Kamusta kamo??!
As for me this week it has been good, we
worked hard this week and found a ton of new investigators! Almost all of them
are referrals and they are people who have gone through the church's 12 step
program so they already have an idea about the church and are so willing to
listen, it is so awesome! It is a blessing to see how humble people are, it is
really helping me to become more and more humble everyday! The people here,
some of them don't have much at all, but whenever you greet them they are still
happy anyways! It has helped me change my perspective. Happiness is not about
what we have, it is a state of mind, only you can decide if you are happy or
not, not your circumstances! And I have seen it so many times on my mission how
the gospel makes people sooo happy! It doesn't take away their trials, it
doesn't give them worldly things, BUT it gives them an eternal perspective
about how important they are to Heavenly Father. I would like to share an
experience about that very thing:
So this week one night we were traveling
home on a jeepney and normal they are super crowded, loud, and full of people.
But this night it just happened to be my companion and I and one other person.
We began to talk to this guy and we gave him a pamplet. He said to us in
english "do you have something to offer me" then we explained the
pamplet and then he gave us his number and told us "just tell me when,
what and where and I am there." haha it was great! So we texted and met
with him a feww days later at our chapel. This guy loves to talk and he only
talks in enlgish. and he talked a lot, at first I was like oh no we are never
going to be able to get a word in to teach him. But as we listened he really
opened up to us about how he has had some incredibly hard trials in his life
and he once thought about suicide. As we listed we were guided by the spirit to
have a great lesson. At the end of the lesson, he said one of the most sincere
prayers I have ever heard. I have such a strong testimony that Heavenly
Father's plan is perfect and that we were placed in his path to help him at
this specefic time in his life. I just want everyone to remember that Heavenly
Father is aware of every single person's problems and challenges and He is
always there for us!
· Will you be able to watch General Conference next weekend? I
will be able to be watch it, but we will watch it a week later than you guys
because of the large time difference.
· Do you have any idea how they celebrate Easter there? Well I
know that there are a lot of Catholic churches here and this coming week is
holy week, but I don't know what they do to celebrate it.
· Do the children in your ward learn and speak English? Yes
all of them learn, but most of them are too shy to try and speak it with me.
After being gone 7.5 months, would you
say you are fluent in the language now? I would say I am good enough, haha!
I understand good, just a few words here and there. Speaking has gotten a lot
easier too. I just love talking to the kids, because they love it and they help
me!
Well, I think that is it this week!
Thanks for the love, support and Prayers every week! Love you all!
Halong
palangga ko kamo!
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