Monday- We went to this place called Pure Gold it is alnmost liek a mall but not that cool...BUT we had waffles filled with chocolate and shawrma, its like one of my favorites. Later that night we went to a member's house and ate and just laughed at her big bellied 6 year old daughter who is just suich a crack up and is so weird.
Tuesday- This day was sweet because we already have a sweet apartment but it got even better. After the district meeting we got a couch because the billadeau couple had one in their truck and elder belnap called dibs on it so it was sweet but not as sweet as taking it up to the third floor. on the bright side it couldve been a lot heavier, the stair way was just tight. We went to this old guy txxhomas who had a stroke and has a hard time moving and has a little bit of what we call mongo here which is where they dont speak clearly. and we saw that he STILL smokes! crazy! hes pretty prideful he could stop by himself so elder challenged him. (he didnt make it the next day). Our investigator Myyarisel is struggling and because she hasnt been doing what shes supposed to do she questioned like everything and basically sounds like she forgot the lessons and why things are important so we had no idea how to help her but really read the book of mormon because she doesnt get into it.
Wednesday- We went to our investigator Ayynn. Ayynn how do you describe Ayynn. Well when she saw us she was like what do you want? its not sunday yet?. But i guess shes joking cuz she loves us. and we love her to because she holds the ONE of the keys to happiness in life...OTTER POPS! she gets them shipped from America along with other things like kool-aid and caprisuns, its so sweet and she sells everything for SO cheap! 2 pesos for one them bad boy otter pops (50 pesos= 1 US dollar).On top of that she is an awesome investigator and has already been a tool for missionary work! Remember Lxxope? the happy leg slapping sweet old guy...LXXOPE IS BACK BABY! We went by his house and found him there and he happily let us talk with him and we found out that he doesnt want to be baptized because he has[n't?] forgiven the guys the beat him up a couple years backl and he wants to be worthy for baptism. So we talked and he confirmed that he still sleeps with the book of mormon! hahaha awesome! After that we headed over to Gxxlens house and taught about the importance of reading the book of mormon. he has been hearing a lot of people making comments about him being mormon and it reminded me of the vision of the tree of life. People in the great and spacious building would be making fun of people on the path and as they were at the tree to discourage them and some fell away. but those who held on to the iron rod (the word of God) did not fall away.
Thursday- We had 7 Weeks in training so we went to the mission office and i got to see my cowboy homie, Elder Lowery! Man i missed that guy he is the coolest! The President talked about the importance of pondering because it is by pondering that we receive answers, that joseph smith later came to know there was not true church on the earth and saw God the Father and Jesus Christ and it is how Alma the Younger came to know that the visitation he had of the angel was true because the spirit testified it to him (i forgot the scripture but alma writes it his account). The Holy Ghost is the ultimate testifier of truth and we need to seek after it. The Assistants to the President also told a story about a boy who told someone that he had two wolves inside of him fighting one wolf was full of misery, sorrow, guilt, hatred, regret, fear and greed and the other was filled with love, joy, charity, happiness, benevolence, and faith and the boy asked i think it was to the chief or his father which wolf would win the fight and the man said simply, "The wolf that you feed".
Friday- We had another meeting and the Mission President has big plans for the mission! Like BIG PLANS. So we all are gonna have to work even harder. we found that out during a meeting and elder belnap and i still had to do weekly planning so we didnt get out until later. After that we taught a Less Active Sister Kyying and taught the importance of taking the sacrament. We later talked to Lxxeo the [] guy who loves Americans and we got a little convo about the Gospel but it totally didnt go the way we wanted hahaha.
Saturday- We visited Less Actives this day and it was so funny as i walked by this little girl i looked at her and she was just like "woah" when i saw her hahaha some philipinos are so funny with americans. we went to Lxxope again and saw he was drinking coffee so we whipped out the word of wisdom and he is done! it was awesome! he has strong faith and we invited him to go to church. earlier in the day i had two kids holding my hands following me down for a bit it was funny. Our investigator Eyyleanor got offended by someone and wants to postpone her baptimsal date but she still went to church which was good.
Sunday- Many people we invited didnt come to church. but Lxxope still came...yeeeeeeeah. We met this new potential investigator Ryyose who is awesome! We met her and she told us we could talk in english so we did and we taught a bit about the restoration in english which was cool and then she found out our first names and doesnt want to call us elder wright and elder belnap, that was pretty funny. It felt like i took the lead on helping out a less active we visited which was a really good experience. Then we visited Ayyrlene and said goodbye and she gave us fudgee bars in remembrance of her.
Good things happened this week and i really had testified to me again the importance of the Spirit because there were moments where i didnt know what to say but as i asked for the Spirit to be with me then God gave me the words to say. God really does guide us when we seek after his guidance. I'm still learning how to rely on him fully but the mission does help me learn and it has strengthened me. I love this gospel and i am grateful for this opportunity to serve.
I love you all!!!!!!!!! SO MUCH! I really hope you guys are all doing okay and are striving to have the spirit in your homes and lives.
Love,
Elder Wright
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