So this week has been a week of
craziness. It started on Monday. We had sunlight for the whole day. then it was
sunny all week long. We took our laundry to the laundry lady. We don't have
time to spend doing laundry by ourselves. It normally will take like 3 hrs do
do it all. So we sacrificed a little money and got it done. Then to top it all
off we had amazing lesson that night with a family about families and how they
can be together forever. Well it turned into the mom getting upset about her
son doing some things that weren't the best and... Lesson went down the drain.
The rest of the week was a lot better. We had zone conference about recognizing
the spirit and then found out that transfers were changing from the end of this
week to tomorrow so it was a stressful few day leading up till now. Trying to
visit all the people we wanted to remember. So, fun days for us. I found out
last night that I am staying another transfer here in this area and my
companion is transferring out. He was very sad. I taught him a lot while we
were together.
I made chicken nuggets the other
night. It was super expensive but it was so good.
So investigators.
We had amazing week with the spirit
working with us. We were able to teach lessons and have our investigators
really understand what we were teaching and then to have our testimonies really
testify was beyond amazing. Although we only taught 12 lessons we were really
thankful that the spirit was with us during the time of need in our lessons.
Having the spirit is something that can also warn of danger. We had planned to
teach a lesson with a group of people this past week and so we went to the
lesson. As we entered the walkway to the group of houses I got this feeling to
leave. I ignored it at first and thought "Why leave? We are supposed to be
teaching them." We continued to go in more. We walked into a group of
women. NO male to be seen. Second some of them were not fully dressed and then
to top it all off, there was a woman showering. She was behind a board but her
head and shoulders were visible. I had the same prompting come back even
stronger. LEAVE NOW. So i told my companion about it and i got out as soon as
possible. The spirit will testify of all things that are good. If it is bad it
is of the devil. If it makes us have to second guess our self it is not good.
While studying the scriptures this
week I learned a lot. I was reading in The Book of Mormon, in Alma about
the resurrection and how everything will be restored to its perfect frame.
Here in the Philippines there are a
lot of birth defects that hinder the way people move. So this scripture really
was a hit to the head of how exciting it is for all of us to be able to become
completely restored to the best we can be. Then I thought of my dad and how he
loves this scripture a lot and how he will have a full head of hair when he is
resurrected.(bringing back the glory days) hahaha.
I grow a new love each day for the
time I have to serve the people here. I got bored one night so i calculated how
many hours I have left till i come home. After taking out eating and sleeping
and down time I came to realize that I only have 5000 hours to bring people
closer to christ. So im working harder to bring people closer to Christ.
One last story about being diligent.
So we were going through the area book ( the book that tells where the area is,
people, records, and so forth) and we found 15 records that had not been
completed... One of those was for a young woman who was going to the temple
that day. Long story short, we got a call from the temple that her record
number was not in the computer so she didnt get to go. So we spent the whole
day doing our best to get everything filled out for all the records.
So i learned to do my best and
always finish a task thoroughly so others dont have to fix stuff that you didnt
do.
Anyways. I love this gospel and am
thankful for all of the things I have gotten to do here.
Love ya
Elder Carlton
Fun facts
we made cookies in a toaster oven
I am staying for 6 more weeks
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