April pictures

April 2017

 The kitchen has still been a mess with a cockroach issue we had to get rid of, and a near fire of my comp’s electric fan.  The work is going well though and highlights include helping a couple get married and then baptized this month.

Also, general conference was awesome and it was my last of the mission.  Other experiences included emergency surgery for my comp (he is ok) and long hours in the hospital with him.  Another cool thing in the midst of the all the down time is that I called a member from Dajabon and asked him about how things are going over there.  I am very happy to report that many of the less active members that I worked so hard with are now active and have callings.  That was very good to hear after not being able to see too many of the fruits of the work while I was still there.  My comp still cannot work normally so I was only able to teach a few lessons last week.  The good thing though is that the lessons that we did have were awesome and very important.  So even though we have not necessarily been working super hard we have been seeing miracles here!  Life is good and time is going by fast.  Love you all!

Elder Mifflin

March 27, 2017

I did end up getting transferred. It was a weird transfer. My comp and I both left the area and they moved the other two Elders that were in the same ward with us into our area. I was pretty shocked by it but oh well such is life. It was unfortunate that I had to say goodbye to the people we were teaching after only knowing them for a short time. Anyways I am now in a city called San Fransisco De Macoris, it is in the northeast corner of the country. So I have been getting to know everything over again. My companion is named Elder Reyes and he is from El Salvador. I have now had companions from 7 different countries during the course of my mission. The area seems to be going well though. We have some really cool investigators and have already found some cool new people while I have been here. The apartment was absolutely disgusting when I arrived. There were maggots on the floor and every little thing in the kitchen was covered in sticky ish. I have had to do a lot in these last few days to clean it up including spend most of the day today cleaning out the kitchen. All is well though. This mission continues as normal. Now that I am an oldy of the mission, adjusting to a new area/comp/people is not very hard. As I said we have met some really cool people over these last few days. I also had a really cool experience on Saturday. In the mission when we are contacting and pass a really rich house it is normal for us to ring the doorbell even though they always tell us to go away. On Saturday we were contacting and rang the doorbell of a mansion in our area. To my complete shock the guy came outside and talked with us and then invited us in.  It was easily the nicest house that I have entered into in my whole mission and probably the first house that I have gone into that has been bigger that my house in Utah. He is a member of another church but the lesson actually went pretty well and he said that we could come back.  But yeah that was my week in a nutshell.  Good luck with everything and I love you. 

Elder Mifflin

March 20 Pictures

March 20, 2017

Tuesday we did have a conference with all of the missionaries here in the DR.  All of the missionaries of the other two missions were together in Santo Domingo and we watched it over satellite transmission. There were various talks that were really good but as you might expect the best one was by Elder Neil Anderson.  He talked a lot about the mission but also talked a lot about the post mission. He stressed the importance of helping people find a love for the Book of Mormon and for us to make sure that we continue reading and studying it after the mission. It was also cool because for the first time since we left the MTC all of the missionaries from my group were in the same place at the same time.  We have been working hard to find people that are interested or willing to listen to us but those people are pretty hard to find.  We do have a few people that are going well though.  Due to various things none of our investigators came to church this week so that was kind of a bummer but most of them actually had valid excuses. I am really excited for General Conference in two weeks.  It is hard to believe that it will be my last one of the mission! 

Love to all of you.

Elder Mifflin

February 13, 2017

Yes I did get transferred.  I am now in a part of the city of Santiago called Las Antillas.  It is a ward that is much much bigger than the branch of Dajabon.  It is located in the northern part of the city in a pretty rich area.  Due to all of that it has been an interesting week and has taken a bit of getting used to. My new companion is named Elder Garcia. He is from Nicaragua and has about a year in the mission.  The members that I have met here so far are really cool and willing to help us out so that is good.  Going back to my last few days in Dajabon, they were pretty good.  As I told you the last Sunday there went really well. On Monday and Tuesday we found some new people that seemed very interested so that was cool. On Tuesday night I made spaghetti at that member´s house that taught me how to make it.  She had to observe and make sure that I did everything right but it turned out pretty delicious.  When I left the house in Dajabon I accidentally left my razor there and had to have my comp send it to me. I did not end up getting it until Friday and so I was looking pretty scruffy.  On Friday we did a big service project that reminded me a bit of yard work at home... just a lot harder. We had to clean up a bunch of garbage in a big yard and then after we had to mix cement and carry it up to the 2nd floor of this house. The cement mixing was the most tiring haha.  It has been a long time since I have done much shoveling and my hands were not quite used to that and I ended up with a fat blister on my hand. It was kind of fun though. It reminded me a bit of working at SuperSonic Car Wash.... physical labor that requires no mental effort whatsoever.  Then on Saturday we had a baptism of a young man named Fernando. His mom was just baptized a week ago and they are a super cool family. I did not contribute anything to their conversion process but I am excited to be able to work with them and help them adjust to the member life, they also have a lot of family members that are interested in the church. Things are going well though. As always time is going by very quickly and I am just trying to keep up with it. I honestly do not have that much time left in the mission, 5 and 1/2 months will go by very quickly. I love you all and hope that you enjoy this week. 

Elder Mifflin

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