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So... No stories last week, but this week I have quite a few.
So we are teaching a guy named Loel. He is such a stud. When we
knocked on his door he was really interested in what we had to say, and
he invited us in, fed us, and all that jazz. So we went back to him
this week and we asked why he was so accepting. He told us that he had
been praying to find the truth the night before we showed up at his
door, and he believed we could be the answer to his prayers. To be
honest with you the series of events that had to take place for us to
find him was crazy. We were wandering the streets asking random people
if they knew where this random referral lived.... But we both just felt
like we needed to knock on Loels door and ask. Now we are teaching
someone who is ready for our message. The lord places us in certain
situations so that we can help his children, and its a humbling
experience to know that you are a tool in that work. I'm just some snot
nose kid wandering the streets of the Philippines, but some how I end up
at the door steps of people who are ready to hear. Its amazing!
Next. So the standard of excellence for a mission
in baptisms is to have one baptism for every person in the mission.
Annnnnnd that is quite a large goal, seeing that we are maxed out at
250 missionaries in this mission. But with Pres. Martino only having a
few months left he wants to see standard of excellence reached this
month. This is no small feat though, seeing that we usually baptize
around 130 throughout the whole mission every month. So everyone is
pushing to have at least one baptism this month. But at the beginning
of last week me and elder Lungay had exactly.... 0 baptisms for this
month....
So we are teaching this girl named Charleen. She
came over while we were teaching a recent convert family and after the
lessons she told us she wanted to be baptized. That night she prayed
about joseph smith and read his story and told us she feels light inside
when she thinks about him, and that she knows its true. The only
problem is that she lives alone with her brother and her mom lived in
Dubai as a house keeper. So we asked her to ask if her mom would let her
be baptized. But her mom being a very faithful catholic said that she
would be able to be baptized when she gets back from Dubai..... in 2016.
So in tears she told us that she couldn't be baptized. So we told her
to send an email to her mom and bear her testimony and we fasted for
her. Wednesday
night we showed up and with a huge smile on her face she told us that
she got the okay from her mom, and she will be baptized next week.
We also found a family last week and they came to
church this week and will hopefully be baptized the last day of this
month. We are seeing miracles everyday.
My first Sunday here we had 26 in attendance and our group was on the verge of being dissolved, but yesterday
we had 61 in attendance and we found out that in 3 months if we keep it
up we could become a branch. Its been so amazing to work along side
these people as they bring so many miracles upon themselves.
So that is my stories for this week! I hope that
you are all staying safe. Eat BBQ for me..... I'll most likely be eating
dog :)
I love you all,
Elder Gordon
I have a sick picture of a windmill in a onion field
for you all... But this shop wont let me use USB's :( Next week. Be
excited.
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