Called to Serve: From Kiribati to Legazpi

Kumusta,      About my weeks, as I know that I have been struggling for 2 days but as I hear from President Abraham he told me that I need to pray and read my Book of Mormon.  After a counseling with them, I feel peace in my heart and I get to know that if I humble myself to the Lord I will become a valiant servant.  I was given a text from President Abraham. In Abraham, 3:22-23, it says, "Now the Lord had shown unto me, Abraham, the intelligences that were organized before the world was; and among all these there were many of the noble and great ones; And God saw these souls that they were good, and he stood in the midst of them, and he said, These I will make my rulers; for he stood among those that were spirits, and he saw that they were good; and he said unto me:  Abraham, thou are one of them; thou wast chosen before thou wast born."  This really touch my heart.  Beside that I KEEP READING MY NOTEBOOK FROM THE LAST GENERAL CONFERENCE where I recorded all the Apostles an

Kumusta,      The news for me this week is all about how we work to find members of the church.  We are so lucky that yesterday we had someone fellowship us in finding the members.  YAY!!  As we started on with our way, he knows all the short cuts to get to the other houses.  That is how he find one narrow way that we have to get through so that we can make our way to the other side of the transition.  So we started on one by one through the passage.  It was a funny experience that this Filipinos are so tiny that they could make their way out from this narrow part.  When you cross this way, you have to face the wall so that you can get through it.  Few people get to cross this way because it is difficult to get to it but the good thing is we make our way out and we could see the members house that we had been looking for.  That is how we get there and as we get there, they welcome us with a good smile.  That is how I feel happy for that whole night.  We try to turn out the light as we

Kumusta,       This week was going a little bit fast that the last week.  But not too fast as we keep continuing to walk finding the other members house that how I can tell how fast is it haha.  I can say here that each weeks has it own challenges because what I have to do as a missionary.  I have to go through all this waves.  hahaha but with the help of the Holy Spirit and God's Son Jesus Christ, I can get through all the days that God given me.      We had meet a family that are so nice to us.  The first time we knock at their door saying "taopo" we could feel how God had prepared this small family for us.   The mom and dad go to work or you will get nothing to eat or drink.  An old lady taken care of the four children.  The kids looks like they have the same ages.  It is like they were all born in a very close year.       To be honest the people of Legazpi city are all busy and that it takes much time to find investigators.  There are people who don't wanna l

Kumasta,          I am just seeing that Iotua Tune from Kiribati was called as a new Area Seventy in General Conference.  What is the area seventy mean?  (I explained it to him and he is excited for President Tune).  I am so happy for the parcel that was offered me.  I mean my parcel with white shirts and ties with 3 pants.  It really fits me and I am so happy that I can wear them for my proselyting.  On Friday, we have a door knocking and it raining and I got wet.  I forgot about my rain jacket.  Right now I bring it wherever I go.  Thank you again for the shaver. I like it too.      The work here is very hard that my companion who is from the Philippines.  My kasarma (companions) name is Elder Vargas.  He's a hard working Elder and I am grateful for him that he can train me.  I was assign to work in the city Menas.  There are many people who don't want hear the message which is the restored gospel from the Book of Mormon.  This makes me tell myself to work hard for this a

     Elder Bateiti traveled to the mission field this week on p-day.  This is the message that he sent on September 30th.     "I will travel on Cebu Pacific airlines flight 5J321 terminal 3 on October 2nd.  I will be in the breezeway at 12:55 am.  Depart the MTC at 1:25 am and at 5:25 AM I am going to depart from the airport.  6:40 AM arrival at Legazpi."      At 3:25 PM, I tried to track the flight on flight aware and this is the message that I saw.  0( Flight from Manila MTC to Legazpi - CANCELLED WHAT?      Then there was no news from anyone including mission travel about the whereabouts of the missionaries traveling to Legazpi.  Upon investigating on Facebook, one mom heard that they were traveling to Legazpi via a 13 hour bus ride.  On October 4th in Legazpi, I received this update from Elder Bateiti.      "I am so sorry that I haven't sent you a message.  We take bus more than 13 hours.  We just arrived yesterday and I am so tired.  We slept in the