Hello!
:)
This
week was a pretty good week. We had an amazing lesson Kay on Saturday.
She is mga 13 years old, a new investigator and is also a
part-member/less-active family. Her family (the members) and also 2 other
fellow shippers accompanied us in the lesson, where Elder Ardon and I taught
most of Lesson 1. We had previously taught her the first couple principles. We
had a pretty good start, we were teaching well. She was asking questions and we
were answering. It was honestly one of the first lessons I have had like that.
Normally, investigators refuse to talk and are extremely shy and don't
understand what we teach. That even goes for when my Filipino companions teach.
This girl is nothing like that.
In
this lesson, I could feel the spirit guiding our every word. By the time I was
done sharing The First Vision, I was practically in tears. I know Kay felt
what I felt. She felt the Spirit and directly afterwards accepted a baptismal
invitation to be baptized on September 15.
I
am extremely thankful for my assignment here in Paddad. I have learned so many
things. My teaching has gotten 100 times better. My Tagalog has expanded and
become much more clear. Most importantly, I have gained power in my teaching
through the Spirit. During every moment when I teach, I can feel if I am
following the Spirit or not. If I pay attention to that, miracles happen. I
absolutely love this time I have to learn and grow and share my knowledge of
the gospel with others. The Lord strengthens me every step of the way if I but
do my best to follow him.
Elder
Ardon and I have worked our guts out this week. He is doing amazing. We are all
caught up on our studies now and we are doing our best to do better every day.
We realized this week that our biggest problem is following the schedule. That
is our goal this week, to correct that. As for doing missionary work, Elder
Ardon is doing extremely well. He has self-doubts, but when I listen to him and
watch him teach, there isn't a thing I could say that he couldn't. He knows the
doctrine. He knows what is important for investigators to feel and do, to
receive the gospel through baptism and confirmation, and he does the best he
can. He is one of the best Preach My Gospel missionaries in this mission and he
is only going to get better. He was a better PMG missionary than I was when he
first got here. He has helped me rise to the challenge. We are both constantly
striving to be better, to do better.
I
noticed that you and Dad have asked for reports on my work and how many
lessons we are teaching every week. That was one of my favorite experiences
this cycle, so I wanted to share that one with you. We taught 21 lessons this
past week. The past 6 weeks (or cycle. cycle = 6 weeks) while Elder Ardon has
been training, we managed to teach 115 lessons to investigators and less-active
members. This next cycle, we should be able to top that no problem. We are both
much more dedicated and ready now than we were 6 weeks ago.
Ramos
family is
amazing. They feed us every Sunday night. Bro. Ramos has offered to help us
fellowship. I love this family to death. Sister Ramos noticed that we were always
running out of time on p-days because we keep going to Cauayan every Monday to
work on the mission office's tech problems, and offered to let us use their
washing machine anytime we want. They don't really use it because it uses a lot
of electricity and pulls the bill up a bit, so it now currently resides in our
apartment since they don't use it or have space for it in their house. (Their
house can fit in our living room...) They are some of the nicest people you will
ever meet. Bro. Ramos is the District YM President, and both brother and sister
served missions. They are very faithful and are good friends. If by chance you
could come here at the end of my mission, they are one family I would want you
to meet. I dearly love them.
Well,
I love you very very much! Thank you for the congratulations on my 1 year, even
if I don't want to admit it. That means I have less time left then I have been
here.... :P ayaw ko yon!!!! Have a great week!
-Elder
Lundy
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