hey guys

Sorry if its been a while, and this is going to be short, but I just wanted to share a little about whats going on. My current companion is a really good missionary, and hes teaching me a lot. This sunday we had two families come to church for the first time! We have yet to go back to them, but Im learning a lot about how to follow up mostly. This is the biggest difference that Ive seen so far in my short mission. If our investigators dont read, we spend time to teach the importance of reading. if they dont pray, we explain the importance of prayer. If they dont come to church, we explain the importance of coming to church. A good follow up means that you meant your invitation. Our Father in Heaven gave us an invitation to become as He is, with a whole plan set laid out. Right now, we are in the midst of that plan, awaiting that follow up, which is at that last Judgement, where each person will be accountable for their thoughts, words, and actions. As stated in Alma 34:33, this life is for us to prepare for eternity. That means our Father in Heaven is serious about the follow up. This may be taking it to a huge scale, but I think the principle is the same.We have been invited, we are currently working out our salvation( and a loving father has giving us everything we need to succeed.) and at the follow up, if we kept the commandments, and lived as we were supposed to, we will receive eternal life. In other words, a blessings. When teaching an investigator, the invitation is the same, (repent and come unto Christ and follow His Gospel) but the blessings are a little bit different and the time frame is obviously a little bit shorter. I hope I inspired you guys a bit, to think about life, and search for answers out of my poor explanation. But the Gospel is true, and I know that Jesus Christ is our Savior and Redeemer. I hope you all have a great week. 

Elder Miklich

Sun, May 22, 2016 

Kumusta kayo!

So this week has been fast. I cant remember how much I told you guys last time soI Ill review real quick. Ive been transfered to Quezon hill ward, La Trinidad Zone, Baguio city. Its kindda chilly up here, and it rains a little bit like everyday. 

My new companion is Elder Almajeda, and he was my first zone leader (the other already went home) This is his last transfer, so he has a lot of experience, and Im learning tons from him. its fun up here, but we work hard too. I dont know exactly what happened, but we basically are opening an area, so there is a lot of finding going on. 

We only have a few solid investigators, but we they are progressing. Hopefully this week will be better. Yesterday and Saturday we had stake conference, so we were at the stake center. That was awesome, but also kinda weird because it was like almost all in English. people here are good at English. A lot of kids here in the ward have a hard time understanding Tagalog, so its really awesome listening them speak in English. 

The members here are solid, and there is a lot of new people to meet. Its great being a regular missionary, we have more time to work. I love the work, I love teaching, and I love sharing the message I know to be true. Its hard to describe what it really does(the Gospel) but thats one reason we have the Spirit. I hope you guys all have a great week

Elder Miklich

Its really pretty here in naguilian, especially in the farther areas, hard to work, but it makes it nicer. 

Hey guys,

This week has been a good one. We had the opportunity to watch conference, i always feel pumped after watching them. Ronald, our investigator in the wheel chair, is still going strong. He is showing  improvement in his ability to move around, hes still got a little bit to go before he doen't need the wheelchair, but he keeps reading the Aklat ni mormon. Super awesome. Then, Elder Navaroo and I went to Magunganay, our farthest area. We pushed our bikes up the mountain, found a carpenter shop on top, (nice people) went down the mounatian (Here is where we found out that the brake on Elder Navarros bike is pretty bad.) then we went up anther mountain, not as big as the first, then back down, then thats magunganay. When I was with Elder Smith, hes never been there, and that was my first time. Really nice place, but really far.There is one recent convert over there, but we didn't find him. He moved from Bauang or San Fernando. Hard to get out there. this week went by fast, but the mission life is fun. I hope you all go back and review the words of the living prophets and Apostles, because there words are just as much scripture as the DoC, Book of Mormon, and Bible (when translated correctly) I hope you all have a great week. 

Elder Miklich

Me and my comp

Magunganay

Hello yall, 

Things are heating up here in Naguilian. Its the season called El Nino dito, which means thats its going to be really hot, then about may, a big storm. thats what they say, Ill let you know. This has been a really good week, we found two new families yesterday, we taught them both about families and how the gospel helps us. They were erally attentive, listened good, and said that we can come back! its always exciting as a missionary to meet new people, talk to them, and teach them true principles and promises of our Father in Heaven. We transfers happened on tuesday for the Sisters, so Sister Piol left, making me and Elder Arnado the oldest here in Naguilian. Crazy to think about how fast time has flown, it feels like home in Naguilian, its going to be hard to leave. Me and Elder Navarro have been needing some new investigators, ones who will progress, so we have been exploring the area a bit. Its amzing to go p to somebody, start talking to them, reallize that the missionaries way back taught them, and then invite us to come back. The missionary work is hard, there are both sowers, and reapers. Hopefully, we can se them accept the gospel, change their life, and begin the road to exhaltation at baptism, but if not today or this year, hopefully soon, before the night comes, and no labor can be performed. This is another reason to be hardowrking, so we can say that we have done all we could do. people have their free agency, and that makes it a lot harder, but everyone of us down here made the choice to have free agency, because we wanted to be the ones to decide our future. So lets all choose the right ehhh? Hopee you all have a great week

