Magandang araw sa inyong lahat!
This week many things happened, but it went by so fast that it only felt like three days. Elder Magadia and I worked so hard this week and, to be honest, we are both exhausted. It doesn't help that my companion also has a sick stomach. However, despite all of the difficulties, we had a successful week.
First off, we went to an area where missionaries haven't been for quite a while. We did some contacting there and were able to find the Belen family and also found another promising investigator named Ryan. We are going to return to them this week and hopefully we will see some progress. Also, Delmary, who we have been working with for quite some time, accepted a baptismal date for the 10th of June, and she is on track to reach that goal. Finally, we had a surprise investigator, Abby, come to church this week who actually came from another area, but is now staying here in Ballesteros. We haven't been able to visit her yet, but we have an appointment with her tomorrow :)
Also, Saturday morning during our weekly planning, Elder Magadia and I received a text from our Branch President, which went something like this,
"ELDER PUWEDE BA KAYONG SPEAKER BUKAS KAYO NG COMPANION MO? SLAMAT"
(Translation: ELDER, COULD YOU AND YOUR COMPANION BE THE SPEAKERS TOMORROW? THANKS)
"Pwede po. Ano po ang topic namin?"
(Translation: We could, what is our topic?)
"KAYO NG PIPILI ELDER. SLAMAT ULI"
(Translation: YOU CHOOSE ELDER. THANKS AGAIN)
"Salamat po Pres :)"
(Translation: Thank you Pres :))
Yes, the branch president did use all caps haha. So Elder Magadia and I turned out to be the speakers yesterday. I was first. When I got up to speak I asked the President how long I should speak for and he said, "You're in charge, just use inspiration" which was quite specific. I chose to focus my talk on the Atonement of Jesus Christ and the blessings of joy and peace we receive as members of the Church. Then, I connected those blessings we feel and sharing them through our efforts in ministering to others. All of us have experienced the wonderful blessings that come from the Atonement, and it is our duty to share those blessings with others as we represent the Savior and minister to our beloved brothers and sisters.
Overall... it was only about 12 minutes :)
My companion gave a wonderful talk on Obedience as well. We as members of the Church must become examples to others of obedience to the laws and ordinances of the gospel by obeying all of the commandments which God has given us.
Another 12 minute talk :)
Companionship Unity
Anyway, that's all for this week.
Sa susunod na naman
Mahal ko kayong lahat!
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