Kamusta Kamo?!
I am glad to here from all of you this
week! It sounds like it was a good week back home. It was good to hear about
how everyone's week went.
Wow another week has just flown by, I
can't believe I have already been on my mission for now over 5 months, time
flies! This week has been full of hard work and some challenges, but there were
so many blessings this week! There are always blessing even amid trials and
hard times, I know that for sure. Always focus on the blessings and we will all
be so much happier! Right now we have a lot of investigators and recent
converts going through some very hard trials in their lives and it is hard to
see them go through these things and I wish that I could just take away their
trials, but I can't. We are doing what ever we can to help them. As hard as
some things are in our lives, I know that things happen for a reason and
sometimes we may not know why certain things happen, but Heavenly Father does.
I have studied and prayed so hard this week about how we can help them. I
studied a lot about humility and Heavenly Fathers gives us trials and weaknesses
so we can overcome them and be made strong through him. (Ether 12:27) I don't
know a lot so I just have to trust in Heavenly Father that he will help them, I
know he will.
One of our investigators who is having
some trials in her life is Lola (Grandma) Nita. But, despite her trials she
believes that Heavenly Father can help her. Her faith is so strong, She is so
awesome. She reminds me of Gram, she has such a sweet heart and is so excited
everytime we come over. This past week we taught her about how Jesus Christ is
our perfect example and we invited her to be baptized. She said that she has
been going to many different churches all of her life and none of them felt
right, the spirit was so strong and she accepted a baptismal date. I am so
happy for her and I am so thankful that Heavenly Father leads us to prepared
people.
Questions:
1. How was
your trip to the mission home this past week? It was great. We got up early
in the morning then traveled to Arevalo, Iloilo for our zone interviews. We
first were all together as a zone, then we were interviewed as companionships.
Most of our interview as a zone was about how we are getting fewer missionaries
and there is a possibility that some areas in Guimaras might be closed, but I
am not worried Nueva Valencia is progressing and it won't be closed. Our
companion interviews were good as well, a lot of encouragement and some new
ideas about how to work more effectively.
2. It was so
exciting to hear how many investigators you had at Church this past week.
Did you have as many today (or I guess your yesterday)? We didn't have quite
as many, but we still had a good amount and the most progressing ones came, so
that is good!
3. Is there
something you studied this week that impressed you that you would like to share
with us? . I mentioned this earlier that I studied a lot about Humility
and it made a big difference. As I have been here on my mission I have had to
learn to be soo Humble that is probably one reason I was sent here to learn
this language to become Humble. Humility isn't weakness, it is a sign of
spiritual strength and I know that it honestly would be impossible to be a
missionary here without the help of my Heavenly Father every day. I know I am
nothing more than just an instrument in the Lord's hands.
This coming week we have a baptism for
one of our awesome investigators, Jinelle Toledo. I was able to baptize his mom
and his siblings in october and I am so happy that he is going to follow their
example. He is so awesome, he always comes to church. This last week he was in
a motorcycle accident on saturday, but still came to chrurch on sunday.
Thank you all so
much for your constant prayers, encouragement and support, it really means a
lot. I hope you all have a great week!
Palangga ko kamo
Halong
Elder Degen
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