Dear Mom and Dad;
-My companion had been in the
area for 6 weeks before I came here.
-Can you give me Elder Tenny's email?
Happy Memorial Day! I thought it was next week but it is Memorial Day today! I feel so out of the loop. We had a pretty good week out here in Timbuktu...we are so far away! We did have a good and busy week. Unfortunately there was no wedding this week, and it probably won't be for another few weeks. I actually only met them like two days ago. They were off visiting family in another province and didn't have any money to get back here for a while.
We went back to meet with the 15 year old pregnant young women this week a few times. We gave her a Book of Mormon last Tuesday, and yesterday she had read from the Title Page through 1 Nephi 15! How awesome is that! She has a baptismal goal date and is so awesome! But in order for her to get baptized she's going to have to live apart from her boyfriend for 2 and a half years until they can get married. (note: you can’t get married in the Philippines until you are 18 yrs. old and you can’t get baptized into the LDS faith if you are not living the Law of Chastity). As missionaries there are some lessons that are more difficult to teach than others like the Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, Tithing, and others. We'll probably teach the Law of Chastity this week. We're praying that the experiences she's having reading the Book of Mormon will be enough to give her the faith to live apart from her boyfriend. Even though these things are hard to teach sometimes, we as missionaries have the responsibility to give people a chance to repent and to know the Gospel, however hard it may be. We know the Lord always provides a way to be obedient!
Sorry this is short, I'm short on time this week!
Just an interesting cultural note, I've heard enough of "Teach me how to Dougie", Journey, and Super Bass by Nicky Minaj to last me till the end of my life! Apparently Bruno Mars is half Filipino...I hear his music every day as we go from appointment to appointment. I'm starting to like his music!
Last week in church the Branch President stood up to be the concluding speaker. He spoke all about Mitt Romney! He said how much he wants Mitt to win, and how God is using him as and instrument. He was pretty much saying Mitt Romney is God's candidate for President! We were DYING...but I couldn't help but smile! (note: The LDS church has a policy that politics should not be discussed from the pulpit and the LDS church does not endorse political candidates at any level.)
Love,
Elder Yost
-Can you give me Elder Tenny's email?
Happy Memorial Day! I thought it was next week but it is Memorial Day today! I feel so out of the loop. We had a pretty good week out here in Timbuktu...we are so far away! We did have a good and busy week. Unfortunately there was no wedding this week, and it probably won't be for another few weeks. I actually only met them like two days ago. They were off visiting family in another province and didn't have any money to get back here for a while.
We went back to meet with the 15 year old pregnant young women this week a few times. We gave her a Book of Mormon last Tuesday, and yesterday she had read from the Title Page through 1 Nephi 15! How awesome is that! She has a baptismal goal date and is so awesome! But in order for her to get baptized she's going to have to live apart from her boyfriend for 2 and a half years until they can get married. (note: you can’t get married in the Philippines until you are 18 yrs. old and you can’t get baptized into the LDS faith if you are not living the Law of Chastity). As missionaries there are some lessons that are more difficult to teach than others like the Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, Tithing, and others. We'll probably teach the Law of Chastity this week. We're praying that the experiences she's having reading the Book of Mormon will be enough to give her the faith to live apart from her boyfriend. Even though these things are hard to teach sometimes, we as missionaries have the responsibility to give people a chance to repent and to know the Gospel, however hard it may be. We know the Lord always provides a way to be obedient!
Sorry this is short, I'm short on time this week!
Just an interesting cultural note, I've heard enough of "Teach me how to Dougie", Journey, and Super Bass by Nicky Minaj to last me till the end of my life! Apparently Bruno Mars is half Filipino...I hear his music every day as we go from appointment to appointment. I'm starting to like his music!
Last week in church the Branch President stood up to be the concluding speaker. He spoke all about Mitt Romney! He said how much he wants Mitt to win, and how God is using him as and instrument. He was pretty much saying Mitt Romney is God's candidate for President! We were DYING...but I couldn't help but smile! (note: The LDS church has a policy that politics should not be discussed from the pulpit and the LDS church does not endorse political candidates at any level.)
Love,
Elder Yost
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