Testimony

Alright I didn't know if I would be alive this week but I am so WHOOPAY!! Well I am just going to say that the Philippines is a hard place to live. Anyways it's doable and with God on my side nothing will stop me! Anyways I am finally getting a grip on this place. So here is kind of the highlights of my week. We have been teaching a group of people who live in the squatters area. They are super poor and they farm for a living. Anyways though, Their names are Teddy, Remil, Nanay (Mother) Ester, Nanay Gloria, and Rodolfo. They had been taking the missionary discussions and when I got here was kind of the point where we thought they were ready to get baptized. I had the honor of extending that invitation and they have accepted. Anyways now the problem is that they are really poor! They can't even afford the bus! It is hard to watch and not even offer the money but that is against the rules. We have been trying so hard to encourage them but they haven't come to church consecutively. So I kind of jumped in the middle of this so I am not a emotionally invested as my Trainer. BUT SERIOUSLY I WANT THEM TO COME! haha So We prayed and fasted for them. They showed up this week! It was awesome!! They made it!! I almost jumped for joy! Anyways 3 more times and they are going to be baptized!! Well besides that we had some good experiences with street contacting. So for a little while our efforts were going towards reactivation here. My trainer had some sucess with that before I got here and right about now the progress has stopped and we switched our focus to finding new investigators. We made a goal to talk to two people a day! Our first day we had been knocking at this house for a while trying to find someone. Finally we looked lost and someone came and helped us. We asked where the person who lived here was. Turns out it was his house! Haha we talked to him and told him the story about why we knocked so many times. He helped us try to find the person and than we told him what our purpose was. Haha We asked him if he wanted to talk with us and he was like "sure sure when are you coming?" So we set up an appointment! It seemed too easy! Really! haha But I am excited and it really proves to me God prepares people! Anyways there is good work about to happen here. Also there are fun times here. I went golfing today haha! They have a driving range in our area so it was kind of weird. Also they have really nice malls here! I had to go buy stuff so it was an adventure! I had a sandwich for the first time since the MTC! It was good! haha This place is a hard place to live really! and the language isn't coming very fast! But I know God has a plan for me! So I am just going to go along for the ride. No matter how hard things get I know this Gospel is true. I know that God is our loving Heavenly Father. Jesus is the Savior of this world and he atoned for our sins. I know that the Book of Mormon is True. Those three things will get anyone through hard times really. So that is my challenge to the world. To come to know that those things are true. There is great power and comfort in those things. The people here in the Philippines need that though. They struggle to find purpose and meaning in their life because it is so hard here. So I will continue to do hard things. Oh and I would send pictures but things are sketchy here so I am a little hesitant. Also my picture with Ted Mozby is gone forever. Just a memory in my dreams! Dumb Virus ate it up!