Hi everyone! Another week down! I'm gonna start out with a spiritual experience: One afternoon Elder Probst and I were playing some bball in my driveway. He set his phone on top of my Mom’s car and she took off in that car without him remembering it. As soon as he realized what had just happened, the search was on, and we retraced the path my Mom had taken but came up with nothing. I tried calling the phone to see if someone had grabbed it (or if it was even still in one piece), but nothing came from that either.
After returning home and deciding to go check out an area one more time, I offered a quick, broken prayer in Amharic thinking, “Why not? Two Elders? Let’s see if we can use some of that Elderly spiritual power.” No less than a few minutes later I’m getting a call from his phone. Elder Probst’s brother picks up saying he found the phone on their porch. Someone must’ve found the phone and dropped it at their house. Elder Probst and I would be too powerful as a real companionship.
The funny part is Elder Probst and I were joking about those kinds of stories as we were shooting hoops. I learned a valuable lesson from that experience though haha. Never underestimate the power of a prayer of faith.
I actually have some news this time! On Thursday Elder Lyman and I were teaching Wendim Alex (new guy this time, we met him on a train) (but also still our teacher) when I got a bunch of calls all in a row. A few were from my district and one was from my Stake President. It seemed like an omen of good news. Turns out it was, although not the news I was hoping for. Still exciting news though…
As of now, I have been temporarily reassigned to the Ventura, California mission! That area is the lil bump on the coast right above L.A. I’ll be serving there while I wait for my Visa to be processed to go to Ethiopia. Elder Lyman and Elder Kearl from my district will be joining me there. I’ve got one more week of MTC and then on March 8th I’ll be flying to Phoenix and then to Santa Barbara. Stop by before I go! I’d love to see any of you one last time.
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May God give you health
Elder Miles
The Malachi District as The Office 
Facetiming the Elders on P-day 
Elder Lyman's homemade movie poster for our upcoming Amharic Moses film.
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