#blessed -WEEK 87

MARAY NA AGA TABI! 

Well it’s been another #blessed week this week! So pretty much all we did last week was check out my new area and meet some members and less actives and then I met the one or two investigators we had... But this week WOOOHH this week was AWSOME!! So I went thru the area book and wrote down every old investigator that missionaries taught and then we went out and I would ask members, investigators or whoever trying to find these people. Well it turned out to be QUITE A BLESSING! So here’s what happened! So we went to the area of the people and then the first one we found pretty easy and we taught her a lesson and she’s SOO ready for the gospel now! Not like back in the day where she just wasn’t interested now IT’S HER TIME! So we taught her and then I asked her if she knew these other people on my list.. and then she showed us the house and we taught those two other people and they're still a little closed minded but we’ll work on them! And then that led us to go to another house which had their 2 friends with him and turns out one of them was another name on my list so we taught them also!! hahha BUT THE BEST PART IS THAT 3 OF THEM!! ended up coming to church this week!! WOOT!! I was soo excited!! When they came in!! Then one of our other new investigators from last week came to church (the one that always feeds us when we go there!) I was soo pumped to see that there was finally some investigators coming to church!! And to make it 10X BETTER!! a part member family came to church also!! When the family walked in bishop turns to me (cause we were on the stand) and told me to baptize that family! hahaha Soo now we have a NEW PART MEMBER FAMILY WE’RE GONNA WORK ON!! 

So pretty much EVERYTHING IS BACKWARDS THIS WEEK!! Last week I thought we weren’t gonna have any success but now.. i SEE BIG THINGS HAPPENING HERE!! 

Oh and mom don’t worry I’m still getting fed like CRAZY!! I love it here! We have meals like everyday!! Especially with graduation these couple weeks everyone has food! hahaha 

Hope you like my new friend! MOY! the monkey! hahaha 

LOVE ELDER PANADERO

HAKUNA MATATA!!

"MOY" the monkey!

FIRST WEEK IN DARAGA -WEEK 86

WOAHHH ANOTHER WEEK...GONE! First week in Daraga down and 17 to go! hehehe So about Daraga, well it’s about the exact same as Guino... small teaching pool and not really any progressing investigators! BUT it’s GOING GREAT!  So this week was a lot of just walking around to all of our areas and showing me like our whole area and then teaching some of our investigators but mostly teaching less actives or "resting" members is what they're called here haha! But it’s soo sweet out here we have these 3 guys that are 18/19 yrs old and they work everyday! One guy worked with us everyday the whole day then his friend would come when he was done with school so it’s so much fun going out and working! Cause we’re always happy and it’s also good cause we can do splits a lot! Which was weird this week.. We did splits on Saturday and Sunday and I was with these 2 guys that I didn’t even know on Saturday in an area that I barely knew haha but it was  alright then Sunday I was with some other guy I didn’t know either haha but it’s good out here the member missionary work is great! But what we’ve been trying to do this week is every resting member or just other members we go to, we teach them about missionary work, cause we know that their referrals are our ONLY HOPE!! haha 

So to answer your questions... my new comp is ELDER COPADA! He is from Taguig Manila! He’s DOPE! We get along good! Do we have any baptisms lined up?? NO starting from zero again hehehe (that’s always fun!) How’s the food situation here in Daraga!??! Well lemme tell ya! So I got here on Tuesday and that night we had a dinner at bishops house the next day we went out and worked and were tracting and after getting rejected at the first 3 houses the next one accepted us AND FED US!! and they fed us TINOLA! a really good dish here in the ppines! haha Then after we came out of our lesson there the ward mission leader texted us and said we had a lunch there, soo we went and ate AGAIN! Wanna know what dish it was?? TINOLA!! HEHEHE! Then after that we have had dinner every day except Saturday!! hahaha sooo food?? NO PROBLEM!! Any funny stories I want to share?? hmm well I held a snake this week!! hehe that was fun! and I shook hands with a monkey hahaha!! 

And a verse I would like to share with you?? hmm well how about a whole chapter!! After reading Alma 26 I found somthing that an apostle said about how AMMON experienced EVERYTHING missionaries do now! and even worse!! And it was talking about how he REALLY DID SERVE A MISSION!! IT WAS HIS STORIES!! It was not Joseph Smith writing about what it would be like to be a missionary..CAUSE HE WOULD HAVE NO IDEA WHAT IT WOULD BE LIKE when he was translating the BOOK OF MORMON!! Just another testimony building experience to read that and then a cool feeling to be able to be EXPERIENCING what the great AMMON experienced in his missionary efforts!! 

AND I KNOW!! WHY he was soo happy!! He says that being an instrument in the Lords hands is how we can receive a FULNESS OF JOY!!! I testify that that is true! This work is HARD!! And STRESSFUL!! And I always ask myself...why are you soo happy!? Most of the time my answer is I don’t know... all I know is I'm doing what I should be doing and I'm being an instrument in His hands...SOOO I’M HAPPY!! 

I love you all and hope you have a great week this week and don’t forget to have an EXTRA BIG SMILE THIS WEEK! 

"live so that those who know you, but don’t know HIM, will want to know him because they know YOU”

LOVE ELDER PANADERO

HAKUNA MATATA!!

LAST WEEK IN GUINO!! -WEEK 85

So… I'm getting transfered  to a very FAR AREA!! haha kidding I’m only moving over like one city and I’m still in the same zone.. I’ll be in Daraga next week!

Well, this week we ended pretty great!  The whole week we struggled to teach our old investigators with sickness and other things coming up.. but we did teach some of them and hopefully they will see some of them progress next transfer.  A couple said they would come to church next week so hopefully that goes thru next week! 

But something SWEET happened this week! So most newly returned missionaries probably are familiar with the name “Eric Guevara" well he was one of the investigators on THE DISTRICT 2 and well, he’s filipino and now he’s the newest member in our ward.. he just moved here with his family and now they're in this ward, and GUESS WHAT!? His daughter is our newest investigator as of yesterday! Too bad I won’t be there to see her get baptized, but I’ll hear about it from my companion! 

Well, not much happened this week! Kinda slow week!  We had a service project on Saturday and put a roof on someones house in a sketchy way! But no one was injured don't worry! Well I’ll let you now how things go next week in my new area! Daraga here I come! 

ALSO I WANT TO GIVE A BIG FAT SHOUT OUT TO THE CUTEST 4 YEAR OLD EVER!  HAPPY BIRTHDAY RIGGS!  I HOPE YOU HAVE THE BEST BIRTHDAY!! I LOVE YOU RIGGS!!

peace!

LOVE ELDER PANADERO

HAKUNA MATATA!!

Lots of goodbye's to all the members in Guino!!