We found a lot of less active members and got to share with them. We went to one member earlier last week. It was the first time I've met her so when she came to the door she told us to come in. She introduced us to her husband who isn't a member, but he's from Austin, Texas. He's a pretty big dude so when I saw him I was really confused, and he was kinda tan so for a second I thought he was Filipino. I spoke to him in Tagalog and he looked so confused. Then I realized he was from the States haha.
His real name was really hard to pronounce so I forgot it but his nickname was RJ. Elder Dumanjug and I got to know him really well. He and I talked about stuff from America. Elder Dumanjug loved it because he really wants to go to America some day. He loved us talking about our country to him. Rj is a really cool guy and kept talking to me about politics.
I tried to ask him what he liked to do. He said he was into computer games and video games so I tried to see if I knew all about the games he kept bringing up. He was just going off about all the different types of games. He said growing up he wasn't a religious guy, but he was willing to listen to the scripture we had to share. We ended up giving him a Book of Mormon and he said he would read it on his flight back to America the next day. Hopefully he reads it.
Back when Elder Nimenzo was here we found two sisters (Ferlin)that haven't been to church since they were little girls. Now they have kids and they're a lot older. We've been visiting them and all their cousins, nephews, and nieces. They've started to come back to church every week. They're so nice and every Sunday many of the kids come to church and they love it there.
Elder Dumanjug and I have found a lot of new people to teach. We taught a ton of lessons this week and where busy. This upcoming week we are packed with appointments! Yesterday alone Elder Dumanjug and I set up 15 appointments for this week. The work is good and our teaching pool is getting a lot better!
I've been focusing on how we need to have patience in our lives. If we have trust in Him and submit to His will we can become happy.
I realized I have no patience at all so I've been studying it a lot every day. I found a scripture in Doctrine & Covenants 101:38 and it says "And seek the face of the Lord always, that in patience ye posses your souls, and ye shall have eternal life."
From this scripture I've come to realize how much patience our Father in Heaven has for us. He's not saying "dang why do they keep on making that same mistake"? He has patience for all of us, because He loves us all so much.
As children of God we're not perfect. So that means we have to be patient in our lives, especially with others. As we have patience with others we all can become closer not just to each other but to Heavenly Father.
I'm grateful for the patience of Heavenly Father for me and I'm grateful to be here in the Philippines and the opportunity to teach about THE GOSPEL OF JESUS CHRIST to all these people!
Have a good week everyone and if anyone needs anything let me know!
-Elder Espiritu
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| Service project |
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| some of the kids that come to church with us |
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| we helped this nay and tay pound some bean things (idk what they called) |
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| our area |
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| Elder Espiritu's next mission president this coming July was his uncle Fred's first district leader in Belgium in 1987! Here they are pictured at a 2008 mission reunion. |
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| The Taal volcano within the Manila Mission boundary erupted last week. Elder Espiritu is in an area south of it and was fortunately not affected. Our prayers go out to those who have been. |
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| We are grateful for Sister Fermanis, the mission president's wife. She is always so good at keeping our families updated! |
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