It's been a busy week! And a great one!
So it's ting ulan (rainy season) right now.. lots of adventures in crazy pouring rain! I love it!! :) It's just crazy hot and humid (like hard to breath humid) before and after the rain.
Let me just start off by telling you all how much I love my last transfer! My companion is the best! The are is great! And I looove the ward/members!! We have some great investigators. We're trying to work out the people that want to get baptized these upcoming weeks (my last couple of saturdays..) lots and prayers and fasting that all works out!!!! :)
Yesterday was "THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY" Boxing: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (pronounced pok-yaw) Pacquiao is everrrryyyyyooonnne's favorite here in the Philippines because he's Filipino and a super good boxer. The sad part about all this is that the fight was shown on the TV Sunday morning... soooo there was like no members at church. haha then Pacquiao lost. So everyone was in a bad mood that day and super drunk. Manny Pacquiao is a huge deal here! Even though he lost the fight.. in some ways he still won because he stole the members and all of our investigators from going to church..
So what else happened this week....
One of the very challenging parts of Missionary work is teaching less actives. We had a powerful lesson with a loooooong time less active this week. There's this SUPER awesome nanay in the ward that does her own visiting teaching (because she's the only one) and she told us about a sister that she hasn't figured out how she can help them and wanted us to try and visit them. With hope that we might be able to find new investigators there we went and found the family and taught them. Sister is going to church at another church now and just like everyone else here thinks "Dios man gihapon." It basically means no matter where you go to church, Jesus Christ is the same. This is an idea that comes from a lack of understanding about The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With less active we usually teach very boldly and testify that we are baptized members of the one and only TRUE church of Jesus Christ. I know that this is so true! Baptism is a saving ordinance so that we can return to live with our Father in Heaven again and it has to be the correct way. The only correct way is by a person holding the authority of Jesus Christ which is the priesthood authority that was given to the Prophet Joseph Smith. After discussing about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the sister was quiet and so we closed the lesson and asked her to say the closing prayer and in her prayer she prayed that Heavenly Father would help her return to Christ's true church. The reason why she became less active is all "social" concerns (very common).
I'm grateful for the testimony that I have of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know this is Christ true church! I'm grateful to be here in the Philippines doing the Lord's work... with HIS help.. teaching these wonderful people. I love them so much. (Maybe I won't come home...) Just kidding :)
I found a great quote this week! (sorry... I LOVE quotes! maybe next week I'll take a picture of my quote wall)
"Is there not wisdom in a Heavenly Father giving us trials that we might rise above them, responsibilities that we might achieve, work to harden our muscles, sorrows to try our souls? Are we not exposed to temptations to test our strength, sickness that we might learn patience, death that we might be immortalized and glorified? If all the sick for whom we pray were healed, if all the righteous were protected and the wicked destroyed, the whole program of the Father would be annulled and the basic principle of the gospel, free agency, would be ended. No man would have to live by faith." - President Spencer W. Kimball
I know that all things happen for a reason. We just need to work in our life to overcome our trials by exercising our agency wisely! Let us walk by faith and lean on the Savior no matter what we're going through in our lives! Here... for moms and dads that have to tell their hungry children over and over again that there's no money and no food.. and that have to watch their children with sicknesses just get sicker because they have no money to pay for a doctor visit or medicine... OR if it's at home... moms and dads trying to help a wayward child.. death in the family.. sickness and balancing life. Whatever it is.. it's part of His plan for you, me and us.. so that we can grow in our faith and turn to Him for help and comfort.
I love my Savior and I know that He's there for all of us whenever we need Him. Kaya nya tanan.
Love, Sister Judd!!
Let me just start off by telling you all how much I love my last transfer! My companion is the best! The are is great! And I looove the ward/members!! We have some great investigators. We're trying to work out the people that want to get baptized these upcoming weeks (my last couple of saturdays..) lots and prayers and fasting that all works out!!!! :)
Yesterday was "THE FIGHT OF THE CENTURY" Boxing: Mayweather vs. Pacquiao (pronounced pok-yaw) Pacquiao is everrrryyyyyooonnne's favorite here in the Philippines because he's Filipino and a super good boxer. The sad part about all this is that the fight was shown on the TV Sunday morning... soooo there was like no members at church. haha then Pacquiao lost. So everyone was in a bad mood that day and super drunk. Manny Pacquiao is a huge deal here! Even though he lost the fight.. in some ways he still won because he stole the members and all of our investigators from going to church..
So what else happened this week....
One of the very challenging parts of Missionary work is teaching less actives. We had a powerful lesson with a loooooong time less active this week. There's this SUPER awesome nanay in the ward that does her own visiting teaching (because she's the only one) and she told us about a sister that she hasn't figured out how she can help them and wanted us to try and visit them. With hope that we might be able to find new investigators there we went and found the family and taught them. Sister is going to church at another church now and just like everyone else here thinks "Dios man gihapon." It basically means no matter where you go to church, Jesus Christ is the same. This is an idea that comes from a lack of understanding about The Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. With less active we usually teach very boldly and testify that we are baptized members of the one and only TRUE church of Jesus Christ. I know that this is so true! Baptism is a saving ordinance so that we can return to live with our Father in Heaven again and it has to be the correct way. The only correct way is by a person holding the authority of Jesus Christ which is the priesthood authority that was given to the Prophet Joseph Smith. After discussing about the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ the sister was quiet and so we closed the lesson and asked her to say the closing prayer and in her prayer she prayed that Heavenly Father would help her return to Christ's true church. The reason why she became less active is all "social" concerns (very common).
I'm grateful for the testimony that I have of the Restoration of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. I know this is Christ true church! I'm grateful to be here in the Philippines doing the Lord's work... with HIS help.. teaching these wonderful people. I love them so much. (Maybe I won't come home...) Just kidding :)
I found a great quote this week! (sorry... I LOVE quotes! maybe next week I'll take a picture of my quote wall)
"Is there not wisdom in a Heavenly Father giving us trials that we might rise above them, responsibilities that we might achieve, work to harden our muscles, sorrows to try our souls? Are we not exposed to temptations to test our strength, sickness that we might learn patience, death that we might be immortalized and glorified? If all the sick for whom we pray were healed, if all the righteous were protected and the wicked destroyed, the whole program of the Father would be annulled and the basic principle of the gospel, free agency, would be ended. No man would have to live by faith." - President Spencer W. Kimball
I know that all things happen for a reason. We just need to work in our life to overcome our trials by exercising our agency wisely! Let us walk by faith and lean on the Savior no matter what we're going through in our lives! Here... for moms and dads that have to tell their hungry children over and over again that there's no money and no food.. and that have to watch their children with sicknesses just get sicker because they have no money to pay for a doctor visit or medicine... OR if it's at home... moms and dads trying to help a wayward child.. death in the family.. sickness and balancing life. Whatever it is.. it's part of His plan for you, me and us.. so that we can grow in our faith and turn to Him for help and comfort.
I love my Savior and I know that He's there for all of us whenever we need Him. Kaya nya tanan.
Love, Sister Judd!!
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