Magandang
hapon!
It has been a great
P-day so far because President invited us to the mission home so that Elder
Sulla could make some lunch (which was yummy) and hang out and play basket ball
with a few other missionaries (one of which happened to be Elder Allen). I was
also able to use the internet there for a few minutes for free, which is why I
was online a little earlier than usual. I was also given a yummy piece of
carrot cake and ice cream as an early birthday snack. I also got my birthday
package you sent with the eggnog, jerky, cashews, and other goodies. I should
just have more birthdays! Haha. Tomorrow for my birthday I get to have my final
interview with President Carlos before he goes home in July. That will be
really weird. Other than that, it will just be a regular day of district
meetings and work! Although the Lapitan family did offer a birthday dinner
under one condition-I brought the ice cream. Haha.
Why can't we just
listen to conference every week? There were several really awesome ones-but of
course there weren't any bad ones. :) I thought it was interesting how much
obedience and following the example of Jesus Christ was emphasized. Because
this is His church, we do what He did. That is why missionary work is so
important. Missionary work has always been a unique feature of the church, and it
always will be. That is why we need to minister to all and reach out to the
poor, hungry, widowed, needy. That is why we have Sacrament meeting. That is
why we baptize the way He was baptized. In short, EVERYTHING we do in the
church is after His example. The more I study the life of Jesus Christ and how
he established His church when he was on the earth, the more I
realize how true this church is. What we need to do in this life is simple-if
we want blessings, be obedient to His commandments (D&C130:20-21). It made
me sad on Saturday to see how very few people showed up to watch conference so
they could also hear these great words. When Elder Sulla and I got there at 8am
when Priesthood was supposed to start, there was one other person there. And we
couldn't start it on time because we had to wait for the District President to
come with the projector. By the time it started, and throughout the remaining
sessions, I counted a grand total of 5 other people that were not full time
missionaries. On Sunday morning, there were a decent amount of people, but
during the lunch break everybody went home, leaving about 11 people that were
not full time missionaries for the afternoon session. Their loss!
Last week was an
exciting week in Gamu branch because 2 families were able to go to the temple
and be sealed for time and all eternity! Talking to them about their trip was
fun-not surprisingly, they all loved it and said there is no better feeling in
the world.
With the surge in
Sister missionaries coming, President is frantically trying to find
apartments/areas good enough to put them in. For some reason the standards for
apartments must be a little higher when it comes to
sister missionaries.... Something about them wanting to be in an area that
they don't need to walk long distances at night and them actually wanting to
use a toilet seat and rooms that actually have paint in them. But for Elders,
that is okay. Hmph. Interesting. Haha. He told us to start looking for a
sisters apartment to split up our area-and if possible, by transfer day in 3
weeks. That should be fun.
As for your talk
next week on Book of Mormon, good luck! There is no other tool more useful for
conversion than getting people to do diligent reading in the Book of
Mormon. I've seen it numerous times that investigators don't really seem to progress
much, but as soon as they commit themselves to reading it, their progression
surges.
Salamat po sa mga
birthday wishes and ingat palagi!
Mahal ko kayo,
Elder Nay
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