges become our biggest blessings. 

That's all I have for this week. Love you all!

Elder Millard

P.S.  

Ela é Rosangela uma moça com muito fé! Ela recebeu uma resposta de Deus e está muito animado na igreja. Ela está lendo O Livro de Mórmon todos os dias e está sentindo o amor de Deus! Com certeza ela é uma eleita do Senhor! Sou muito grato de ter o privilegio para fazer essa jornada com ela.

August 2, 2016

Hey Family!

This week was super chill. We are having a hard time finding people to teach but we are really trying to get people to church. This week we had a zone conference that was pretty sweet, I felt the spirit way strong. My president is a sweet guy. He is so loving and always brings the spirit. 

Then on Friday we went to the temple with two recent converts that have been working on family history. I respect these two youths a lot because they are the only members in their family and have really been working to be able to go to the temple. We had an amazing experience at the temple!!! I really felt like crying as the president of the temple gave a message to our recent converts about temple work and then when I witnessed them being baptized for their family members. We all just felt really great about it and we all really felt that their ancestors had accepted our work and are extremely happy that they are doing this amazing work!

Our other investigator is progressing extremely well and is so excited to be baptized. She had already talked with the missionaries before but never wanted anything, when we convinced her to read the Book of Mormon and pray she received an answer and is just so happy that she can be cleaned from her sins and start a new life. She will be baptized this Sunday!

I know this church is true and I am loving life. I have so much happiness in my life because of the gospel. Everyone talks about how the mission is so amazing and it is, but nobody talks about all the hard times. I can assure you, that the mission has moments extremely hard, but it really is amazing. I can honestly say that I have gained an unbreakable testimony of this church. Gods plan is so perfect and it really is amazing!!!!

Love you, Have a great week.

Elder Millard.

July 26, 2106

Hey All,

I don't have a lot to write this week not a lot has happened. So I will just write fast and send some pics. 

It has been a solid week we had a great miracle this week. Last week we went to teach a new investigator with a member and it was a solid lesson, but I wasn't all that excited because she didn't seem very solid. However this week we went back and we asked if she read the chapter that we left for her in the BOM and she said that she read it and felt fireworks in her heart! We had a real smack down awesome lesson with her about the POS and she said that she wants to be baptized! That was a real light in the darkness for us because the work has been a little rough lately but I hope and pray that it all goes alright and she will be baptized on the 7th. 

The rest of the week was a lot of work and we are getting along. We should be going to the temple with some more recent converts this week so Ill let y'all know if it works out. 

I had a lot of awesome studies this week and I really Love the Book of Mormon more and more everyday. I know that it is true and I cannot deny the spirit that I feel when I read it. 

Life is great I am loving the mission and I cannot believe how fast time is flying!!!! 

Amo vocês 

Bom semana

Elder Millard

July 18, 2016- 1st trip to the Hospital!

We had a good week. We have been working a lot with this young woman, she is the sister of another recent convert. She loves the Book of Mormon and is really excited about the church. Her name is Rosangela and she is 15 years old. She is super excited and loved her baptism yesterday!!!!  I felt the spirit so strong when I was teaching her and I really am so proud to have witnessed this miracle!

She lives about two hours away from where we live and in this last week of preparation for her baptism we went there everyday and she lives at the top of this giant mountain so I definitely got some good hiking miles in this week. Its all good, I needed it! 

During this last two weeks of the transfer we are just really trying to find some new investigators. Everyone in our branch is saying that I am going to be transferred and my comp will stay. However there is this guy that is kind of famous in the mission for being able to guess what will happen with transfers and he says that I will stay one more hahaha. Things are going good with my greenie and he is different than I am but we are doing alright. 

The mission is going great and I don't ever want to forget all the amazing things I am learning here. The blessings are a lot bigger than the difficulties. Sometimes our hardest challenges become our biggest blessings. 

That's all I have for this week. Love you all!

Elder Millard

P.S.  

Ela é Rosangela uma moça com muito fé! Ela recebeu uma resposta de Deus e está muito animado na igreja. Ela está lendo O Livro de Mórmon todos os dias e está sentindo o amor de Deus! Com certeza ela é uma eleita do Senhor! Sou muito grato de ter o privilegio para fazer essa jornada com ela.