its been going pretty well here.
last monday after i emailed we went and got some shopping done, then went to our stake center to meet with the district leaders in our zone, and we set some zone goals, then went and ate at macdo.
Tuesday we had zone meeting, and we had to share with the whole zone! (there are 25 in our zone including us) so that was pretty fun, and a little scary. anyway later that night we went and talked with a member in our area, she told us about how she had a outer body experience when she almost died, and having read that book that i told mom to read, i was super interested. so she told us that she went to the spirit world and saw all these people (this was 10 years before she became a member) she said how when she came back to her body it hurt really bad (reminds me of what that dude wrote in that one book mom) then she said she had to go through a lot of therapy and stuff and no one could explain to her what she saw. so she said when the missionaries where teaching her it all just made sense. she still seems a little out of it, but its all believable. she asked me if at anytime Jesus Christ could come back, and i told her yes, and she started telling me she was wondering about it because of some song she hears in her head. so it was a pretty interesting, i was super interested and told her she should publish a book about her experience.
Wednesday we had MTC exchanges, some of the foreigners from the MTC here came and worked with us, our new comp for the day was Elder Mejia, he is Filipino, but he was born in Australia and doesn't speak Tagalog. so we went to one of our new investigators named Michael, he likes to go by Miko. Miko is a fashion designer, and we are not sure yet if he is interested in the message as much as he is interested in us. later that night we tried a pizza place in our area called " Pizza ng Ina mo" which comes out as Your mothers pizza. it was good.
Thursday we had a service project at one of our investigators, we pulled weeds. after that we went to a farewell part for a ward member, it was pretty fun to see a missionary leaving and to think that i have only 10 more months to go!
speaking of 10 months to go, last Friday was valentines day! happy valentines day! it also marks the exact day that elder iosefa and i arrived here in the Philippines! so in order to celebrate of course we went and taught some people, then we bought 5 boxs of pizza from none other that Pizza ng ina mo.
last Saturday we got the baptismal font ready for some of the elders in our zone, the water pressure wasn't working out, so the elders had to end up kneeling to baptize. while we were filling up the font we happened to get some B-ball in. later that night we went to the priesthood session and Saturday session of stake conference!
Sunday we got some stake conference action! after that we went back to our house, and Elder Guillermo fell asleep on the couch, so i made it my responsibility to stack as much stuff on him until he woke up, little did i know that he is a heavy sleeper, so it wasn't until he had shaving cream on his had, and i tickled his nose that we woke up! its good enough to say that we was surprised when he woke up.
that brings us to today, earlier this morning we cleaned our house, watched some Mormon messages, then came here.
oh yeah i want to share one story of my personal study this week.
i was reading from the old testament in 1st kings chapter 3, so Solomon was took the place of his dad, and he is being pretty obedient, so the lord appears to him in a dream and says "Ask what I shall give thee." so Solomon asks for an "understanding heart" to be a good judge of the people. so the Lord is pleased he says 11 And God said unto him, Because thou hast asked this thing, and hast not asked for thyself long life; neither hast asked ariches for thyself, nor hast asked the life of thine benemies; but hast asked for thyself cunderstanding to discern judgment;12 Behold, I have done according to thy words: lo, I have agiventhee a bwise and an understanding heart; so that there was none like thee before thee, neither after thee shall any arise like unto thee. 13 And I have also given thee that which thou hast not asked, both ariches, and honour: so that there shall not be any among the kings like unto thee all thy days. 14 And if thou wilt walk in my ways, to keep my statutes and myacommandments, as thy father David did walk, then I will lengthen thy days.
so the blessings were poured out on this dude. and just as a little test two harlots come to him with a problem, they have been staying in the same house and they both just gave birth. one of the harlots laid on her baby and killed it "overlaid it" as they would say it back in the day (they have a word for it like its a normal thing!), so she thought she would pull the one two dead baby switcharoo on the other harlot.
i like the other harlots reaction, 21 And when I rose in the morning to give my child suck, behold, it was dead: but when I had considered it in the morning, behold, it was not my son, which I did bear. she is probably freaking out by then, but actually takes the time to consider the situation.
so they came to Solomon to figure out what they are going to do with the living baby because they are both claiming its theirs. Thankfully Solomon was given some great wisdom, or so i thought, i read verses 24 and 25 with horror! he wants to chop the living baby in half and give one pieces to each harlot! this is madness! or so i thought, i continued on to the next verses 26 Then spake the woman whose the living child was unto the king, for her bowels yearned upon her son, and she said, O my lord, give her the living child, and in no wise slay it. But the other said, Let it be neither mine nor thine, but divide it.
27 Then the king answered and said, Give her the living child, and in no wise slay it: she is the mother thereof.
this ended up being a good ending, and reflects the wisdom that we was given by the lord, All of Israel knew it as well i would just like to say that we can apply this to our lives if we just humble ourselves and trust in the lord. as long as we are obedient to the lords commandments everything will be all right.
Love you all - Elder Roy
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