Pics of the Week

Our Thanksgiving dinner!! 

Me and the YING ^

Thanksgiving Week! 11-26-2017

Thanksgiving week was awesome eve though they dont celebrate it here in the Philippines. First off it started off with an awesome FHE with a recent convert family here in the branch and then on Tuesday was me and the day Elder Yingling have been waiting for 10 months. Exchanges! 

So on Tuesday me and one of my MTC comps did exchanges Elder Yingling! It was so awesome. Lets just say there has been so much improvement since the MTC haha. We had some really cool experiences when we worked. We ran into a girl in the street who was talking to us about how the past missionaries there taught her. So we asked if we could teach her. So she took us back to her house and their family was there. And we were able to teach the family about the Restoration and it turned out the Dad was a less active of 30 years. But it was surprising because he remembered alot about the restoration. So it was awesome. And the daughter went to church the next sunday! And then we went on an adventure after that. We went hiking up a mountain to see if there were any houses up there. And it eventually lead to the beach and there was a couple houses there. So we found the beach and we saw this fisherman working. So we were just taking pictures of the beach and then we ended up talking to the Fisherman and it turned out he was interested in the gospel! We set a return appointment and they went and taught him and he went to church! Crazy how the Lord led us there. Lets just say it was an awesome time! It wouldve been better if we worked in my area but oh well. Next time. Haha it was an awesome time. Super good to catch up with Elder Yingling! It was such a good time!

Other than that we had an awesome week. We killed a live chicken and cooked it up for Elder Jones' birthday. And our investigators were doing great this week! It was a super fun week. Were getting ready for the baptism of Revelyn and Alexia this Saturday. In matter of fact.. Revelyn not even a member yet in the church, gave the opening prayer in sacrament this Sunday! And they sang in the young women's choir and Revelyn gave a solo at the beginning. So what in the world haha. They are so awesome. And they're super excited for this Saturday! We had an awesome lesson with them teaching them about baptism and we all felt the spirit so strong when we talked about what was going to happen to them on Saturday and how they are going to be baptized. So it was awesome. 

Then on thanksgiving day our senior couples gave us some canned goods and stuff from America for Thanksgiving. So we cooked that up for us and our Filipino housemates and it tasted like home. It was awesome. Our kabahays really liked it too. 

But it was an awesome week! 

One more story! So we have an investigator who's sister is a less active. And we haven't been able to teach her this week because she has been out of town. But their mom has been having health problems. And the less active told her mom that we could give her a blessing of healing. And that's what she did she asked us missionaries to give her a blessing. And we gave her a blessing and it went good. We just told her by her faith she could be healed if she really believed. The crazy thing is she inst even a member of our church. But her heart is slowly opening up to the gospel. So what a blessing! We hope she starts investigating the church! 

Have a good week all of you! Have faith in Christ and he will guide your paths! Go team!

We had mashed potatoes and gravy and stuffing and chicken... and i did the filipino thing to add some rice haha.

Pics of the Week!!!

Hand washing my clothes!

Finding grind

Baptism of the Investigator me and Elder Leakehe found in Cupang! 

Be a friend like Jobert 11-19-2017

Hey everyone! Hope you guys had an awesome week and ur doing good!

This week was good! We got to teach a boy who went to church with his member friend(jobert) and we also got to know his family! So they're super awesome and were hoping they can progress! Super awesome how the member took his non member friend to church and how it sparked his interest in learning more about the church! And we got to teach his brother also. But they were in the city on sunday so they didn't go to church. But hopefully next week! Their mom is cool! Shes the only one in her family who is not a member of the church. So hopefully we can convince them of the truth. 

Also our teaching went super good with Revelyn and Alexia. We taught them about the Word of Wisdom and the Law of Chasity and they are so receptive. They've been reading a ton in the Book of Mormon and praying like crazy. They're getting ready for their baptism on December 2. And they love going to the activities with the branch here. They are so masipag! And they are an Investigator family but the Dad and Mom don't really have an interest in listening to us. So were trying to pray super hard for them. So hopefully we can teach them. But the Dad said its okay if they get baptized. So i mean his hearts open a little bit. We will keep trying with him. 

And we also did some finding this week and it was super hard! We would contact them and share about the restoration and then set a return appointment to actually teach them. And then it would never work out. Like all of our appointments but 1 actually worked out. So its been a little bit of a struggle. But were going to be consistent with it. We got this. Hopefully next week will be better. I got news too and i get to do exchanges with one of my MTC companions Elder Yingling this tuesday. So its going to be so fun! So a lot to look forward to this week. 

And also i got news that one of my investigators in one of my last areas was baptized! Ruffa! So that makes me super happy! She was the member referral i always talked about and she decided to be baptized! So that's so awesome. I remember the first time i met her and i had a feeling that she would be baptized! and turns out i get news shes baptized! So lets go. 

THE WORK OF THE LORD IS HARD BUT ITS VERY REWARDING.

So help us missionaries out and give lots of referrals. So there can be lots of baptisms. 

We also are getting close with this less active named Jonas. His family was baptized a while ago and they stopped going to church. But we've been being friends with him and inviting him to stuff and this sunday he went to church so thats so awesome. And his little sister hasn't been baptized yet but shes 12. So hopefully we can reactivate the family and baptize the little girl! So we'll try it this week! WIsh is luck! 

But in the mean time i will be playing lots of basketball and teaching people the gospel. So you guys can be jealous! Have a good week! 

Pics of the Week

Me and Elder Jones

Me and Elder Jones.  He is from Highland Utah just like me!!! I saw him all the time at the Alpine Country Club when I worked there:)

Back to the Bukid 11-12-17

Well transfer week was full of surprises! We got the transfer news and Elder Ramos and I were both transferred! We were shocked! He got transferred south and i got transferred up the road to Liozon. But good thing the branch leader knows about everyone we taught. So they will be able to continue things in Iba. 

Before i was transferred we were able to teach the Perariza Family. And we talked to them about how God gives us all weakness and basically what they need to do to be baptized. So hopefully in December they are baptized. And we were able to teach a PM who should be able to get baptized this month too. And also our goals for November should follow through. So i mean it hurts a little bit to get transferred. But God has a plan. Ill get over it soon. BUT

Awesome news! My new companion is Elder Jones. Hes from Highland Utah! He played on the LP golf team and i saw him all the time at the country club. So its been super fun to finally get to know him more! He just graduated this year. Hes now 6 weeks in the mission. So i get to finish off his training. Its crazy too because his first companion was Elder Sudweeks (my trainer) but last week was his last transfer in the mission. So now i get to take his last area, and finish off the training of Elder Jones!

So now i'm on my 4th area and 6th companion. 5 foreigners and 1 Filipino comp.

So this week Elder Jones showed me our investigators and showed me around our area. Its not too far from my last area. Its just up the road actually. I was shocked how small it was. Apparently the people wake up super early to work in the rice fields and then go to bed super early. So its been a change for me because I've been in the city for the last 5 months were people are up till 9. So its a little adjustment, but it will be all good. We taught some of the investigators they have about the Word of Wisdom and about how much God loves them to a different one. So its been going good so far. We also had a sweet Branch activity that i got to meet a bunch of members in the branch. And we invited some investigators and they went! so that was way awesome. So its going to be good!  

I love you guys and I'm grateful for this time the Lord has given me to be a missionary and wish us luck this week. Love you guys!