Be Masipag, not Makulit !

-I got two boxes, the one sent in March 16 I think and the other one may have been April 6. Thanks so so so much! I'm going up to the mission home on Thursday for a Trainer and Trainee meeting so hopefully I'll have more to report next week!
 -As for stuff to send, could you send me a flash drive I could download church talks onto? Also I heard an Alex Boye cd which is so so good...could you burn me a CD or something?
 -I'm going to try to Skype. I'll have the final details next week. It'd be easiest for me to do it at 9:00 AM on P-Day, which should be 9:00 PM on Mother's Day for you. That way I could skype, and then write you an e-mail after. Please write me an e-mail too even though I'll get to see you! That way we can get the maximum out of it. I need to find an internet shop here that has it, but I'll do that before next Monday.
 -Tagalog word: Masipag. You're students need to be masipag, not makulit!

Well, it was a challenging week, but hearing that Mitt is taking care of business just warms my soul! You sent me that picture from Parade Magazine a few months ago of Mitt and his family, and as I was looking at it today, I realized we could use that in teaching lessons! We could show the picture and talk about Families! I asked Elder Jones what he thought, and while we both think it's a great idea (not just for missionary work), we both decided President Peterson might not approve!

This week was such a hectic week, probably my most hectic in the field. We had Zone Interviews with President which included three hours of workshops, I had a baptismal interviews on Wednesday and Saturday, and I went to another area for exchanges with some Elders! Needless to say, work was hard this week. Our Zone Interviews are always so good, It's hard to describe what a boost it is to see your Mission President. You feel tired, discouraged, inadequate, and within a few minutes of talking to him, you feel like you can conquer to world!

Well, we're going to have a baptism this week!!!! Brother C. passed his interview and is ready to go! We've been team teaching him with the Elders in the town where he works, so it's been quite an effort. The other Elders went through the interview questions with him before and asked him to bear his testimony. He said, about the Book of Mormon, "I read this Book and it's like they're talking directly to me!" This Brother is truly converted and is so excited for his baptism on Saturday evening. He's now really putting the pressure on us to teach his 17 year old daughter! His 7 year old son turns 8 on May 15, so hopefully his daughter and son could be baptized on the same day, and complete this happy family of 8. Brother is already talking about taking his family to the temple is one years time to be sealed!  

I'm attaching a link to video that's on LDS.org.,  https://www.lds.org/youth/video/pure-and-simple-faith?lang=eng   This is a true story about a young girl here in the Philippines. Whenever I watch this I can't help but tear up a bit. These are the challenges most members face here. I know that our Father in Heaven is mindful of each and every one of us. Faith precedes miracles. As Christ said, "According to thy faith, be it unto you." If we have faith in him, real faith, not just fleeting faith that leaves when things get hard. If we truly have faith, asking the Father, he will manifest his power unto us. Now is the time to arise and shine forth, and let our light, our faith be a standard unto the nations! “Let the lower lights be burning, send a gleam across the wave, some poor fainting, struggling seaman, you may rescue, you may save.” (These are lyrics from one of Alex’s favorite hymns)

Love, Elder Yost