So as for some news this week, District meeting was changed to Tuesday instead of Thursday so that was interesting, Elder Lobaton is a good district leader, especially since these are his last couple weeks in the mission. I'm proud of him.
Now for the update in our area, it's still going a little slower, but we're still happy! We actually do have a lot of places and appointments we can go to, so we got a lot of people to work on.This past week we went to several people several times. The 2 investigators that we went to were Karen Melchor and Kyle Brent Soriano. Karen is 22 who has 3 members in her family, but none of them live close to her anymore.
This week we had a couple really good lessons with her and we know she has a testimony. It was impressive too since one of the lessons we had to teach while her 5 year old little sister was screaming her head off throwing a tantrum the whole 30 minutes we taught her. She really does have a desire to be baptized but now the problem is she just got a job and now might have to work on Sundays.... We're working things out.
Now for our other investigator Kyle, I love that kid too. Kyle is basically now like my wild and crazy little brother. I love going over to his house and talking with his family. I've actually grown pretty fond of him. He listens for the most part during the lessons, he still is pretty young though and struggles sometimes in Tagalog so we're just teaching at a lot slower pace for him. He still has a desire to be baptized so now we are just working on the importance of going to church every week.
The other people we have been working on are less actives. Let me tell you it's awesome to see some people come to church after not coming for a long time. There was an older member who has been sick, we just weren't sure if he would come, so you can imagine our surprise when we saw him at church, along with 3 other brothers from a different family come to church again!
Our attendance was again at 39 which is doing better for the average attendance. We actually had our senior missionary couple, Elder and Sister Nelson come to church here too! It was awesome to hear them talk! I love those two and I was happy to have them come, and they were happy to come too!
As for another short spiritual note: There is a member in our area who has a very bad skin disease, sometimes she can't even move so it's really hard for her to go to church. This last week, we were given permission to give her the sacrament at her house. I loved seeing how happy she was when we were able to give it to her! Her small thank you was all we needed! Life in Vintar is still slightly slow, but we're still working, staying happy!
To end I just want to give a cool little insight from my personal study: At the moment I am studying Alma (which has a bunch of great chapters all next to each other) but the one little fact I thought was cool was when they introduced Moroni. How old was he when he took over the army? 25. There are plenty of instances where lots of young people are given a big responsibility.
Mormon was only 15 when he became a leader, and Joseph Smith was only 14 when he saw Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father! Look at us missionaries too, you have people from age 18-25 out in different countries serving the Lord. It made me think of how much trust he has to his children.
Age doesn't matter, so no matter what age we are, we can still fulfill our calling to the max! It's Gods will not our will. Always fulfill your calling to the max, age doesn't matter! Personal study is great! Make sure to always read the scriptures every day! It really makes a difference! The mission is great, God is real and knows what we're doing, lets always do our best to make him proud!
Elder Espiritu
**you can email Elder Espiritu at joseph.espiritu@myldsmail.net
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My homies here in Vintar (except only one is actually from here)
Elder Trinidad and I found these while exploring :D
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