Magandang Hapon po!
Kamusta po sa lahat ng aking mga
minamahal!
What a
surprise, it has been another Pday with too much to do and too little time to
do it. We have been busy cleaning the apartment to get it ready for inspection
this week. Who knew we could make a box of stuff to give away to people and a
large garbage bag full of garbage laying around our apartment? I guess that's
why they have regualar inspections! Haha
It is
strange to think that Halloween is just around the corner. I almost forgot
about Halloween until I saw all the decorations Sis. Carlos laid out in the
mission home. Halloween definitely isn't a big thing here, and very few people
have some decorations. I think it is because most people are already focusing
on Christmas. Most every store and restaurant I go in is already playing
Christmas music (and has been for a while), and I even saw a
fake Christmas tree in someone's house. I can get used to this
"winter" weather though not being wet and sticky 24/7 and actually
having to turn my electric fan down from 3 to 1 and use my sheet.
Not only
did we have Zone conference last week and have the privilege of being taught by
President Carlos for several hours, I got to watch all 10 hours of General
conference! That is a lot of conferencing, and stake conference is in 2 weeks.
As expected, I think my favorite talk was by Elder Holland about "Do you
love me?" It is a very simple question and caused me to think a lot more
about what I do in order to show back my love for our Savior. It is a very
simple concept-like it says in John 14:15 "If ye love me, keep my commandments".
There are a lot of people that need the message of the Gospel, and now is the
time to share it! I had to laugh at Elder Reyes because he was taking extra
notes on all the stuff about family, spouses, life after mission, etc. because
he goes home in 2 months. Glad I don't have to worry about all that garbage...
Haha.
It is exciting to see that every week,
our schedule is slowly getting busier and busier as we find new people to
teach. Perhaps the most exciting for us is that we have started teaching 2 new
families that include mother, father, and all of the children. I don't think
that has ever happened to me yet on my mission yet. It adds a different spirit
when teaching a complete family, and I find myself wanting to teach them about
the temple right off the bat because I want them to go there. As Elder Oaks
mentioned, it never ceases to amaze me how precious and smart some children
are. I have found that children as young as 8 are the most
"religious" people in the whole family. We just gave a baptism date
to a 9 and 10 year old girl (siblings) whose parents have just been coming into
re activity over the last few months. They always read our reading assignments
for them in the pamphlets and Book of Mormon, and it is the cutest thing to
hear them pray. When we gave them the date, the biggest smile came on their
faces and they started jumping up and down. It was definitely fun to see a
baptism invitation so well received. Before I know it, that will be Jenna and
Gracie! Haha super weird to think that the niece I haven't met yet is
already walking.
Maraming
salamat po for everyone that wrote me and for the support you are giving me!
Mahal
Kita,
Elder Nay
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