HAPPY VALENTINES DAY ❤️ -WEEK 80

HEYYYOO I’M BACK!!.... AGAIN!  It seems soo fast!

Well this was A GREAT WEEK!! Nothing really cool happened it was just a great week with my new companion! So my companion is Elder Abracia! I knew him back in the day so we get along good! 

Well this week was just finding and talking to new people! Well actually we had a cool experience while out tracting... so we went to a house and she came out and said no one was there and to just leave.. well I started just talking to her about a banner I saw on the wall about some lady turning 81. Then she kinda got closer to us and then we just talked for like 2 minutes with her thru her gate about our beliefs and then randomly she was like well maybe we could talk for just a little bit.. so we got in and started just talking about her life and stuff.  Turns out she’s from Masbate! hahaha that’s my second home! Then we actually got pretty close with her and taught her the lesson and she was really interested! She agreed for us to come back and teach her again!! Her name is AMOR! Which means love in spanish! 

That was pretty much our whole week finding new people and getting to know them! We found a lot more new people we can teach and actually have some baptisms lined up for the next upcoming months! 

So funny story! We got a new sister in my district this week!! She’s a short term and she came from... MASBATE!! HAHA we knew each other back in the day when I was in Masbate!! So it is fun to have her over here in my district!! I have a pic with her she’s the one in the selfie with just 4 of us… she's the one with the nametag! 

Some sad news is... the baptism we had lined up isn’t happening this week because she has to get married first and the supposed to be marriage got postponed till later on when the stake president gets his marriage license!! ughhh... but we’re hoping it will be soon!! and we also have one lined up for March 4!! Brother Felipe Siapno!!  Hopefully we will set up some more for the next few months!! 

LOVE YOU ALL AND HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!! 

LOVE ELDER BAKER

HAKUNA MATATA!!

BI..BI..BINYAG!! -WEEK 71

Well it's been another GREAT WEEK out here in Guinobatan!! We got to end off the week the best way ever!! With A BAPTISM!! We were super excited to finally baptize brother Romar Jay!! And what made it even more fun, we got to have two 8 yr old kids baptized with him!! So me and my comp and the ward were very happy this last week!! But not just because of baptisms... we had just a great week of work this week! ALOT OF FINDING... hahaha we are really doing finding every day, but this week we had some funny experiences!!

So the first fun experience was when we were out tracting and we went to one house that was pretty big and usually it's kinda scary going to the big houses but I like trying them cause sometimes they have "air conditioning"! hahaha  Well we went to this house, and tracted it and turns out it is one of the ladys part of the government out here haha... she was super nice and invited us in and we started talking.  Turns out her son lived in Utah for a little while so that was cool but then we got to teach them a little lesson that went good! Then as we were leaving she gave us a souvenir... a coffee mug hahaha and then she invited us to her "fiesta" on Saturday, so right after the baptism we got to go get some lunch over there haha and it was funny cause alot of our investigators over there were at the house also so that was kinda fun! But there was just alot of drinking and smoking and stuff but we went by ate...then took off hahaha but she is really nice!! 

Another one of them was a half drunk guy that I started talking to on the side of the road.. So we started talking and then we sat down and were just talking about his life and his wife is dead and now he's just kinda chilling drinking sometimes but not doing too much...then he brings up the question "how do I change my life?" BAM what an inspired question by a drunk guy! haha Well I testified to him of the gospel of Jesus Christ and he had enough sense to actually understand me, and he was pretty interested and he told us to come to his house and teach him and his extended family that lives by him! haha So we have a return appointment over there this week! See how he is now! Hopefully not drunk!! 

We had alot of other normal missionary stuff happen this week also but nothing else very fun!! We are still struggling to help out brother Bernardo come back to church! He really wants to, but is busy with work and he's still struggling with the word of wisdom. But he's working on it! 

Today we had THE LAST ZONE ACTIVITY IN THE LEGAZPI MISSION! So it was kinda fun to be together having fun for the last time! 

Next week is transfer day so we'll see if I'm staying here or heading out next week!! 

MERRY CHRISTMAS!! KINDA EARLY!! HEHEHE!! 

Love all of you soo much! 

P.S. CONGRATS TO THE BEAUTIFUL BRIDE AND HER MUSCLE MAN GROOM!! 

P.S.S. I WANNA SAY HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THE GREATEST MAN TO BE A PART OF MY LIFE!! (besides Jesus Christ) THE ONE AND ONLY CHRIS BAKER!! He is the best example of a Christlike person! LOVE YOU DAD I'M SO THANKFUL FOR YOU IN MY LIFE!! 

LOVE ELDER BAKER

HAKUNA MATATA!! 

PRAY THAT WE FIND A SOLID FAMILY! -WEEK 50

HEYOO FAM AND FRIENDS! 

So this week was one of the new transfer and there were a lot of changes to our district well not a lot but half cause there's only 8 of us! But the 4 sisters got pulled out and 4 new ones came in! So that was pretty hard for them this week! But us.... we were just working like normal, besides when the sisters needed help then we would have to help them, but it was fine.. we had a lot of time to work!

SO like last week we were working with our progressing investigators sister Loribell and the Peranca family and Loribell is doing great! We are gonna visit her everyday this week because she is hopefully gonna be baptized on the last Saturday of July!! Yess!!  She is soo great she is like always into the lessons and wants to learn and then goes to like the activities that all the young single adult members go to!! I'm wayy excited!  The Peranca's actually didn't attend this week... we went to the house to invite them and they weren't there... but we'll go over there tomorrow and straighten that up hahaha! 

But other than that we have just been focusing our work on families, so we are gonna focus on finding families and completing part member families. So we are just gonna look for some families this week hehe!  I'll let you know how it goes. Pray that we find a solid family!! 

Sorry this is short but GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES!! 

I have a lil spiritual thought and a question for you guys!  The question is an argument we've been having!  Did Jesus have a body when he created the earth? Or before he was born?? All answers would be appreciated hehe or thoughts!

And then for the spritual part, comes from a verse in the Book of Mormon! 3 Nephi 12:48 Jesus says to the Nephites "I would that ye should be perfect even as I, or your Father who is in heaven in perfect."  k now think about what things are keeping you from being perfect.... did you find alot?? k now get on your knees and pray for those weaknesses to be come strengths (Ether 12:27)  Then start your journey of perfection!!  Something I was thinking about yesterday and I'm gonna do it later tonight! 

MAHAL NA MAHAL KITA!! PAGDAGOS LANG KAYO!!

LOVE ELDER BAKER

HAKUNA MATATA!!

 Elder Anselmo and a Tricy on a rainy day in Ligao

 "I still haven't sent a pic of a tricy or jeepney, but this one is just a bike not a motorcycle!! that's all a tricy is... is a motor with a side cart!"

 371 days left?  what?  almost to halfway??
Elder Baker and Elder Merrill MTC buds for life!

 Ligao zone.... and here is a quote from Dillon about the pic below 😂

"the one is my boy elder puyong who is a straight g he's dropping the hottest album in 2016 as you can see from the pic!" 

 "And if men come unto me I will

show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me; for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them."   Ether 12:27