Magandan Umaga po Pamilya at Mga Kaibigan! Kumusta na kayo?!
This was such a great week! We had a MIRACLE!!! Here in our mission, investigators under the age of 21 without an active member adult in the church cannot be baptized.. And if they are one of these we call them a special case. Joy, the 18 year old with the baby had been a special case since January and she has now been to church over 9 times straight! Shes never missed, always her and her baby, Princess Yumi. This week we had our Zone Leaders ask permission officially from President and he said YES!!!!! She can be baptized!!!!! We are so happy that Joy can be baptized! She really is elect and the best part is that she told us that she and her boyfriend separated a while ago an if they werent seperated she cannot be baptized. We extended a baptismal day for April 5, and she is praying about it and we will confirm it on Tuesday when we teach her again. I cant even tell you! IM SO HAPPY!!! Shes so ready! My companion and I totally did a happy dance when we got permission!
Besides that, yesterday was Stake Conference and we went together with Joy since it was in a different chapel and she said she enjoyed it. I was really happy to see that more than half the people there were from Carmen Ward! I love Carmen Ward!
The best part.. President Mortensen ( the 2nd Councellor in the Mission Presidency was there and spoke and actually had me come up and bear a brief testimony in Tagalog about how even though we have trials we can see the sunshine, or blessings from them. That was a bit nerve racking but a lot of members told me that what I said was something that they needed to hear, so it turned out to be a blessing, even though I did say when I started my testimony, Magandang Hapon po ( Good Afternoon) instead of umaga.. ( Good morning) it was 9 am!! The people even corrected me from the congregation and said Magandang Umaga po... Oh man! How embarassing! Even though Im 10 months now in the Philippines haha oh well! But It was nice, a couple recent converts and the Bishop and his wife told me thanks for what I said and it helped them so sweet and sour right?
But more about the work, we have another IBD, Herbert, who I have been teaching since I first got here, hes the investigator whos wife is a recent convert and we taught yesterday with the high priest group leader and his wife and it was a beautiful lesson! We saw our investigator change and he was way open about his concerns with the Word of Wisdom and said we could come back Tuesday. He didnt go to church but we hope he will progress now and the couple offered to teach every Sunday with us and the Bishop here wants to teach with us too.
We also had our mission President, Monahan come and stay in our District meeting on Tuesday! IT was a nice surprise! But other than that we are still trying to find new investigators and are spending tie teaching members so we can get referrals and help the area here in Carmen grow! We will see! This was such a great week! We had a MIRACLE!!! Here in our mission, investigators under the age of 21 without an active member adult in the church cannot be baptized.. And if they are one of these we call them a special case. Joy, the 18 year old with the baby had been a special case since January and she has now been to church over 9 times straight! Shes never missed, always her and her baby, Princess Yumi. This week we had our Zone Leaders ask permission officially from President and he said YES!!!!! She can be baptized!!!!! We are so happy that Joy can be baptized! She really is elect and the best part is that she told us that she and her boyfriend separated a while ago an if they werent seperated she cannot be baptized. We extended a baptismal day for April 5, and she is praying about it and we will confirm it on Tuesday when we teach her again. I cant even tell you! IM SO HAPPY!!! Shes so ready! My companion and I totally did a happy dance when we got permission!
Besides that, yesterday was Stake Conference and we went together with Joy since it was in a different chapel and she said she enjoyed it. I was really happy to see that more than half the people there were from Carmen Ward! I love Carmen Ward!
The best part.. President Mortensen ( the 2nd Councellor in the Mission Presidency was there and spoke and actually had me come up and bear a brief testimony in Tagalog about how even though we have trials we can see the sunshine, or blessings from them. That was a bit nerve racking but a lot of members told me that what I said was something that they needed to hear, so it turned out to be a blessing, even though I did say when I started my testimony, Magandang Hapon po ( Good Afternoon) instead of umaga.. ( Good morning) it was 9 am!! The people even corrected me from the congregation and said Magandang Umaga po... Oh man! How embarassing! Even though Im 10 months now in the Philippines haha oh well! But It was nice, a couple recent converts and the Bishop and his wife told me thanks for what I said and it helped them so sweet and sour right?
But more about the work, we have another IBD, Herbert, who I have been teaching since I first got here, hes the investigator whos wife is a recent convert and we taught yesterday with the high priest group leader and his wife and it was a beautiful lesson! We saw our investigator change and he was way open about his concerns with the Word of Wisdom and said we could come back Tuesday. He didnt go to church but we hope he will progress now and the couple offered to teach every Sunday with us and the Bishop here wants to teach with us too.
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