Hey everyone! Hope you guys are doing good and chasing your dreams. This week really testified to me that its about Faith! In Liozon I have been putting my Faith In Jesus Christ to Teach Repentance and Baptize Converts! I have seen so many blessings that have come because i have put my Faith in Him. One of them being Chaddy receiving the Aaronic Preisthood and now him exercising his faith to pass the sacrament worthily as a new Deacon. I have seen the Lord pour out his spirit upon that boy to repent and to be baptized into the True Church! It truly makes me happy!
Or whether it being the Lord blessing us with a desire to teach and find the souls who are looking for the gospel. On Tuesday we decided that we needed to go back to Brother Albert a new investigator we had found last week. We go to his house and it just looks like no one is there. We yelled Tao po(people here) and thats when we first met Steven. Brother Alberts son. Well it turned out that Albert was working but, we decided not to give up and talk to his son. Turns out his son is 19 also! So we all got along super quick. Well we ended up talking and then We ended up teaching him about how the gospel can make us happy and that Heavenly Father loves him and wants his family to be happy. We taught him how to pray and that he needed to ask God if our message is true. Super short but powerful 1st lesson. So we asked him when we could come back. He said Friday we could. To our suprisment it actually worked out on Friday! He took us in and told us he had done what we said to pray! He said he feels like he has an answer that he said his family was getting along better. We were super happy that he prayed and felt like God was helping his family! He saw the blessings straight away. We then went on to share the restoration. It was such a powerful lesson and we felt the spirit guiding us what to say and how to adjust it for Steven especially. At the end of the lesson as i finished teaching about how the spirit will teach us through feelings and our thoughts, Elder Aquino committed him to pray about Joseph Smith and if this church could really be true. We were then both prompted to invite him to be baptized if he comes to know of the truth! And he accepted! So were so excited to see how he progresses in the church! He just recently got a job where he has to work on Sunday. So we will try to help him with his first concern. But what a blessing! We were punted but it turned into us meeting Steven! The Lord blesses his missionaries!
I saw the hand of the Lord also in this week with the progression of Cary in the gospel also. She is 10 years old and wants to learn! Her dad was baptized in 2016. But she was never baptized when her Dad was. So she is an investigator. I gave her a Book of Mormon Stories book this week so she would be able to understand better what she is reading in the Book of Mormon because it has pictures and stuff and its great for kids! So her and her sister and her Grandma have been reading it together. She just went to church for the 3rd time now. But we still want her Dad to be a part of her conversion. He hasn't really opened up to us because he hasn't been going to church recently. But were trying to help her Dad become active again. God will bless them as Cary prepares for her Baptism! I know it. We were also able to pick up a new investigator where they live. Cary's cousin. So its super FUN!
I know the Lord will bless me if I use my God given agency to bless the lives of others. I love the scripture President Lacanienta shared with us at our Mission President Interviews this week
26 And the Messiah cometh in the fulness of time, that he may redeem the children of men from the fall. And because that they are redeemed from the fall they have become free forever, knowing good from evil; to act for themselves and not to be acted upon, save it be by the punishment of the law at the great and last day, according to the commandments which God hath given.
I love how it says God will let us act for ourselves and not to be acted upon. All of us have the power to CHOSE THE RIGHT for ourselves. And I know the right is me helping these people in the Philippines come unto Christ. Im greatful for the blessings of this and I hope you guys feel them too.
This Saturday will be the baptism of Quinilyn Mendoza. She is always so excited to share the gospel with her family/cousins. Shes always inviting her cousins to come to church and listen to the Elders. This week her and Julie Angel took 2 more of their cousins to church! So its so awesome. And last night we were able to teach the ones that went to church. So were super excited. Her interview should be this week and were thinking its going to be okay with her parents for her to get baptized. We were able to talk to her Dad who only comes home on weekends because of his work yesterday. So pray!
It was an awesome week and full of Work work work. Fun fun fun. Have an awesome week! Love Elder Breinholt
McDonalds for lunch! They have Rice on their menu! Its actually super good!
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Elder Breinholt
Philippines Olongapo Mission
