HOT...RAIN...HOT...RAIN... -WEEK 88

Soo wanna know what the weather is like in the ppines.. well the subject tells you exactly what it’s like! hahaha It’s so annoying how one second it’s hot and then it rains out of nowhere sometimes just a couple minutes or seconds and then leaves and the sun comes back and then IT’S 10X HOTTER AND 10X MORE HUMID! hahaha

but......I LOVE IT! haha I can’t stand the cold! So this last Sunday we had general conference and we went to watch it in the stake center and WOW!! Air conditioned rooms are WAYYY TOO COLD!! I could barely pay attention cause I was freezing haha but it was nice cause it also kept me and everyone else awake! (along with my bag FULL of candies hehe) but CONFERENCE WAS UMMM AMAZING!! like WOAH! Soo crazy good! We were soo sad tho because we had 3 investigators that were planning on coming and 1 super special one that wants to learn soo much about prophets and apostles BUT...none of them came! The 1 bailed on us last second because her dad (who is an inactive member) wouldn't let her go.. #SAD! Then the other 2 didn't go because the member that was gonna go with them to show them where the stake center was got sick and didn’t go... me and my comp were super devastated because there was some AMAZING talks for investigators! The prophet bearing down in pure testimony of the Book of Mormon, and other apostles teaching clearly the doctrine of the Godhead and the role of the spirit in them learning its true! And then others just speaking STRAIGHT to investigators helping them on this CRAZY path that they are traveling! And giving them the courage to keep going...and others showing THE BLESSINGS they received thru the gospel and how it blessed their ETERNAL families... LIKE WOAH!! that conference was AWESOME!! 

But other than that this week we have been mainly working with those 3 I mentioned earlier.. their names are 1 Arcel 19 shes the one who wants to learn about prophets.. 2 Antonette 18 she is a friend of a member that just loves being in the church with people that treat her soo well! 3 Gilbert 18 he also has a couple member friends and his family is also members..just not active but he just told us one day he wanted to be baptized so we are working on helping him develop a testimony so he doesn’t end up like his other family members.. 

but we also are trying to find some new investigators we didn’t have any good success this week besides people that we set return appointments for this week and we’ll see how they are! And we got 2 referrals yesterday that we will contact to see if they are "the one” we've been trying to find!

I’m soo happy with the progression I’m seeing in this area and with all this work in general! I just heard that 2 investigators are getting baptized that I taught in my last area so I’m happy to see miracles happening in this work!! 

I know this church is true and I’m so #blessed to be here in this work! 

I love you all and I’m so thankful for all your support for missionary work thru your prayers and personal missionary work! 

LOVE ELDER PANADERO

ps.dont forget...

HAKUNA MATATA!!

Now we have a world where people are confused.

If you don't believe it, go and watch the news.

We can get direction all along our way,

If we heed the prophets -- follow what they say.

Follow the prophet, follow the prophet,

Follow the prophet; don't go astray.

Follow the prophet, follow the prophet,

Follow the prophet; he knows the way.

BI....BI....BINYAG -WEEK 60

AYYOOOO so first of all sorry to all 5 of you that expect my emails every week I didn’t send one last week hahaha! But it just added to the suspense of this week with the great news of THE BIO FAMILY GETTING BAPTIZED! wait.. what... OH YA IN THE OCEAN AHHH!! Nothing I love better than helping a family come closer to our Heavenly Father and Jesus Christ and seeing them in white all ready for the baptism!! AND IT JUST MAKES IT THAT MUCH BETTER TO BE ON THE BEACH HAHA!! 

So that was on Saturday we had the baptism and it was soo great!! So funny cause we thought the branch president was gonna stand on the beach and my comp and a branch missionary would do the witnessing, but he walked straight into the ocean and was like RIGHT HERE WE WILL DO THE BAPTISM HAHAHA!! He told me when I asked him why he went into the water and he simply said “it's my duty!" and I didn’t really think about what he said until later but it kinda made me think... do we as individual members realize our duty?? EACH AND EVERYONE OF US HAVE A DUTY to do everyday! It’s no coincidence the people you see everyday and the things you’re doing… it's all part of God’s plan!! You just need to find out your duty in that very moment!  There’s also a verse in Ecclesiastes about our duty "fear God and obey his commandments this is the whole duty of men”. 

Also just want to add a little bit about something that a member talked about yesterday at district conference it was a great talk about the power of the Book Of Mormon!!  She talked about the power of reading the Book of Mormon everyday and promised that if you read it everyday, you will come closer to God!! NO DOUBT!! And you will gain a greater testimony that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is the true church!! AND I PROMISE IF YOU READ IT EVERYDAY YOU WILL NEVER FALL AWAY FROM THE CHURCH!!  YOU WILL NEVER QUESTION WHY YOU HAVE SOO MANY PROBLEMS IN YOUR LIFE!!  YOU WILL KNOW YOU HAVE A LOVING HEAVENLY FATHER!! 

I know these things are true!! Because I tried it!! And I know the same feelings will come to you that have come to me!! THE BOOK OF MORMON is a powerful TRUE book!! 

LOVE ELDER BAKER

HAKUNA MATATA!!

Now my brethren, we see that God is mindful of every people, whatsoever land they may be in; yea, he numbereth his people, and his bowels of mercy are over all the earth.  Now this is my joy, and my great thanksgiving; yea, and I will give thanks unto my God forever. Amen.  --Alma 26:37