We committed our investigator to baptisms and now she's our teacher. Before we went in I forgot how to say the commitment which is "Will you follow the example of Jesus Christ through baptism by one person holding the Priesthood authority of God?" But when it was time for me to say it, I remembered through the spirit: "Susundan po ba ninyo any halimbawa si Jesucristo sa pamagitan ng pagpapabinyag sa isang tang na maytaglay g awtoridad ng Priesthood ng Diyos?" By the time I said Jesucristo she quickly said "yes". It was the greatest feeling even though it was just for practice, it felt so meaningful.
The gift of tongues is very real. It's amazing how much my companions and I have learned the language in just a week and a couple of days. Now I say all my prayers in Tagalog with a little bit of English (Taglish). I can bear my testimony in Tagalog too.
Our branch president, Pres. Howard is a funny guy and always has great stories to tell, even when he repeated them it's still super funny. One day he visited us and he said to my companions and me that we are some of the sharpest missionaries he's ever seen. But I guess it's easy to point us out cause we're in a small district.
I've been reflecting on a quote that I first read at orientation here that said, "THERE'S NO GROWTH IN A COMFORT ZONE AND THERE'S NO COMFORT IN A GROWTH ZONE, SO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE UNCOMFORTABLE IF YOU WANT TO GET BETTER AT SOMETHING." Which is exactly how missionary work can be.
At the beginning, it wasn't very easy to teach Tagalog, but when I thought about what I was teaching, I realized that we are really teaching people the basic things we've been learning since primary and that we are all God's children, then it becomes a lot easier. I often think that I could've been very good friends with our investigator in the pre-existence and that "we are all just walking each other home" as Rachel says. Eld. Richard G. Scott also said something about how we are easily inspired when we realize this.
One thing I would like to remind our youth that are preparing to go out on a mission is that it's important to get in the habit of personal study of one hour a day and drown yourself in the Lord's work.
Alam ko po na totong po ang simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga banal sa mga huling araw. Alam ko po na totoong po ang akiat ni Mormon. Alam ko po na perpekto po halimbawa ni Jesucristo. Sa pangalan ni Jesucristo amen.
Love,
Elder Brown2
P.s. Congrats to WX again, had no doubt that they would win. Congrats to Pila, tell him I said the language is a lot easier than I thought.
Answers to your questions Mom:
1. Yes, I got my two letters from you.
2. Gaining weight here? I think so cause I've been eating too much.
3. I feel much better now.
4. Yes, we have an iron.
The gift of tongues is very real. It's amazing how much my companions and I have learned the language in just a week and a couple of days. Now I say all my prayers in Tagalog with a little bit of English (Taglish). I can bear my testimony in Tagalog too.
Our branch president, Pres. Howard is a funny guy and always has great stories to tell, even when he repeated them it's still super funny. One day he visited us and he said to my companions and me that we are some of the sharpest missionaries he's ever seen. But I guess it's easy to point us out cause we're in a small district.
I've been reflecting on a quote that I first read at orientation here that said, "THERE'S NO GROWTH IN A COMFORT ZONE AND THERE'S NO COMFORT IN A GROWTH ZONE, SO BE COMFORTABLE WITH THE UNCOMFORTABLE IF YOU WANT TO GET BETTER AT SOMETHING." Which is exactly how missionary work can be.
At the beginning, it wasn't very easy to teach Tagalog, but when I thought about what I was teaching, I realized that we are really teaching people the basic things we've been learning since primary and that we are all God's children, then it becomes a lot easier. I often think that I could've been very good friends with our investigator in the pre-existence and that "we are all just walking each other home" as Rachel says. Eld. Richard G. Scott also said something about how we are easily inspired when we realize this.
One thing I would like to remind our youth that are preparing to go out on a mission is that it's important to get in the habit of personal study of one hour a day and drown yourself in the Lord's work.
Alam ko po na totong po ang simbahan ni Jesucristo ng mga banal sa mga huling araw. Alam ko po na totoong po ang akiat ni Mormon. Alam ko po na perpekto po halimbawa ni Jesucristo. Sa pangalan ni Jesucristo amen.
Love,
Elder Brown2
P.s. Congrats to WX again, had no doubt that they would win. Congrats to Pila, tell him I said the language is a lot easier than I thought.
Answers to your questions Mom:
1. Yes, I got my two letters from you.
2. Gaining weight here? I think so cause I've been eating too much.
3. I feel much better now.
4. Yes, we have an iron.
