Thursday, August 24, 2017

8.24.17 MTC


Maayo Buntag!!! So this week was pretty awesome so lets see if i can remeber everything that happened hahah. First of all we got our travel plans last week and Im sad to say that me and Hoffy will be splitting up just six short days from today. Im the only one in my disrict leaving in the morning so im going with mostly Tagalag people for some reason lol but I got some homies over there as well. I fly to LA and then sit there in the airport for 9 hours until my flight to Hong Kong leaves. So I guess ill be handing out some mga Bashon ni Mormon! haha joke lang maybe though but my flight to hong kong leaves after the flight for the people who leave after me to the slc airport if that made any sense hahah. But im so excited holy cow i cant wait to interact with these people and figure out what is funny to them(hopefully sooner than later), hahah but yea this week was pretty awesome. Had to say goodbye to my boy Kolly, so crazy how my boys are hittting the field before me because I still have one week in the Manilla Mtc as well. Me and Hoffy through down some good lessons this week and made some peeps cry you know. haha but still we only have one lesson left with both of our investigators which is kind of crazy because they are just our teachers role playing but I still love them and their willingness to do what we ask every day. I hope that the Filipinos are really this willing to put in the work for eternal life, which im pretty sure they are. I love my teachers so much and they teach me something new every minute, I will really miss their support as we leave. We had a testimony meeting last night for our last week and it was amazing to see how everyone has grown so much in so many aspects. I have seen  spiritual growth and growth in the language out of everyone in their own little ways which is a testimony builder to what the gospel can do to someone that hasnt ever received it before. We are an english poasa karon adlo busa ako wala kahibolo kon ko type sa Ingles but i guess it is okay hahah because im not talkiing in Ingles at all today. Hahah funny story i was laying on my bed a couple of days ago with my nose deep in the Book of Mormon and hoffy was talking uban our roomies across the room and he said something and I think i made a little interjection or something and the next thing i know theres a gashing wound in my forehead. The kid was 15 feet away from me and turned around and frisbey-threw a pencil in less than the time it takes me to blink and the very tip hit my head. How he did it? Wala ko kahibolo, but i was in shock for a couple minutes because i thought james bond had snuck into my room for a quick minute. Anyway this gave me the opportunidad to take a selfie of my wound and show off theee worst haircut i have ever received hahah. Also ill talk about one of our lessons... So we went in to talk to sister Ellie and the lesson wasnt going to great until we turned to an amazing scripture and we finished strong and before we left she stopped us and turned back into Sis Soleta and started crying because that was what she needed to here and we had no idea that kini kasulatan was the one that got her through her mish which is crazy. Sa espiritu santo works in amazing ways! So yea the week was good Hoffy is still throwing pencils at me so I just quiet him down by telling him how much fun me and my travel companion are going to have for the one day we are together hahah. Hope you all have an amazing week and i might get to email this tuesday before i leave but idk so just stay within shouting distance. Get on your knees and pray every night! Our Heavenly Father is listening and if you pray kinasingkasing, he will give you what you need. Love this gospel and the paglaum ug kalipay that it brings. Love you all and miss you.

 

So the pics theres a couple weird selfies that Hoff took of himself (guess he hasnt mastered it from my teachings), then my roomie stole everyones matrases and put it on one bed frame so that was sweet hahah. I promise that we still do work tho hahah just goofin for a second.

 

Press forward in faith

-Elder Smith

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