Mabilis yung oras - June 24, 2019

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Hey everyone! 

 So these past few weeks have been pretty good. Can't complain too much. I've learned how to cook some Filipino dishes from my housemates so I was jacked on that. Cooking is really fun. Favourite food rn called Monggo. Idk if we have them back at home but its really good and I finally learned how to cook it. Pretty jazzed on that

Anyway though sounds like its nice back at home and summer has finally started. It'll probs go by really fast. I'm excited to hear about all the things going on back at home. 

I can't really think of too much to say and I don't want to just go off about the people we are teaching. But i can say we had some good lessons these past two weeks. It's just really hard for people to make it out to church. It doesn't help that its at 8 am and not very many people have cars here. 

I had some good spiritual experiences lately. We had this musical devotional for my mission President who is leaving and so they had a choir of missionaries and tons of people came. It was just crazy spiritual. Hard to explain the feeling felt and I know its sounds cliche and everything but it's real!! The spirit is strong and the same everywhere in the world. Lately I've really seen the Lord's hand in our work and I know that he's there with us. It's just hard to realize that sometimes when things don't go your way. 

Lately I've been mad obsessed with reading the Book of Mormon like I know that's what you're supposed to do as a missionary but this past transfer I just got addicted a little. Maybe because I started reading a new copy and I don't have a bunch of things highlighted that don't mean anything. But yeah this is my favourite verse rn in Mormon 9:14 "And then cometh the judgment of the Holy One upon them; and then cometh the time that he that is filthy shall be filthy still; and he that is righteous shall be righteous still; he that is happy shall be happy still; and he that is unhappy shall be unhappy still."

So yeah pretty good eh? Realized that this is the time to act and there's no better time. Like what President Nelson said "time is running out" kinda scary lol. 

Love you all :) 

Elder Garry




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