grabe, deba kahapon lang ang lunes? mabilis ang panahon.
This week has been so great! Great but difficult. We have worked soo hard.
We just worked and worked even though it's so hot and everybody is punting us we
just kept working. there would be some days where I'm like wow... that was hard.
Even if the sun is beating, you're sweating, and you are just looking for people
to except your message with no one listening, you just keep smiling and when you
return home at night you feel complete peace and you know that the Lord is
pleased. That my friends is the joy of this great work. I love being a
missionary. Even though it was rough we are still making progress. we managed to
find two new families this week and heeps of new investigators and we hit our
mission standard of excellence in lessons.
I have to share some of the things I saw this week... crazy stuff. This was
my first Halloween in the Philippines because last year, I was still in the
MTC.
They actually call it All Saints day and it's on Nov 1 then Nov 2 is all
Souls day. I don't really know the difference... maybe they celebrate the nice
people or 'saints' that have died on the 1st then on the 2nd they just celebrate
everyone that's dead?? haha di ko alam.
So this is what happens everyone makes food, like a lot of food, and takes
it to the cemetery and leaves it out for the dead... I don't think they can eat
that. however some people just leave it out side their houses. so there is just
ALL this delicious food sitting out side going to waste and did I mention it was
fast sunday?... yeah rude! after that... i'm actually not really sure what they
do with the food, cause I know the dead people don't eat it... basta its gone
now. That night, they turn off all the lights and light candles and leave their
doors open. I asked my companion about it and she said its so the 'spirits' are
guided to the door?? but they don't leave their gates open... soo how's that
gunna work?
yeah so that's the philippines. It was really hard to teach those days
because everyone was at the cemetery or had to entertain their dead guests with
the lights off. but all is well we still taught even if a few lessons were with
the lights off.
Man I just love this work! Yesterday we had a broadcast where a lot of the
area presidency and Dallin H oaks spoke to the whole Philippines. It was awesome
I got to see sister Lainhart and Sister Simangan. I wanted to talk about some of
things they focused on.
Family first- if we put our family and God first, we will always have
enough and will be blessed
scripture study- if you want to stay spiritual strong read your scriptures
EVERY DAY. "it's not about how many times we go through the Book of Mormon, but
how much of what we read goes through us." Elder Ardern
Please if you aren't already, read your scriptures EVERYDAY. we need it to
overcome temptation and the evil effects of the world. As we do we will, as
Nephi promises "be made strong.. it persuadeth [us] to do good.. and it
speaketh of Jesus and persuadeth [us] to believe in Him and to endure to the
end, which is life eternal." 2nephi33:4 Don't we just love the
scriptures??
Love you all! Have a good week! The church is true!
P.S. shout out to my momma who's birthday is this week!
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