Elder Micah Bush

A bird pooped on me again last p day it happened again. it ruined a nice jacket that a member gave me in my first area  idk how long i can last before going on a pigeon rampage  Its getting colder up here so the sweaters and hoodies are coming out  I missed this weather  Lowkey the summer was not it Especially when i was out on the streets for 8 hours everyday  We will see if i miss the summer when it starts to get really cold  The work has been super fun and i love the people i have got to meet because im out here A guy even made a tie for me!  https://photos.app.goo.gl/ sLSPmjCSafi2kN9N7 The members out here come to the church really for only one reason  Its because they love the lord  Im trying to be more like these amazing examples  Spiritual thought  "We engage in God’s work not because God needs us but because we need God..." Elder Steven D. Shumway. I miss all of you guys  Love elder bush

  Why am i on a mission? This is what everyone has been telling me i need to figure out I always have some primary answers like  "I love God and want to spend 2 years at his service" "The gospel has blessed my life and i want to help others receive these blessings" These answers are all great and true i must assure you i am starting to realize that i might have these answers of why i think i am out here... But that the lord has his why i am on a mission  "Nevertheless they did fast and pray oft, and did wax stronger and stronger in their humility, and firmer and firmer in the faith of Christ, unto the filling their souls with joy and consolation, yea, even to the purifying and the sanctification of their hearts, which sanctification cometh because of their yielding their hearts unto God." -Helaman 3:35- Love you guys so much  Elder Bush  https://photos.app.goo.gl/ sLSPmjCSafi2kN9N7

  Hello everyone  Its been sometime Sorry with all the missed weeks but just wanted to write an email saying that the mission is going great Ive been learning alot! Its been some fun time I think one good thing ive realized recently is that sometimes when life gets really hard or you are going through a trial or whatever it may be... just remember that God is pushing you And at first i was confused why God would be pushing me, i would even say in my prayers stuff like "i dont understand why you are pushing me and stretching me so much"  But its vital that we remember that he is pushing us in a certain direction  I believe that the direction he pushes us is forward  This has been helpful recently  Starting to come to more of an understanding on how this mission will help me grow  Still miss rocket league tho.... The work has been nice tho! Helping some recently baptized friends of mine go to the temple! Ariel, Cedric and Rasheed! So amazing to see these...

 Good day everyone  New york is weird. The work has been moving along People have been coming to church And we have been working super hard in this area Something that has been really helping me out recently has been changing my mindset from  "i still have to be in new york for 18 more months" ...to "i only have 18 more months to help these people here" It seems like that is kind of an obvious thing to change.. but its definitely something ive been working on and still need to improve on Not having to most successful start of my mission pushes me to try and work hard because i really want to make a difference and i limited time left here. Here are some awesome quotes from a talk i just discovered  "Why should I speak to anyone about the gospel who seems content? What danger is there to them or to me if I do or say nothing?  Well, the danger may be hard to see, but it is real, both for them and for us. For instance, at some moment in the world to come, everyone ...

  I got kicked out of Brooklyn and got transferred to the bronx Ive actually been in the bronx for a couple weeks now ive just been really bad at sending out emails There really isn't that many good excuses to not send one out so i will just say im sorry and try to move on and be better The new apartment im staying in now is crawling with bugs  Why me. I have probably doubled the stat in my life for the amount of roaches i have ever killed. Im getting pretty good at it  But it's not enough  For every one of their soldiers i kill there are twice as many reinforcements being made  Anyways on to the stuff you are hopefully wanting to hear about The work here is really good We baptized this super cool guy named rasheed on Saturday, and we were able to confirm him a member on sunday! The crazy story about him is that he was being taught in this area before i got here, but he fell out of contact and stopped keeping commitments so they stopped teaching him months ago.....

  I was dreading this day I knew it was coming though  Ive heard the stories of missionaries getting destroyed by birds... sometimes these stories kept me up at night The fateful day final came... I was fulfilling my purpose on the streets one day... and then it happened  A bird choose me as the place where it wanted to release its meal Sorry its been a long time since I sent one of these! Its been a busy transfer so far! Alot of success and a lot of failures  Its been so fun to learn how to take the next steps as a missionary  We have been working with so many cool people! So hopefully we will see some people making covenants soon... New companion elder gurr, is so funny  He knows so much deep doctrine its fun to have late night conversations with him, this also makes him one of the best teachers ive seen  Anyways just wanted to give a little uodate and let yall know im still breathing  https://photos.app.goo.gl/ sLSPmjCSafi2kN9N7 Miss yall ...

  Hey everyone i am finishing my second transfer this week! That means i will be out of training... i still feel like i just got here And im still struggling to get a grasp of the basics of this work im supposed to do. That doesn't mean i haven't been trying my hardest. Trust me ive been putting my all into learning how to improve, im starting to think maybe im over thinking everything and should remember that if i try my best to be diligent God will help complete the rest I feel like im being stretched  That is good  Because i dont want to stay the same  Even though its hard. Anyways we are teaching some super cool people!  There is this guy that we met last week and he is so cool  Andrew is such an awesome person, he works for the Yankees! And he wants us to come to a game with him, but sadly we have to keep telling him we cant while we are missionaries here He is a little older but super humble! He even came to church and loved it  He does have alot...