Anyway wow I am doing good! everything is great! the sky is blue! the air is...still not fresh...and i guess the birds arent chirping...but dogs are barking...(i think that works) so everything is good! except for the fact that last night i think i had a dream that bedbugs returned...*shivels* i hate bedbugs. and mosquitos but the mosquito bites arent gonna stop me from being happy :)
My new area is great, it is still city but there are definitely a lot more trees and i think a little more kids running around, especially in one area where we always get stopped by kids and then basically I just love to mess around with them and then they just love it. sometimes its really fun feeling like a celebrity...until creepy people get involved...but anyway that is just the life here haha nothing unusual.
I definitely am happier in my new area but i have to learn it quick because i think my companion is gonna go somewhere else so...who knows what will happen?! the ward is awesome. we have one member the Syyyebumpan family that have recently been baptized and love the missionary work. we are actually teaching a kid named Axxxd who was almost like abandoned by his parents and the Syyyebumpan family decided to take him under their wing. honestly so sweet. so we have been teaching him and finally now that my tagalog skills are i guess enough (credit to the Lord and not myself) it is a lot easier to teach little kids and have fun with them and relate with them in lessons. they definitely listen more if you know how to get them to listen. actually sometimes i act so goofy! with those kids hahaha it is funny, Sister Syyyebumpan loves it and actually told my companion that I am so charismatic and really that made me happy because i everytime i walk through this giant area called towerville, i really try to build trust and be super friendly and loving to the people in hopes to be more accepted into people's homes. Really i just want people to see as their servants and servants of the Lord. so i am working on being more Christ-like, i got a long way to go but i am trying :).
Random thought we have an amazing ward mission leader who was a great missionary and who is really trying to help us and give us tips to help us, so i think i can learn a lot from him. he really is a good Christ-like guy.
We found this husband and wife Kyyyora and Fxxxxranklyn. Fxxxranklyn is paralyzed on the full left side of his body due to a stroke and has strong faith in Christ. We taught them the Restoration and Elder Olpin and i really felt the Spirit fill the lesson. the lesson really had them involved and even though they still dont know the truth yet, we have hope because of their willingness to listen that if they follow our invitations that we give that they will come to know the true church of Jesus Christ and find peace and happiness in the Gospel of Jesus Christ. so we are going to definitely go back and teach them more about God's plan for them. It really does make you happy when you find people willing to listen and have strong faith in Christ and enjoy your company.
the other day we saw a really poor woman carrying her crying child in a cart filled with bottles and it really broke my heart watching her and seeing her have no help...we were going to keep moving on until i saw that bottles fell out of her cart and so i turned back and ran over to her and i got there and i helped her pick things up and tried talking to her and i kept offering her help but it was so sad because she didnt want help at all...it was heart breaking. people saw what had happened and were very impressed and grateful that we are here to help and how we helped the woman so even though the woman didnt want to help and we couldnt help her, i see how Heavenly Father opened someone else's heart to listen to want to listen to us ( a guy named Axxxndres) because of how he saw our love for that woman we tried to help.
I really have been learning a lot and having good experiences:) i really am trying to be more Christ-like and although i am far from it, i am striving. I love you all so much! Please go out and serve someone, love someone and give to someone.
you are all great and amazing people with a potential beyond what you can see. you are all beautiful and i love you and i know that this is the true Church of Jesus Christ, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. And i say these things in the name of our Redeemer and Savior Jesus Christ, amen.
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