Hi!
-No packages this week. I got some letters from Uncle Christopher and a
Dear Elder from Jared Houghton!!! Thanks! Has the baby come yet??
- I bought that watch about three months ago for 200 pesos. I love it!
- No drivers license, and I haven't opened up the new shoes yet because my other ones are still great. This could last me a long long time.
-Elder Tamale is in San Pablo right now and is doing great!! Not sure what you could send him, but one thing I know he loves is nice quality corn beef!
Well it's been a crazy busy week and a ton has happened! Earlier this morning we finally moved the Elders into their new apartment!!! I'm glad that now my part is done and if they have anymore problems the ball is in their court! The new Elders should get here sometime towards the end of September so for the time being we have no one on the other side of the apartment.
Earlier this week on Tuesday we'd scheduled a meeting with the Stake President to coordinate. We went up to his chapel which is about 2 hours away, and waited there for an hour and he didn't show! We tried to get in touch with him but there was no response. He texted us two days later, and told us we could meet with him on Sunday! We did finally get to meet with him and had a pretty good meeting. We also got to go to the Zone Leaders' Council at the Mission Home on Thursday and Friday. It's so weird to be in air conditioning now. I was FREEZING cold all night, and I know it wasn't really that cold! We had a really good council and I think really came up with a good direction for the mission.
My companion and I are doing well. It's always hard meshing styles together and really clicking in teaching, but we're getting there. He's very bold with people, and I'm a bit more sensitive when it comes to teaching, but that goes together well so we can balance each other out. He's also teaching me Ilongo and Cebuano!! I'm going to come home fluent in 4 languages! I wish...
Also we had a wedding this weekend for our recent convert! Here's the funny thing, I think they expected us to plan their wedding! They had said that they would just do a small office wedding, and then they showed up on Sunday and asked where the decorations were! So the Relief Society quickly threw some decorations and it looked pretty nice. They asked us to sing Love At Home as well as an opening number. On top of this, I also spoke at a funeral this past Friday night. Wow, I'm surprised I still have energy!
As for our actual work, it was a pretty good week. We had 8 investigators come to church, and four of them were from one family!! This is the married couple and their kids that we met about a month ago. The White Rabbit Investigator came as well!
I had a good experience with talking to everyone on the way back from ZLC. More so before the mission, but even a bit now, I'm shy by nature. It's been a bit of a challenge for me talking to everyone and starting conversations with random people. I was sitting next to a woman on the bus, and I got a feeling that I should talk to her. She was busy texting, and I wasn't sure how I'd start the conversation. I said a prayer and felt like I should start reading my scriptures. As I read, I could tell she was curious and was looking over at my scriptures. She then asked me some questions and we were able to talk about her family, and I found out she was a former investigator. She still sounded interested, and she told me that she'd love to have the missionaries come into her home again! She lives in Malinao and we gave her information to the Elders. It was a good learning experience for me to see that there really are so many people prepared to hear the Gospel, and all we need to do is have faith and open our mouths.
I know that this is the Lord's work. If we will just open our mouths, and rely on the Spirit, they will always be filled, and we'll be given what the Lord would have us say. Trust in the promise!
Love,
Elder Yost
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