Heyyyy!
My companion is feeling a lot better today we just ate some Pizza Hut so we're good to go! haha They asked me where I was going to eat first when I get home.. I thought about it a little and I think I decided BDubs!! haha So party at BDubs when I get back! haha
So life's been great here! I've really enjoyed it. I've really seen the hand of the Lord in the work. It's been difficult but exciting and all that jazz. Da best. So I'mma just start answering my parents questions cuz I think it'll explain the last couple weeks pretty well.
Who is the new missionary and where is he from?
So check this out. My comps Elder Phillips from Logan, UT. He's super legit. He's actually a big baseball fan which is really rare, and he's already doing well out here in the field. He's one of the eighteen year old's! Boom! He's only a few months older than Caleb... haha He's one of a few in the group that just got here that's eighteen. So it's pretty cool.
Are you going to miss being a zone leader?
Umm.. yeah maybe. It's okay, but I feel like I'm closer to my people as a district leader so I think I might like that better. But whatever is whatever.. haha I'm still just a missionary like everyone else.. =D
How do your transfers work?
Transfers here have just recently changed. We used to all go to Buendia and meet and then do the transfers there, but now it's up to the ZLs to coordinate with their missionaries to get them where they're supposed to go and they should almost always have a companion so that makes things complicated as well sometimes and yeah.. that's how it works.
what's the new area like? How is your companion?
So I'm in Kawit, Cavite now. Serving in the Kawit Ward. It's a pretty small ward because it's recently split and when it split the other ward took a lot of leadership with it as well so we're still like "kulang" a second counselor in the bishopric and a few other spots in the ward. But its all good. I really like our ward so far. The area is interesting. It's like a rural city.. cuz its pretty built up not a whole lot of wide open fields and what not but its not like super city cuz there's not even a mcdonalds here.. haha That's the ultimate judge of how city your area is (notice city is being used here as an adjective... I can't remember if we do that in english as well..). haha But me and Elder Phillips are doing good! We're working hard in a pretty difficult area. The Ward Mission Leader told me yesterday that aside from the baptism that happened like a week before we got there, they haven't had a baptism for like six months. The WML says he doesnt remember the last baptism they had.. haha So yeah! Good thing we're looking at baptizing like 6 in April! They just gotta start coming to church, but other than that they're super cool!
So I'll just tell you a little bit about yesterday cuz it was awesome! And I don't have that much time to tell you about every other day.. so I'll just tell you a lot about one day. haha
So like I mentioned above.. we just need these people to come to church! We unfortunately didn't have any investigators at church yesterday.. that's like a first my whole mission.. But it went alright! It was a good chance to get to know our WML, Robert, who's super cool. We didn't have anyone attend our Gospel Essentials class so instead we taught language study to Elder Phillips.. haha It was pretty fun. Apparently Robert knew Elder Hopkins back in the day cuz he was assigned here so that's pretty sweet! I'm going to die in one of my trainer's areas. It was also super weird/legit at church cuz we had this one lady come up and ask us what time church started. So we told her and she looked at us kinda weird and then she was like oh, I'm from Maryland.. haha So then we spoke english to her... Apparently she grew up here but actually lived in Urbana for a while! URBANA! As in my home stake! WHAAA?? weird. haha She said her husband went to the U of I.. so that's why.
So after church we got some lunch and then headed out to work. The very first family we visited was a less-active family that actually loved Elder Hopkins so I was like having flashbacks like crazy yesterday so that was pretty fun. And there Elder Phillips got to participate in his first priesthood blessing! Woo!
So after that we had a couple appointments fall through and I happened to remember this referral we got in an area we'd never heard of. So we decided to check that out. It turns out that thats like the prettiest part of our area and it's super cool! Hence the pictures that are super pretty at that river. It made Elder Phillips really happy cuz he really wants to see some scenery out here and most of Kawit doesn't have too much to offer. So we end of finding this referral and it turns out that she had a one month old child that had died just last month. I asked the missionaries that gave us the referral if they knew that and they had no idea. So it was perfect and totally guided by the Lord. And we were able to share with her and testify simply and clearly from Moroni 8 as to where her child is now and that he is saved because of Christ's Atonement. And that was what made my day. Well the river and beautiful area was super cool, but I get excited when I meet someone or share something with someone that is exactly what they need to hear and it helps them in someway. I know that this sister was touched because I felt, too, felt the Spirit so strongly there, and I'm grateful that I was able to bring a glimmer of hope into the life of this sister.
So after that, my companions stomach started hurting real bad but he trooped out one final lesson. Luckily we had a ward missionary working with us cuz Elder Phillips couldn't do much in that last lesson so the ward missionary helped me teach. We taught the Plan of Salvation to them and it went super well! They had a bunch of questions for us and you could just tell from their eyes that they were getting and absorbing everything we were teaching. The Spirit really helped me answer their questions and it went really well and shed some light for them regarding Heavenly Father's plan for them and their families.
So that was kinda Sunday and it was awesome! I'm loving it here and I'm sending you a bunch of pictures so you guys better love it!
Well I'mma head out.. so I'll catch you guys later!
Love
Elder Michael Gadberry
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