Elder Aidan Garry

So it was a really good week. Transfers is soon and my time with Elder Fillo has flown. We have had a good time together. Feels like yesterday we were both brand new to the area after is got white washed. We have seen lots of miracles and met some awesome people.  We have been working with a bunch of teenagers from 12-17. they youth had a valentines activity and they have made friends with some of them that we have been teaching. It is a huge help to us if the members are doing their part.  Some of them accepted the invitation to be baptized in march! so we are excited for that, they understand all that we teach. Of course they were surprised about the word of wisdom but have been living it :) prayer has played a big role in helping them . We have been with Elder McAllister, and will be until the end of the transfer. He's a good addition to the companionship :) Funny story, earlier today we got together with some missionaries and played fris...

Hey everyone! This was a solid week for me and Elder Fillo! We started this week out doing exchanges with our district leader and it was a great day. We had a fun time biking to the far areas and meeting some interesting people. One girl we met had a bunch of "text mates" we watched her facetime them and their all in Pakistan and India hahah one guy was like 50 and driving some weird bike in India and she was talking to him for some reason. None of my business I guess. We taught her the restoration and she found it interesting that we would come so far to just share a message with no salary./ hahah I understood why she thought it was weird. Then Wednesday we had some more exchanges with my guy Elder McAllister. His personality reminds me of Carson. A really good guy. He's from Australia and one of the coolest I've met in the mish. He has been struggling a little bit with his comp and so it was nice to focus on him and what he has been learning on his missi...

Hey everyone ! another week down, I learned a lot of things this week.  We have been working closely with these 2 fourteen year olds, Angelo and Shiaka, Angelo's grandfather is a returning member and Shiaka is Angelo's cousin? (somehow related) They understand the things we have been teaching and asking lots of questions especially about the fall. It's my favourite to teach so its been enjoyable. They have been attending church.  We got bikes! Some Elders in my zone were not using them so we just snagged them. So nice!! We have been going up the mountain into the far areas now and meeting some cool people.  So I bought a new USB the other day for my camera. I plug it in and realize there's something already on it. I thought "this is brand new, how could there be something on it?" realize it's music and i plug it into my speaker. Black eyed peas, avril lavigne, Carly Rae Jepsen, and all the hits from the early 2000's hahaha i died. Onl...

Hey everyone! This week was good, we had another good week of walking around Bauang. We have been teaching some 14 year olds that have been coming to church, sometimes they are a lot easier to teach than the older people. They understand the need for the restoration. So that has been cool, they are really shy though, the members have been helping us to help them feel more welcome.  We have found some less actives again that were offended by some members! It's pretty common here. It's sad though because I'm convinced if you have a testimony of Jesus Christ, of the Book of Mormon then no matter what anyone does or says you will still be faithful. SO it was a good opportunity to help them gain that faith back and invite them to read the Book of Mormon again. I have a really strong testimony of the Book of Mormon and it has been our main focus when teaching people.  Thinking about what I'm gonna do when I get home, even though it's kinda far away still, stressin...

HEY I haven't emailed in a little. Just an update, we had transfers. But I'm still in Bauang with my guy Elder Fillo! We have been having fun. Some of the people we have been teaching have lost interest, which is sad. But we just gotta find more and more and eventually we'll find the one WE have seen a lot of dead dogs in the streets lately, it smells so bad. The people don't do anything about it though, they're usually just moved over to the grass so they're not in the way. hahah. It's still hot out but during the night it is very pleasant :)  SOME updates about the people we have been teaching. We have had some people ask the question about if we will remember this life after we die? And I'm so grateful for the Book of Mormon and how clear the doctrine is. We had a less active named Juan tell us that the Book of Mormon was man made. It really made me and my comp's head hot. No man could ever make a Book like that, a book that teaches the p...

Happy New Year everyone! This week was a good one ! We are still working on some people to get their feet in the water. But mainly we have been focusing on Part Member families, since it is the focus in the Baguio Mission. We have met some amazing people, some less active for years and are coming back to church. I realized the importance of missionary work, if there were no missionaries back in the day, I wouldn't be here. I'm super excited for the new "Come, Follow Me." I want to study the book of mormon really hard this year. I think it's going to be a good year and I have made some goals that will help me improve (hopefully) I think I'm in the small % of people that made the new year resolution to gain weight this year. But spiritually I made some achievable goals. :) It's crazy to think that I have been a mission the entire year of 2019 and I go home this year! It has been a really good experience and I am excited that I have a while left before...

Hey everyone, so just a quick a little thought. Last week sucked honestly haha, But this week was super good and I really found joy in the celebration in the birth of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. He is the source of all joy, and I'm so grateful for the knowledge of coming to know Him and telling people about Him everyday.  We had the Light the World special sacrament this week and saw some miracles, amazing to have people come back to church after year and feel that love. The sense of friendship from the other members. It helps me know that the Lord really is with us. I'm trying to live in the present more, because sometimes we think that when we finally achieve something or get passed a trial, we will be happy. Then the next challenge or problem comes up and we think we'll be happy after that. But it's better to be living in the present and enjoying everything that comes up in life. We went hiking this morning, got up at 3:45 and hiked in the ...