Okay so for all of those who read this I am sorry I am a little behind on Posting this. This will be the last two weeks of letters.
Aug. 17th 2009-
Happy 25 mom and dad! Well I am glad you got your package. I'm really am blessed to have the gospel in our family and to know that we are sealed together for all time and eternity. Well dad, i am shocked that Mcnabb would want him but Donovan is one of the good guys of the league, not a T.o. or a Chad Johnson. Ian johnson will be the third down guy for the vikings, he is a weapon. Fresno eh? that must of been cool. Yeah football season is starting down here in houston, the high schools around here share a football stadium that is at the school district offices, it is in ground and it is sweet, it is like a mini- college stadium, press boxes that are outstanding, and it is football country! One of the members in our ward , he is in his sixties, he joined the church 12 years ago and is very active and very awesome, he played fullback for RICE in the sixties. He drives and 06 mustang and he took us out to dinner the other night. I feel way older now out of high school because i am not going to school next week like everyone else, I am a different person already and when I get home i will be a better Loren James. The mission is an eye opening experience, i mean we walk by drunk people on the streets and knock on apartments that are not safe. Thanks for all your prayers, i do feel them as I go about serving the lord. Read the book of mormon and pray about it dad, go slow, just do it! i love you so much! your my hero, thanks for honoring your priesthood and showing me the way! Well mom, i hope you forget about everything and have fun and enjoy the spiritual and exciting journey this week. You deserve it! Missionaries are some of the reasons why people come back, we are working with people here that have fallen away. I love the work I am doing and the scriptures that i have encountered, this week will go by fast and it might be my last week with Elder G, or maybe my last week in Spring Branch, well at the end of the week we are having a baptism on sunday after church, his name is "K", 30 years old, and ready for the steps toward becoming a true disciple of Jesus Christ. He was prepared by the lord to recieve the message that we share. Elder G is baptizing him, and I am confirming him the next sunday. I am excited to see one of the lords children start the journey back the right way. I am way interested in genealogy and want to get into that after my mission, like get way into it! I do emailing at a community college, it is like a SLCC with different campuses. Mom and dad and lexie and emily and josh and stellar and rainy, i love you all and wish you the best on all your separate journeys this week, love everyone as thyself, never be afraid to share the unique message that we know is to be true. I know that a young boy in new york in 1820 was called of god to restore the priesthood keys and christs true church on the earth, and the final piece to the fulness of the gospel, the book of mormon. I love everyone, I love you mom and dad for starting the thing i love the most, the miller family. I am grateful to know that we have a loving heavenly father who has consecrated the family as the most important social unit in the world. Our family is special because of the way we follow the teachings and apply them to our life. We are different because we rise above the rest to be a family of the lord. 25 years down, eternity to go! Thanks for everything! happy birthday JOSH! and be safe Hemming family! Tell all my friends on facebook to write me ! I want some info on how everyone is doing! My family be safe and prayerful and pray for faith in all things! I love you Your son, your brother, and missionary Elder Loren James Miller
August 10th 2009-
Hey Family! Well its been a good week this week even though its been tough with a lot of people out of town to teach! But I got some exciting news, we are having a baptism on Aug. 22nd! We met him last sunday, his name is "K", he lives with a member family that is way active and are converts themselves of like 18 years. "K" is 30 and has had a rough life and is a very smart person and very committed to the gospel, he reads the book of mormon and watches the book of mormon cartoon movies with the family and knows all about whats going on! its crazy, the members truly made a difference by teaching him things while we werent there. He loves coming to church and really wants to be baptized by that right authority, so it is very humbling and exciting to see one of gods children be baptized. What grade will lexie be in? 4th? geez its so crazy that school is starting and I have been out here for 3 months?! Thanks for sending the package! and i will be sending something to you soon in the mail. The heat has been awful because its august, on saturday we went to every member home that lives near us because our area is spread out. and nobody was home, so we were in the sun all day! yikes we drank water so dont worry. well transfer date is August 26, it is a wednesday and thats when we move around to our new areas if we are being transfered. we find out where we are going through calls from our Zone leaders, on the saturday before hand, so the 22nd! so you will know where I am going, I think its 50/50 if i am staying or going, Elder G is gone he will move to a new area because he has been in this area his whole mission. There is rumors flying around that my area will combine with the other two elders so there would be only two elders in the ward. Take lots of pictures in nauvoo, and send them to me! I want to go on a church history tour someday, I will someday do that. Elder G's family just did it and sent pictures of it, it looks really cool. I hope you two have the best trip ever, you both need it! What picture do you use for my plaque? Who is going to be starting for BOise state this year dad? How is tampa bay? Anything you guys want from houston? I know that this is the restored gospel and that things are going up for me and the people here as long as i teach with power and conviction. I love the restoration of the gospel and teaching it. I would ask you to continue to pray and read the book of mormon and to love one another! I will send you that package soon and I love each and everyone of you! I truly am blessed to be the son of a great family and to serve the lord for two years! Dad I will always be your best friend! Mom I love you and miss your food! Lexie go to bed on time and read the book of mormon and get ready for school! Well I gotta get going ! Until Next time! Take care and god bless Elder Miller 1 NE 10:18-21