Elder Micah Bush

  Hello everyone it's your boy elder mikey b These past weeks have been pretty eventful had a lot of drama going on in this District so that's always fun And something that was pretty cool is that one of the recent converts that we baptized a couple weeks ago his name is Max we are teaching his father and his father super cool he's been going to a lot of churches so when we shared with him the message of the restoration he said something like this is what I'm looking for so that was cool And then something that was less cool was that we had a freaking big storm hit the crap out of us on the East Coast and it was like a lot of wind a lot of snow and apparently this thing called freezing rain Let me tell you something about freezing rain man, I didn't know what freezing rain was before this weekend but now I do and that's about it man just watch out for the freezer rain bro Anyway the storm was bad enough to cancel the church this Sunday and that was a little bit ...

  Here we go another email this is going to be one for the record books A late merry Christmas to everybody I hope everybody's Christmas was great and focused on Christ! Basically I'm still here in Staten Island and the Christmas tree was great we got to have more Filipino food and see a lot of other missionaries We had our Christmas Zone conference and it was very good for some reason I actually did a talent I don't know why But I've been practicing piano recently and it was kind of fun Other news my new companion is named elder rosha and he's very cool he's from Brazil Hopefully he will make me some Brazilian cheese bread one of these days So I tried to show him how Americans do Christmas and it was pretty fun I unfortunately blew a lot of money on a Christmas tree though but it's okay it's the memories that count https://photos.app.goo.gl/ sLSPmjCSafi2kN9N7 The work has been very blessed recently and I'm excited for the new opportunities for the n...

 Staten Island  This transfer ive been serving in staten island This is the 4th borough of nyc that ive served in so far, Manhattan is the only borough i havent served in yet Staten is very different from the other boroughs tho... It is much more suburban... and alot less people.. So everything ive learned in the past transfers can be thrown out the window. Its have been very fun tho I feel like this is more of a normal mission experience haha been parkinglot finding alotttt... I wont knock doors  But weve been getting up to some stuff haha... having a car has been causing us all sorts of problems   My comp is from the Phillipines and its great  Using his Phillipino abilities he got us a spot for Thanksgiving dinner with another family from the Phillipines  That Thanksgiving dinner was definitely one to remember haha No turky but alot of other amazing stuff ive never had before https://photos.app.goo.gl/ sLSPmjCSafi2kN9N7 If i stay with my companion ne...

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 ...