Elder Miklich

1) some cats that were birthed (I think) in our apartment 

2 my first kabahay

3) a gift from an inestigaotrs daughters becasue this is what they think Americans eat. coming from arizona almost spot on haha

Hey guys,

Sorry this is a short message but kulang horas. Things our still going good in Naguilian, I've been here a while and I'm going to transfer the 1st week of May. I'm going to miss it here. We are teaching this guy, Ronald, and he is in a wheelchair because of a stroke, and he can't move his left side of the body. we gave him a book of mormon a while ago, and because he has nothing else to do basically, he reads. The last 2 weeks, he's more and more excited to tells us the stories about the children of Ishmael, and laman and lemuel, and nephi. He says when he can walk again, he will come to church. Its super awesome teaching him and his asawa, she reads a little bit, she is super busy becuase she literally has to do everything, but she reads a little pag kaya. Remember, always read from the book of mormon, its a little thing, but so important in the long run. I have felt peace many a time reading from it. You can feel the same too. This is the promise off moroni, our Father in Heaven, if we do our part. I hope you all have a great week!

Elder Miklich

p.s. Sorry Mom walang pictures. A Sister missionary borrowed my cord and yup. Next week may marami!

Howdy yall

This week has been full of ups and downs, lots of dropped appointments, a few good lessons. Learning a lot still. The weirdest thing happened this week, and I'll send more pictures next time, a lot of viruses here daw. But wedsnday morning I went downstairs, heard some noises coming from the pot, and lo and behold, there were 5 kittens, and im pretty sure they were newborn, not the greatest smell. So we got them out. not a terribly interesting story, but its not every day a cat chooses one of the big cases inside your house to give birth. haha, its been a good week. I hope you guys are all enjoying the moments, cuz i hit my 6 month mark on Friday, and t feels closer to 6 weeks. Conti lang talaga ang mga horas natin dito sa mundo, so dont waste it. I hope you guys all have a happy week

Elder Miklich

This has been a great week it sure went by fast. Our bikes keep on breaking, so we are going to fix them for the last time today then turn them in. Haha, That just means that we will be walking more. We've actually been walking a lot the past month pala. It does make it easier to find people when there is none bikes. what looks like only a few houses can turn into an compound, and usually someone is interested. There are a lot of people hear that say, when we are finding, "Bawal sa amin, kasi catholico kami" or ganoon. So I ask them, why is it bawal? Then they get stumped, and then say, next time na lang. It makes it hard when people don't really know what they believe, so they get defensive. We, Elder Navarro and I, usually just leave because walang Spirit. Cool story, we found this guy who spends most of his time in San Fernando, he is being taught by the other Elders in the apartment of Elder Smith! He is super cool, super ready to accept. We haven't gone back to them yet but this week we should be able teach them again sana. Also, we met this old guy a long time ago. The first or second time we taught him, we asked him what will happen after our death, he said basically, nothing, tapos na. That made me really sad, and I think i told him that too, cuz he also said that Jesus, who is God, died on the Cross. I dont think he understands the Bible quite yet but we will work with him. Anyway, I mention him because last night we taught him and his granddaughter I think, about prayer, and he was ask about how could Dios hear all of us.So he went from believing in nothing, to believing that God is real. It's a small step, but an important one. I'm finding that the best joy comes from seeing people progress in their belief about our loving father in Heaven, and helping them realize the importance of knowing about Him and His Son, Jesus Christ. This is the testimony that all of should share to everybody, that our Eternal Father in Heaven, and His Son, Jesus Christ live, and we have the opportunity to live with them again, if we are obedient and endure to the end. This is my testimony to you, that they love us, and they are real. we can make it. They know our trails better than we do. Trust them that they know what they are doing. One day, we will understand too. I hope you all have a great week. 

This is a picture of my kasama in daramuangan, a spider I found and shot with that poison spray stuff (He was pretty big and it kinda scares ya when you almost step on him in the bathroom haha) and our district at an FHE at the hernadez'sbahay