Kamusta
Kamo???!
It
has been another great week here in Iloilo city. We had a very busy and unique
week this week! It was so great to hear from all of you guys again, I am so so
blessed to have all of you constantly supporting me on my mission, it really
means a lot. You guys strengthen me every week, so thank you so much!
So
this week was a little different because we had interviews with Pres. Cruz and
zone conference which were both so great. I have no doubt that pres. cruz and
all the missionaries in this mission at this time are suppose to be here at
this specefic time, its awesome. Actually one of my favorite parts of Zone
conference was when one of the couples Elder Saunders, who usually just gets up
and talks about finances, gave a very powerful like 3 minute talk. He just told
all of us that we are here for a reason, it is part of Heavenly Father's plan
and that we can do amazing things here. He also said that time is one thing you
cannot get back and it always says in our missionary handbook that the time we
have to serve the Lord fulltime is extremely short. I remember when I read that
for the first time in the MTC I thought they were crazy, 2 years being short,
but now that I have been on my mission for almost 7 months now, I understand
that statement. Time flies and I know that it truly is a short time in the big
picture, so the message is to serve the Lord with all of our heart, it was a
really cool experience to realize that!
So
other than the Conference and meetings, the work has been great this week! We
have been working hard and have had some amazing experiences with all of our
investigators and we have had some struggles as well. Right now we have about
7-8 really progressing investigators and we are trying to find more. Theses
past few weeks we had some new investigators taught them a few times and then
they didn't want us to come back, it makes me so sad when people don't want to
receive this message because I know how much this can bless and change their
lives. But, we have just been focusing on our current investigators and just
yesterday we got 7 referrals so the future is very bright, it should be good
here in the coming weeks and months.
· What is the most popular sport there (either
to watch or to play)? For sure basketball! They have courts everywhere
and almost everyone likes basketball, it is great, real easy to relate to these
people.
· What happened this past week that
strengthened your testimony? I listened to a talk this week and I don't know
what it is called or who it is by, but it talked about why the church was and
could only be restored in 1820. It also mentioned how every single person on
earth was sent to this earth at this specefic time. It was just a really cool
talk and it inspired me. You guys should listen to it.
· What was the funniest thing that happened
this past week? Just messing with these little kids here. There is a saying
"oppa" which is korean for love or heart or something(I don't know)
but a lot of kids say it. So I started asking them why they say that and why
the are using korean words. I ask them "Diin kita subong?" ( where
are we right now) and then I say the Philippines so "dapat siopoa"
(which means it should be siopao- a filipino food) all the kids in this part of
our area say it all the time now, its funny. Its probably not funny to you guys
but just trust me, its funny!
Well, thanks to all of you for the love and
support! Have a great week!
Elder Joshua Degen
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