11.months 9.days

Well as her mother I have to say I know. . . I am behind! But I will share a few most amazing snipits from her last couple of letters. Just so you know Sis. Caitlin Fran is doing SO well! She is in tri-cities right now and she is a trainer, and has been opening a new area the past several weeks. She is seeing miracles every day, well let me share it in her own words!

Oh last tuesday I felt as though we experienced another miracle! There is a
PMF that I believe I heard the elders recently stopped by and they said
don't come back. But I go back anyway. We got in and the husband who isn't a
member was loving everything we said. It was like a light bulb kept turning
on. I just kept teaching and testifying of the BofM and we committed him to
start reading it again and he said he would! AAH!! It was so great. I think
he really enjoyed Sisters.
I think this may be a long e mail about all the miracles of this week.


We showed up to dinner the other night and I had this feeling that a friend
they had was a non member. They didn't tell us they were going to have one.
I like when they tell us. But the spirit was really working on me to ask him
if he was? I was stressing out he grew up with this LDS family I was certain
he has probably had the lessons a million times, maybe he was LA and I
didn't want to offend him. But the spirit was very persistent. I finally
just blurted out...Are you a member? he said no. I said do you want to be? I
mean we could make that happen. He just laughed the family went silent and
we started talking about taking the missionary lessons and he completely
agreed to it! Then there was a Christmas Concert that we were heading to so
we invited him and he came! It was so neat! The next day at church the dad
of where we had dinner told our WML that Marvin is his name has had the
lesson many times but it just has gone no where, but there was the biggest
difference last night and the whole family was so impressed. It made us feel
great! So we are so excited for Marvin!!

This Christmas Season is so full of Miracles!! I have always heard rm's talk
about how much they loved the holidays on their mission and I was just so
nervous and worried, but the Lord always provides and never ceases to bless
his children! I am thrilled to be serving the Lord during the Christmas
Season! It has really allowed me to reflect on the wonderful things the
Savior has given to each of us! Without Him we could not return home. I
would not survive lets be honest! I love sharing this JOY with all those
around me! It has been so fun to talk to those in the streets about Christ.
Hearts are open!
I LOVE you all and pray you also can remember the reason for the season!!
Have a great week!
MERRY CHRISTMAS!!

Cait~

There it is my amazing girl, she is happy and healthy doing the work of the Lord. I can just feel the strength in her letters. She makes me proud!

month 7 TODAY!!

I thought I would do a little catching up since I am way behind on Caitlin's blog! She is now in Yakima, with Sister Hart. They have been together for 3 transfers, I think they are excited to move on to new companions! Grandma Ora always said a change is as good as a rest! So August 25th is the new transfer date we shall see. Caitlin has grown so much and learned amazing things about herself and the gospel. Her Love for the Savior is evident in her letters. Her mission is challenging, but it is certainly a blessing to her and to us. So a few excerpts from recent letters!!

During district mtg we watch on the Lord's errand the life of Pres Monson. Holy Moly what an amazing man we have for a prophet!! But he said something that was profound he said if the Lord ever needed an errand ran he knew who to ask. So I decided to pray and tell Heavenly Father the same thing. I love running errands for real! Well that day we were running out of our plans with all of them not working and so I said a pray and asked what errand needed to be ran. Well I felt like going to this potentials house that has canceled every appointment since we met her. She let us in!! We taught her a bit about the restortation, she loved it! Knew all of it was all true and was so greatful for us stopping by! It felt so good!

Wonderful news of the week! Britteny who I told you about last week is on date for baptism! Best lesson I have ever been apart of! I tell you what! She has no idea who we are and so we really focused on her being a daughter of God. I have also been working on asking more questions to have the investigator talking more than me! And wow miracles happen! I taught the lesson with all questions and she testified of the gospel in answering and I was astonished! Then the spirit said put her on date! I thought oh it has been so long since I have done this, she will say no. Then the thought came you miss 100% of the shots you don't take. So I said ok! Your right, when? Then the 21st popped into my head! So I prayed for the time to do it! I felt that if I didn't do it in that lesson it wasn't going to come up for a very long time! So I did it and she tearfully accepted! Then we got down on our knees and she prayed and I was bawling by the end! The spirit was SO SO strong!! This was another time in my life where I realized how much HF is aware of me! The last few weeks have been so rough with the work and I have been getting discouraged which I know that I shouldn't but I did nonetheless and I was really wondering what I was doing here in the mission and then that happened that night! I just cried and cried because I remember why I am really here! To help wonderful daughters of God like Britteny come closer to the Savior!

Happy SEVEN Months SISTER CAITLIN FRAN MILLER!!! I love my missionary!!!

notes from the letters of Sister Miller

We had read Moroni 10:3-5 and we told him he needs to ask HF with a sincere heart and real intent to know if Joseph Smith was a prophet and if the BofM is true! So he is praying and he was like "HF I have a sincere heart so will you tell me these things are true?" bah it was so funny! He said other things I can't remember but it is so neat cause we are kneeling and then we ask so how do you feel and he seriously sits there astonished like holy moly this is true! BAH it was epic!! He just sat on his knees for 5 min and I think just trying to take it all in!

I tell you what that is the power of the Book of Mormon. I have always known that it was true but I love experiences like that where you know with all your heart it is true! It was the most epic experience! The spirit was SO strong, Then of course we invited her to pray and man I almost lost it in hers to! She is so funny! And her prayers are so amazing!

4 months out

Well Sister Miller is no longer in Battle Ground, she is in Yakima. She describes it as a redneck area very similar to home, where the sun never stops shining! Her new companion is Sister Hart. It sounds to me like the name fits her well. Caitlin says she has a heart of gold and truly loves the people in her area. They get along great! They have a few investigators and are working hard to find more.
Sacrament meetings have been different on her mission than at home, she has spoken several times, witnessed the older man blessing the sacrament have a heart attack, and watched a 14 year old recite witch spells in testimony meeting. She's not in Utah anymore.
She hates tracting, loves teaching and is starting to preach the gospel wherever she is, most recently to the boy fixing her Subway sandwich. She loves her mission even tho she says at times it is the hardest thing she has ever done. To me, her mother, the things in my life that have been the hardest have without a doubt been the most worthwhile. I am so proud of her! You go girl!!!

Photo descriptions

Ok, the first one she is pointing at Mt. St. Helens. Then she is with her new companion, and biking and hiking, with her old companion. She is eating Indian food, Caitlin?? Wow I am so impressed,

Mission Photos

3 Months out!!

Well Sister Miller has been out for 3 months. She has had a wonderful experience watching a non-member take the plunge into the waters of baptism. She lives with an older couple which she loves. She has been embraced, loved, and cared for by the amazing people of Washington. She LOVED her trainer Sister Hendricks from Salt Lake, and now she is enjoying the challenges of a new companion who tries her patience. If you know Caitlin, you know she is kind and loving and generous, and compassionate, and organized, and hard working. . . . but she is NOT patient. So she has had a few weeks of increasing her patience!!! She can do it I know she can!! Surprisingly, she LOVES the Elders! I was worried she would chew them up and spit them out, but she loves the Elders!!! She loves the area, the members, the less actives, especially the 80 year old man who used to be a stripper! She loves being a missionary, she Loves the Savior and the gospel. Her mission so far is amazing for her and for us, (her family). So here are a few new pictures to share with you all!!!