WK 2 - Wendim Abebe

Hello folks welcome to episode 2. Except it’s already a filler episode that doesn’t really add much plot because there really isn’t too much to talk about this week. It’s about what I’d imagine a very typical MTC week would look like. But that’s ok! I recognize that the work isn’t always glorious and eventful, but that the joy often comes in the little things, and I’ve seen small miracles every day.

The emphasis has been heavily on Amharic the past few days. We’ve really hit the common core hard (the basic skills like praying, testifying, and sharing a scripture) and we started to transition to the intermediate core (the lessons and phrases that go along with them). Along with that, we’ve been teaching a “native” named Wendim Abebe almost every day, but really it’s just our teacher’s alter ego who loves plaid shirts. Those lessons are amazing though! It’s been really cool to be able to give short, powerful, spiritual messages in Amharic and understand some (emphasis here) of Wendim Abebe’s responses. I can feel the spirit present even in those practice lessons. Aside from the language we’ve been going over the lessons in English with Brother Osei-Tutu as well and that has been great. There’s something special about understanding the Gospel simply, connecting all the points, and being able to teach and explain it.

Also! There’s some hope! Apparently, some missionaries whose original assignments were to Ethiopia, and then were temporarily reassigned to the states, are going back to Ethiopia now! Hopefully that means good things for me and my district!

Short spiritual thought! The power of a sincere prayer goes a long way! Always have a prayer in your heart! Go listen to M. Russell Ballard's October 2020 Conference Talk!

Shoutout to my boy Elder Pilling for joining Zion’s Army this week! And check out the awesome blog my Mom made for my emails: https://eldercoreymiles.blogspot.com/

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Elder Miles

Meeting house I think is in Addis Ababa

"Scripture" study???

My MTC office

Pday facetiming with Hermana Klippel