May 6, 2013

Hey lahat kayo kumusta??(How are you all?) 

 This was a very memorable week, I have really been enjoying my companion, this week, we had one of the most memorable companionship inventories in my whole mission. My companion has been having such a hard time with this area and this week we had big breakthrough in our area, a lot of new investigators faces coming to our lives as well as a lot of great progression, especially with one of our investigators, Marie, who by the way has now come to church for what 3 times now in a row, she is so progressing, I remember when we taught her Word of Wisdom, she had a problem with coffee, then what happens when we ask her to start living the Word of Wisdom, she accepts and starts living it and hasn't drank any coffee for a long time. She is literally one of those people that the Lord really has put in our paths to really help and guide towards being a member of this church. She is just a carrier of the Spirit, she just always so prone to feeling the Spirit testify through us. It has been so amazing teaching her she is so amazing. Also have a lot of great contacts that we can definitely contact within the week here, so excited to be able to see the progression that I have seen in the area since I first got here. It has been amazing!! 

  Also seems like we will be calling on Sunday Saturday night for you guys so about 12:00 in afternoon here so about I don't know what time there, but I will do it about that time so really excited to talk with you all as well seems you guys are all having an amazing time together. Especially with everything that has been going on. Really excited for all this stuff. Glad to hear that Ed actually goes home teaching with Brother Lao, really want to also do that with him when I get home. Even though I'll probably be with Dad anyways. That's OK for it to be on the 25th that is totally fine with me, really wish I could do it before hand, but it's OK really excited for everything. I love you all so much .I just find it very funny that Ed and Noah doing the La Bamba hahaha I can just imagine that hahahaha!! Miss that ward really do, by the way have been working on my basketball skills so make sure that you tell Brother Perez, really miss everything, but I still have a long time before I can even think about that kind of stuff. Really ridiculous to think that even my mission president, President DeLaMare, will go home next transfer, I'll have the new mission president for like only one transfer and then go myself. So ridiculous. Time just flies when you are doing the Lord's work it is so amazing. Can't really complain, for all the hardships I have had since I know now that it has all been for my good and well being!! I love being a missionary no other thing I would rather be doing really it isn't. Really loved all of my companions, no matter how hard it was for me to be with them. As well as just all the discouragements. I love doing this because this is my passion and I will continue to always want preach the gospel of Jesus Christ. I love being a servant of the Lord and wish all the best love you all so much as King Benjamin said in Mosiah 2:17 "When ye are in the service of your fellow beings ye are only in the service of your God" Keep going everyone to spread the gospel like what Daniel the prophet like a "stone cut out of the mountain without hands" (Daniel 2:44-45) Love you all and miss you all see you on Skype on Saturday or Sunday my time!! 

Mahal kita,

 Elder Thompson