New Years for a missionary in the Philippians…..getting domino's because it is buy one get one Tuesday!! And then since we live in an apartment complex, we are going to the top floor to go and watch the fireworks later tonight as well!!
This past week we did have some amazing friends that came to church, who we are all projecting to be baptized in February!! The Aton Family, and Jana (the one who was asking all the deep questions).
After that, this week for us was a little rough to be honest, the whole week was a long test of patience. Work and visits were just all falling through, and even though it is Christmas, no one really wanted to talk to us or hear a message the whole week. We were staying positive but there were some long days where we didn't know what to do but we kept on pushing.
We were able to go to some members and figure out the concerns with the ward and start making a plan with them to help them out and prepare for the eventual ward split.
The other highlights happened at the very end of the week after the trial of our faith. When we came to the end of the week, a member came up to us and told us that he has a whole family for us that wants to hear the message and we were so happy! He said he will bring them to church next week and we can teach them after church because that is the best day for them when they are all available!! SO, we were so happy and thankful for the blessings the lord has given us!!
Oh, I forgot!! One of the other miracles this week!! We were given another Family referral by a missionary this week! When we went to the family and talked with them, we found out they are actually the cousins and relatives of the Elder!! So, we are teaching his family who are not quite members yet (except for two of the children who are members). The oldest son is taking a real interest and is amazing! His name is Ian!!
Some new pictures below:
So we had an FHE and a party for our bishops birthday, I was asked to give a lesson and I had chosen to speak about the gifts of the spirit, but more importantly the gift of Eternal life, (that is the picture of me pointing), then afterward there were some games, and the one you have a picture of is a game where the men had to eat the doughnut tied to the string connected to their toe. They were all struggling because they weren't flexible enough to get the foot high enough so everyone was laughing! Then we had food, and the members were singing Karaoke!
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