New Mission Pres - July 15, 2019

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Hey everyone! This week was good.
Nothing really interested. Met the new pres at conference we had in bags. It was good, he's a solid guy. Spirit was really strong. 

Investigators are doing ok, the Philippines is a little annoying, most people that let us in just allow us in because they wanna hear the word of God. Its' a little hard from them to understand that our message is a little different. But don't get me wrong I'm super grateful that people give us time to share. I know other missions are so hard just to find a person that is willing to listen for 5 minutes. So really thankful for that.

But yeah just gotta keep working. The mission is really fun, a lot of friendships made with other missionaries and people here. It just gives you a whole new perspective on life. Seeing pics at home makes me a little homesick, but when it comes down to it, I'm really glad I'm out here.Feel like I'm out here for the right reasons and everything. Even when things aren't super successful, I'm having a lot of fun.

Language is pretty good now, still gotta learn a lot. Tagalog Book of Mormon is kind of a cringe to read. Its just really long and they use all the deep words. Pretty hard to understand still haha. But even for the filipinos here when they read it. They like reading english lol.

But yeah miss you all. Gotta remember that this time will affect me for the rest of my life. I think it's gone well so far. Just gotta continue.





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