This week things have been pretty hectic. I'm assuming most of you have heard about the flooding of the Rio Grande. Well, we live within a block of the Rio Grande. Swat came through and we had to evacuate. That was pretty exciting. We got pictures of the river, but I accidentally left my camera in the car...Maybe next week. Luckily, we are on a top floor apartment and nothing happened. It's amazing that we got evacuated, because the river had to rise a LOT in order for that to happen. Well, it rose to the point that we had to. It covered parks, and streets, and all sorts of stuff. As far as I know, on the American side of the river, there were no deaths. However, the evacuation made it difficult to get to interviews. We were stuck in bumper to bumper traffic for quite a while. We also had to spend the night at the other elder's apartment. My companion and I got to sleep on the tile. It was probably the worst sleep I've gotten on the mission.
The church has put out some lessons in addition to Preach My Gospel. So, we spent part of interviews learning about that. The one we learned about was teaching the doctrine of Christ. As we've applied that even in the last few days, we've been able to set 6 new baptismal dates. It's really a blessing from the Lord.
When I first walked into the chapel for interviews, Sister Trayner came up to me and the first thing she said was, "You look just like your brother, Dave." I don't know if that was a compliment or not, but I'll take it as one. It's interesting to already see some differences between the Trayners, and the Millers. I definitely love them both, and I will do everything I can to assist in this great work. It's amazing to feel the Lord talking through you to the blessing of others. I know that it's nothing that I've done. I feel like Ammon in Alma 26. I really am grateful that God can use someone even like me to assist in this great work.
I love you all.
Love,
Elder John
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