monday- the days fly by! i think this was the day my kasama and i went to McDonald's! it was just like america but the filipino food is better. when we got back to the apartment i planned to take an 18 minute nap and i ended up sleeping for an hour! hahaha my comp didnt even wake me up! but whatever hahaha it was pretty funny but i started studying after for an hour, tagalog and then my comp and i left to go to an investigator's house. I felt the gift of tongues working i feel like cuz i studied the language! i am still learning but it was nice feeling like i am improving in speaking and understanding, even though it is slowly. I just need to work harder.
tuesday- we had a district meeting which was fun to be at and taught about love and how if we love then we will become better teachers. So true. i also played the piano a bit which was fun too. On our way back we went to see Myarisel (an investigator with a bap date) but she wasnt there, so we found Rxoger, divine, and ayki. we taught them the first lesson and i spoke the first vision in tagalog to the best of my ability with i think some english but it was awesome and a great experience. we also met this girl named Kyaren and my kasama and i were so loopy that night and we shared a message and she still seemed interested because she said she had little time but kept staying outside hahaha she was cool.
Wednesday- We have this lady named tyina in our neighborhood and we will buy food from her a lot and she is a good cook and a nice lady! I invited her to listen to our message and she said yes it was awesome. also later that day my kasama and i gave two blessings to an old woman and a younger girl who were sick. later that night we ate at a part member family's house and i held a pigeon cuz they i think have birds and then eat them and the kid let me hold it. it was sweet! my first time holding a pigeon!
thursday- Thursday was awesome our investigator marisel was able to be taught and we taught her about the Plan of Salvation and about the word of wisdom again. She didnt stop drinking tea but we found out other things with the word of wisdom and yeah...BUT the plan of salvation i think put things into perspective and i was able to help explain to her the importance of the word of wisdom. and how we are asked to not partake of those substances cuz are bodies are temples and no unlcean thing should enter into them. Also, we need to have the spirit with us and we cannot have the spirit with us if we are distracted by other things and if we are not living the commandments of God.
Friday- we tried looking for someone but we couldnt find him. my comp and i have also taken some serious goals for bap dates. we had a good weekly planning session. we will see what happens
Saturday- we had to go to a baptismal interview again and while i was there i was sitting down outside and this little girl named Syoarsya (SIR-SHUH) who was i think half filipino half white, probably like three or something, ran up to me saying "DADDY". you can imagine how confused i was as she tried to sit in my lap (but i couldnt let her cuz im a missionary) and i have no idea who she is. her babysitter and i think younger brother were there, so her parents werent there but for some reason she thought i was her dad. She wouldnt stop calling me dad and people loved iot ahha to be honest i loved it hahaha it was so cute. it happened two times where i went somewhere she couldnt see me and she would start crying and then see me and then say like daddy and get happy or whatever. it was so funny, but eventually i had to leave and then she tried to chase after me and was crying. i was heartbroken it was sad but i had to get over it.
Sunday- Had a wonderful sacrament meeting where i really felt the savior's love for me. it truly was a testament to how important sacrament meeting is. we remember the saviors sacrafice for us and we remake our baptismal covenants and become clean again and try better.
I really have learned greatly from the scriptures i learn so much about nephi and his great faith. like anyone else though you can see he had developed his faith and he did it by always fulfilling the Lord's commandments with no complaints. this was shown when he made plates for different records even though he didnt know why but the Lord commanded him. also he went back to Jersusalem to get the record of the Jews. A great man we can all learn from.
I invite you all to take deep study into the scriptures even if it is for just 15 minutes it can do a lot and increase your desire to be more like your Savior. I love you all and miss you! but the work here is great! i say these things in the name of jesus christ, amen.
Love,
Elder Wright
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