I hope they call me on a mission... to the Philippines!: Week 60- Hello President Dahle

Hey guys!

How are all of you? I'm still doing good here in Olongapo! We had another awesome week! Last Monday we had a wedding for our investigators Brenda and Reggie!!! It was so awesome and so good to see their family make this step in their life.

Reggie and Brenda's wedding

Tuesday through Thursday was normal work, finding new investigators, teaching preaching, all that good stuff :) We have this super sweet investigator named Arjay and every lesson I am just astounded by his growth and change. I have been with him from the first time we taught him so I can really see everything he's changed in his life. Before we started teaching he was always out drinking, smoking and doing drugs with his friends, dropped out of school and and no job. Now he has quit smoking, drinking, drugs, and is trying to find a job to help support his family. In his spare time he reads the Bible and the Book of Mormon and told us his family is stronger, closer and feels close to God. He will be baptized on July 26th!!!!!!!! Im SO pumped!!! He’s a stud, him and his whole family- (we baptized his family last June, he just wasn't ready until now.)

Then on Friday we had MLC which is a leadership meeting with all the zone leaders, sister training leaders, and the new mission president! President Dahle is so nice! And when he speaks the spirit is just so strong and too be honest I felt like I was in general conference listening to an apostle, haha. He talked to us about becoming consecrated missionaries and consecrating our lives to the Lord. The meaning of consecration simply means making God's will your own will. Making his wants your wants, his goals your goals. When we conform our will to his we become obedient and become like Jesus Christ. And the good thing about consecrating your life to the Lord is automatically your life and Christ-like attributes improve, the plans that you made before that you thought were good get changed and perfected into better plans, because that is God's plan for you. Hope that makes sense haha. It really hit me hard and makes me want to keep working hard to be more like Christ. To improve myself and my weaknesses until they become strengths.

Then on Saturday we had 2 more baptisms!!! Reggie and Mark Carlo!!! They are super awesome and have strong testimonies of the church. It was amazing to see 2 full grown men change everything in order to come closer to Christ. Reggie could barely speak when he bore his testimony because he was crying. He told everyone, back then before we taught him, everyday he came home from work, ate, got drunk with the guys, and went to bed. copy and paste that and you have his life for the past 10 years. Now, he comes home from work, spends time with his 3 little boys and has a great relationship with his wife. I love the gospel!! it changes people and has changed me. Well thats about it for this week but i'll keep you updated for next week! Love you guys! Mahal ko kayo Ingat palagi ha? :)