Sorry didnt get to you last week! hopefully i got a good email for you guys this week! :)
So guys i got a confession...im a Peanut butter and jelly adict...its been rough. everyday i always have to eat my peanut butter and jelly sandwich otherwise my life is complete...its like i have a hole in my stomach that only delicious creamy peanut butter can fill and satisfy...so instead of solving my problem i bought a 4.4 pound jar of peanut butter hahaha. that will hopefully last me through the next couple weeks...and yes it is all to myself. and just for your information i feel like i scored a good deal on it...yes! killer savings! nothing better than scoring a good shopping deal and i am pretty sure all of the mom's reading this can agree...am i wright?
anyway i am just gonna slide right into stories now, if y'all can handle that:
there was one day last week when i was stuffed with so much food I LITERALLY LOOKED PREGNANT...PREGNANT! After we went to the mission office for our monthly zone interviews we all went to KFC and i chowed down over there and then i went to Mcdonalds with members later that wanted to take us out and they got so much food for us to eat and it was crazy and even if i didnt want to eat they are all like. Kain elder, kain. eat elder eat (translation=eat elder, eat). so i was all like...okay *tear drops down from my eye* and then i kept eating and then literally right after that we go to a teaching appointment and then the sister looks at me and says the words that would turn my whole night around. KAIN TAYO...(we eat)...I just about died. died. I was dead. deader than dead. i struggled to eat but i still kept going because they made us food and they are poor...so i HAD to eat...as soon as we walked out i was dead. my companion saw my stomache and he was so shocked! and i am not even fat i havent gained any weight but i just had so much food hahaaha it was horrible but awesome. the mission is full of miracles and food, it's a party hahaha.
also earlier today we were on a hike and then went and started going off in a place that blocked by a bamboo gate and then had a little trail looking thing at the top so we went through, just going through this jungle like place which let me tell you...that was my dream when i was a kid, to travel through the jungle also to have a best friend alligator but i cant fulfill all my dreams...anyway so we are traveling through this jungle and then we get on property that we werent too sure would be a problem but found out as security came with a gun. thankfully there was no problem at all they were friendly and were probably surprised to see three white boys out of nowhere with two of them speaking tagalog hahaha.
This week though we had some also good more spiritual experiences. Elder Arandia and i have been seeing miracles. before he came i really was having a rough time in the new area but as we have been making goals for finding people and finding people ready to be baptized, we have been seeing the success truly! it has been incredible. We had a good experience with this part member family where the father is a Muslim and even though that would be a situation that people would maybe not want to try, i just really have hope and faith that he will be baptized and i really want to help this family.On saturday he actually listened to us and we found out about his beliefs and we invited him to act. We found out that his beliefs in the Muslim belief are not as strong as they could be. We also had a good experience where we found a less active family with the mom who is wanting to return and there are non members over there in the house.
we also had a long time of not being able to teach this lady Jorna that we taught and really loved our message about eternal families but we were able to go back to her and she still wants to get baptized and wants her kids to be baptized to so we are so excited because when you see families coming together unto christ, there is nothing better. this work truly is a joy and when we make goals to fulfill God's work and help others come unto him, i see the miracles happen. it is my testimony that as we focus on him and his work that miracles do happen and He edifies us in what we do.
Love you all the work is great and the Lord is even greater! turn to him!
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