There really has not been any effects here in my area
from the typhoon except emotional damage. A lot of people are hurt and a
lot of people are working through it. That is one thing about the Philippines people, they have each other and even if they don't have much
they just give what they have and they truly are amazing people. Elder
E received an email from his family today and his whole family is
safe and okay :) he was very comforted to read that for sure and he is
not totally sure how they are all okay but he knows they are and all
alive and totally okay. The Lord is great and he loves his children and
blesses those who keep his commandments.
Life is truly happy and why i say
that it is truly happy is because the happiness from Jesus Christ is 100
percent different then the happiness of the world. I am truly happy and
I know that me here in the Philippines is the exact place where i need
to be in my life. So first, Tagalog for some reason just went to a
different level this week and I am being supported and helped so much by
heavenly father. He wants me to be fluent and he might want me to be
fluent even more then i want to be fluent. Anyways, i am really getting
to the point where i can just talk to anyone and say anything and just
understand and have a conversation and it feels great. Elder De is
teaching me so much and helping me so much and Elder E doesn't
know much English and so we just speak Tagalog all the time. I don't
know how i can speak Tagalog and sometimes i freak myself out when i
speak because i just am speaking without really thinking of the word
from English to Tagalog in my head, it is just coming out.. Gods promise
to his missionaries of the gift of tongues is real and true and I love
it. I love being a missionary and i love seeing the true change in
peoples hearts when this gospel is shared and applied in their life.
Story: So me and Elder D who
is magaling na magaling went finding the other day and we were walking
and we saw this lady just cooking up meat outside her house to sell to
people and she called us over and we were talking and she said "
missionaries like you came to my house a long time ago and i always let
any church into my house to share with me their message but i will never
forget the feelings that i felt when missionaries like you were at my
house. i never felt those feelings with the other people but i will
never forget how i felt when you were here in my house." This is another
reason why i know that the message i get to share everyday is the
message of God and of his Gospel. She was visited 8 years ago and she
still remembers the feelings that she felt and i asked her what those
feelings were if she could describe them and she just said happiness and
we just kept talking and getting to know each other and she invited us
to come back tomorrow to teach her and her husband and her kids and she
is so willing to just listen and truly take this message to heart. This
lady probably forgot all of the words those missionaries said but she
didn't forget the feelings and i know those feelings was the holy ghost
bearing witness to her that the message she heard was true. When people
feel the spirit they don't forget that feeling, they may forget the
words but the spirit goes a lot deeper then that and this truly was a
huge testimony building experience for me. These type of experiences
keep me going and just working hard. I am way tired all the time but I
am happy and enjoying life and i always have strength to get things done
and just enjoy it.
I am happy i have a
family here on earth and I love you all and keep doing great things and i
am glad that our family here on earth is not limited for this time only
but we will be together eternally.
Thanks pops ulit and nanay mahal ko kayo did. kaya mo iyan.
Elder Clark:)
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