Solid Week - Apr 8, 2019

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Hey this week was pretty solid, don't even know what to say really, hit the 6 month mark here on the mish. Haven't watched General Conference yet, but I heard it was really good. It's delayed here in the peens so we are all watching it at the stake centre in Agoo this Saturday and Sunday. I think a lot of people thought that they could watch it in Agoo so we had like 15 people show up to church. Testimony meeting was really awesome.

Work was pretty tough this week, we got punted pretty hard. I feel the work in the Philippines was just so prime back in the day in the 60s and 70's and now there are so many churches in the Peens it's hard to find people that are interested. Also everyone sleeps from like 2-3pm, and its getting hot out here, we are approaching hot season baby. 

Was in a lesson this week with our recent convert and she was asking why the membership in our branch is so small. She was wondering why if the message is so true and the true church of Jesus Christ was really restored on the church why so many people rejected us. A scripture came to my mind in 3 Nephi 14:14 which says "Because strait is the gate, and narrow is the way, which leadeth unto life, and few there be that find it." I know that even though our membership is small, that this is the true church. And even though this work can be hard sometimes, theres always something to be grateful for.

Love u all <3
Elder Garry






Coffins in the cemetery


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