Saan magsimula!

Hello every one for anyone wondering what my title is it is, "Where to start" in Tagalog because that is what I thought when I went to write this.

This area has been different because we are opening it but this has just showed me how much the Lord has helped me and see his hand in my life even more. We started the week with no investigators and ended with three investigators with baptismal dates, as well as several other investigators very interested in the gospel.

    Monday was my first p day in the flied. we went shopping in the market it's pretty cool here. I did my laundry by hand (which works better then by machine because I got several stains I had been trying to get out for a few weeks out.)

Tuesday was one of the days we saw the Lords hand the most we started out with a district meeting that made me feel pretty bad about myself and my work because of the stats shown. But when we returned and got to work in an area we hadn't worked in before (our area is supper expansive.) The first lesson we had was someone who was super prepared. By the end we had invited her to be baptized and she accepted. We had several experiences like this throughout the rest of the of the day.

      The next day almost all of our appointments fell through but when we returned to those we had met the day before we found they were exited to see us and had lots of questions.The rest of the week kinda followed this manner . One of the best experience we had with people was with a pair of nanys (a respectful term for an older woman.) We walked up to them to introduce ourselves and they excitedly started asking questions. Turns out a friend was a member and they knew a lot and had lots of questions. They absolutely loved everything we taught and accepted a Book of Mormon and a return visit. We returned and they had so many questions from the section we had them read we answered them and shared a lesson about the Plan of Salvation because that is what they had a lot of questions about.

     Yesterday we had 2 investigators (an 11 year old and 12 year old) attend church and loved it. It is so exiting to see them progress.

Saturday we attended the baptism of 2 of the investigators of the other missionaries in the area.It was a great reminder of why I am here and what my purpose as a missionary is .

     For those wondering I mostly eat in the apartment and members don't tend to feed us but I have been blessed with an amazing native companion who can cook super well and so we eat pretty well because rice is cheep and that is what Philippines eat plus we get a lot of good Ulam (anything that goes on rice in Tagalog.)

     So all in all the Lord has guided me so much and I have felt the Lords love in my life .

My spiritual thought comes from 2 Nephi chapter 27 vs 23

   23 For behold, I am God; and I am a God of miracles; and I will show unto the world that I am the same yesterday, today, and forever; and I work not among the children of men save it be according to their faith. 

   Look for the miracles of the lord in your life and as you do I know you will be blessed even more and you know even more of how god helps you.

Elder Davis

Ps I've drank more soda especially Pepsi here than any other time in my life. They love it and any time they have the missionary's over they have it.