Hey how's it going everyone?!
Well we're coming up on a new transfer one of my last dalawa... whoa. I think I'll save what's happening to me until the veryyyy end of this email so that way you guys have to read the wholeeee thing and umm.. I win? Okay maybe I'll be nicer and just hide it somewhere in the middle of the email so that way you can't just skip to the very end and figure it out. boom. haha We'll just see.
But hey! this week went really well. We got exciting news that we're getting four new missions here in the Philippines! One of them, the Cavite Philippines Mission is right in the heart of our mission. The works really awesome here! Of all the areas that are getting new missions the Philippines had the third most next to Brazil and Mexico so that shows kinda how great the works going here! So actually my last two areas would be under that Cavite mission but I'll be home by that time it'll go into effect like July 1 cuz that's when the world gets new mission presidents. So that's pretty exciting to see! One of our themes recently is "God is hastening His work!" And He really is. It's exciting!
So this week I've been thinking a lot about like what the Lord has in store for kinda like His plan for me, what He wants me to do. It's funny because one of the themes of my mission I feel like is a quote I heard early on from Elder Ardern. "The Lord is easy to please, but difficult to satisfy." So yeah.. everyone time I feel like I'm at a good point like I've got stuff down. Essentially the Lord comes to me and says (I'm putting words in the Lord's mouth but this is what it feels like) "Wow! Good job! Now I need you to give me just a little bit more. Do this a little bit better or you're not doing very good at this lets work on that a little bit." And its almost always kinda frustrating at first but in the end its for the best. This week I was studying a little bit in 1 Nephi 17. And I was like, you know what Nephi and all them probably thought when they got to Bountiful that it was the "promised land" that they were promised. They didn't realize that the Lord has much more in store for them. So then when the Lord came to Nephi and was like hey! I got somethin for you to do. Nephi with his awesome faith didn't say umm... I don't need a boat. Thanks though! I'm happy here... Plus I don't even like fish that much.. I'll stick to hunting. haha However his brother's didn't realize what the Lord had in store for them. So like Nephi I've been trying to figure out all that the Lord wants me to do and improve and just do it. Especially with me transferring and what not. Oops! Spoiler alert. haha
So we went on exchanges twice this week. haha Waiting till the last minute. We're supposed to go on exchanges at least once a transfer with our two district leaders but we hadn't done it yet. Well actually we were just planning on doing one this week and one the upcoming week. But it was kinda cool cuz we talked with one of our district leaders at district meeting about their area and about some things that need to improve and how we could help them and what not. So after that we were walking down the road to go to work and I though to myself, "It'd be kinda cool to do like an unplanned exchange with them just so we can kinda see what their area is really like and how we can help them." So shortly after that Elder Orth turns to me and goes, "Hey you wanna ask them if they wanna do an exchange right now just for today??" So luckily, my companion is more in tune with the Spirit than I am so we were able to catch that opportunity before it flew away. So that day I worked in the DLs area with him and we had a pretty good day and I think we were able to help them just make their work a little more effective. So that was pretty cool.
Another day we unknowingly were led to visit another family. We got there and sister was like elders! It's great to see you! come in come in. So we came in and started talking to them and low and behold she had been praying that we'd visit them that day because she had been in the hospital the day previous and it was like the middle of the night so she didn't want to text us. But we were able to share a really powerful lesson to them because they're a family that has recently returned and they're just trying to get their lives in line with the gospel and get back to the temple and then we gave sister a blessing because her husband can't right now.. But yeah! It was really cool because the Lord's hand is all over the work! Like if there's one testimony I have more than anything else since I've been out here is that the Lord's hand moves daily in all of our lives, we just have to look for it. (and then give thanks. =D ).
So in my other news of the week, when I was on exchanges on Tuesday. One of the recent converts there legitimately thought that I was Indian. So Darsh! We're brothers! haha She's like are you Indian? I was probably pretty obviously surprised and was like umm nope. And then she was like it's cuz you have dark hair.. haha So yeah.. I'm Elder Darshan Gadberry.
Well I should get wrapping up..but I was looking over my notes from the week and I could tell you guys a ton more but don't have time... But yeah I am transferring this upcoming week and for my last two transfers I will be in Kawit, Cavite training a new missionary and also fulfilling the role of a district leader. So that's pretty exciting! We'll see how things go.. haha
Well hope you guys have an awesome week!
Love
Elder Michael Gadberry
Pictures finally!
Umm.. a bunch of people in the zone are training also so after our trainers meeting we went to McDo.
Oh and my groceries last week! ALL CHOCOLATE! except for some extremely healthy bananas... haha I still do what I do. haha
And... the Mancilla family! Brother is gettin baptized shortly after I'm gone! The rest are members. I heart them.
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