Hey Fam!
Quote of the Week: This one I actually came up with on the tricycle today:) Little twist on the Plan of Salvation...
"You chose to have life, so why not choose to live happy?" -Elder Reber😎😂
Some weeks are a lot harder to choose to live happy than others. However, this week gave me all the right reasons to be happy! Here are 27 reasons why... Judilyn, Jewel, Anjanette, Geraldine, Imelda, Jay Ar, Maricar, Cristina, June, Michael, Trisha, Angel, Jhared, Rosalyn, Ricel, Ivy, Ian, Ray en, Ivan, Jian, Bryan, Mae, Miyaka, RJ, Eloysa, Jex, and Francis❤️
I have mentioned our area has been blessed lately, but it's important to put the numbers to the souls:) Our Sacrament meeting this week was jam packed haha we had some recent converts come in late and they all had to go sit up on the stand! It was just so fun to see so many people there to take the sacrament!
We also had a ward youth pizza party this week! It was super fun! We had 54 youth attend... And 23 of them were our investigators😂😂 It has just been amusing to see how much trust God is putting in us right now! Elder Castro and I have been showing our Faith and Humility to God each day. Our goals have been higher and higher each week... and so have the results😅
I am so grateful for my mission. I am not perfect by any means. I'm not a perfect teacher. I'm not perfect at Tagalog. I have so many weaknesses that I am trying to strengthen. I also have discovered some of my strengths in my mission. Why be sad when you could be happy? Why frown when you could smile? Why be stressed if you don't have to be? Why get angry when you get blessed with an opportunity to find a solution? Positivity and hope is often a sign of how much faith we have at the given moment. So I ask myself "Would someone who has strong faith in Jesus Christ feel like this, act like this, or say those words?" There's so much you learn on a mission that you can't learn anywhere else. I love it.
Another quote I read this week was "Ships don't sink because of all the water around them, Ships sink because of the water that gets in them." Often times we can choose not to let water in our boats, but there are also times that water will get in no matter what. That's when we have to get on our knees in faith and ask for help. Remove the sins. Remove the doubts. Remove the stress. Remove the sicknesses. Jesus Christs atonement remove a lot of problems from our life... But it doesn't get rid of pride very well. It's like getting blood out of a white shirt with Philippines laundry equipment... It doesn't work😂 Let's all show a little more faith to humble ourselves a little bit so we can kick back and enjoy life❤️
Elder Reber
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