Francis Family,
Dear Francis family -
this week has been super great having a new companion, Elder Luna. He
is super friendly, kind, obedient, and loves to talk to people and share
the gospel, which I love. He really makes the lessons spiritual and
makes people cry. He is from Tacloban city and a survivor of the Lando
typhoon, so he has a lot of stories to tell and his testimony is super
strong. He is the only member in his family and his life was
really hard after the water destroyed his home. But I love being
companions with him and we are finding like crazy and just talking to
everyone we see on the streets.
This week we also had a baptism. I was
the baptizer and her name was Jonel P. She is 19 years old and a
CSU student and she was super excited for her baptism. She gave such a
beautiful testimony after her baptism about the missionaries that have
shared with her, the problems that she has had in her life, and she
talked about what she knows to be true. It was a really spiritual
moment for her, first time ever giving her testimony in front of the
members. Yesterday she was confirmed a member of the Church Of
Jesus Christ Of Latter- Day Saints, and received the gift of the Holy Ghost. So that was a good spiritual experience for me and her.
Also this
week in gospel principles class I read a scripture from Old Testament
in Joshua 24:15- :And if it seen evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose
you this day whom we will serve; whether the gods which your fathers
served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the
Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will
serve the lord." So that was the scripture I read and I really took it to
my self this week and thought of a quote that an apostle said to us
missionaries "if we are doing the Lord's work our way or his way." So I took this scripture to my life and really thought this is the Lord's work
and we are building up his kingdom, we are building up Zion and we are
not alone in this work. He is our leader and captain and we will never
lose this war.
Then taking this scripture into our families and our
lives it is time to serve the Lord, choose to follow his example. keep
his commandments, have faith in him until the end. That is the blessing
from serving the Lord, like I have seen in my missionary life, baptisms
start to come, more people want to listen to our message. When we choose
to do the Lord's work his way and not ours. Because it says in Moses
7:18- "And the lord called his people Zion, because they were of one
heart and one mind, and dwelt in righteousness; and there was no poor
among them." I love this scripture because it talks about us as
missionaries and members of the church to be as one heart and one mind
in the work of the Lord, to come together to do his work and miracles
will start to happen.
I love being here in Magapit we have
fellowshippers everyday, that work with us and that share their
testimony about the truth and what they know to be true. It really
touches the hearts of our investigators and this last week in some of
our lessons I cried, because I felt the spirit teaching them, not me,
the spirit is the teacher and the testifier. I have seen the
investigators ponder about what we say and I see tears in their eyes and
joy, because they are God's lost tupa (sheep or children) and we are here
to guide them and comfort them when they are in need of comfort, . We need to stand tall and share this gospel light to the world, to
families, friends, in our actions that we do every day. We need to be a
good example to others and always look for the opportunity to serve
others and the lord. That was my great week that I had and I am just
enjoying my life here in the mission field and it's going by so fast. I love you all so much and miss you all too.
Ingat kayo palagi Francis Family,
Mahal ko kayo
Elder Francis
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