Impact

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great week! I did for sure. It went by so fast  I can't believe it. We had a baptism this last week! For Johnlloyd Gonzaga. It was a decent baptism. I am still amazed at the diligence and sacrifice that this family makes to come to church everyweek. Like honestly its amazing. Even me being a young 19 year old  kid get completly exhausted after making the trip out to their house. So its amazing that they come to church every single week. 

Then we had a couple come to church with some of their friends and we taught them and gave them an IBD which they quickly accepted. So we are so excited for them as well. Their date is on Nov. 21. Then we also had brother Algen, Sister Lilyas kid at church as well. His baptism is set for Nov. 14. So we are very excited for him as well. Bais is doing great. We have some new investigators that are really really good as well. So we are staying very busy running all over the Bais area trying to keep everything under control, but we are having so many new people coming into the picture as new investigators and people to teach so we are busy. 

Life here is going great. I am loving it. Staying so busy and tired constantly but that is mission life. I wouldn't trade it for anything at this point in my life. 

I have been studying in Mosiah lately in the Book of Mormon and the teachings of Abinadi and the influence he had on Alma. I thought about it alot. Its really cool their story. I just want to point out that out of everyone that Abinadi taught, only Alma was touched and accepted the message. Today in our lives there are so many people that don't want to listen to our message or don't take it seriously, but as we continue on in our faith and continue being a good example, we can influence maybe just one person for hte better. Even if we don't realize we are having an effect of them, we are. So just always continue to be a good exapmle for people because they are always watching. We can have such a big impact on peoples lives without us even realizing it. 

Love you all have a great week! 

 

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Every busy minute

Hello everyone!

I hope you all had a great week! I did for sure. We have been staying super busy trying to manage all of our people we need to visit and focus on and finding the time to do it all. Haha but its good, I love every busy minute of it. We have at this point in time 3 people preparing for baptism, which are the two kids and the husband of Sister Lilya! They are doing great. They are learning and keeping their commitments and progressing well. The youngest is going to be baptized on October 24 and the other one and his dad on November 14. We are excited for them and super proud, because as I have mentioned, they live so far out in the bukid its unbelievable that they even come to church.

Watching conference this last weekend was great. I love general conference now. The hours of the sessions just fly by with the blink of an eye. I remember being younger and thinking that conference was an eternity long but now they are just so fast. I really enjoyed listening to the speakers.

We had interviews with the mission president this last week which went really well. I enjoyed talking with President McCurdy. He is a great man and has taught me a lot of important lessons since I have been out here on my mission.

I am loving life and staying busy. I can't believe how fast time is going by. Its just going right on by. I hope you are all doing great! Have a safe and fun week!

Lily

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great week! 

I had a good week here in Bais. Me and my companion, Elder Cabasan are doing great. He is such a good elder who is diligent and has a good work effort. This week we actually had a baptism! Sister Lilya Gonzaga was able to be baptised on Saturday! It is was a good baptism. Her husband and family were also able to make the hike down for it which was really good. 

We also were able to focus a lot of time to teaching the less actives and recent converts here in Bais. It was awesome because a sister and her two kids came back to church this last week after about 3 months of teaching and trying to get them back, they finally did. It was great! 

I am getting super excited to watch general conference this upcoming weekend....I know you guys already watched it but I am still looking forward to it haha....being on the other side of the world takes time to get things sometimes....

I am doing great and hope you all are doing the same! Have a great week and stay safe!