Maayong gab-i sa inyo tanan!
As this week is Christmas I thought I would email as many people as I could and wish you all a Maligayang Pasko!
So this week was just as productive for us as last week was! I'm super excited for our Stake Baptism this week! And even more excited to speak with my family, and hopefully hear from many of you next week after receiving this email! :)
Christmas here in the Philippines is very different from back home! For one, there is no snow!! Weird enough I kind of miss snow, I never thought I would say that in my life! But it's just so darn hot here all the time! Most people are very poor so most don't have Christmas trees and for what I've seen most people don't have very many gifts, but the important thing is that they have each other! That's what is important on Christmas, being with our families and those we love and appreciating the wonderful gift our Heavenly Father gave us, his son Jesus Christ! Sure receiving gifts is great and fun and we can show our love and appreciation for each other through the gifts we give but more important is giving thanks to one another and to our Heavenly Father for the many gifts, talents, and blessings he has given us throughout our lives! The people here in the Philippines have nothing, but they all have a belief in our Savior Jesus Christ, which is more than a lot of people back home. For those of us who believe and have faith in our Savior Jesus Christ let's do more than just say it, let's SHOW IT, by living a life that would not only make our parents proud, but would make our Heavenly Father proud. We read in James 2:20,24 "... that faith without works is dead.... Ye see then how that by works a man is justified, and not by faith only." Christmas is a time to remember the birth of our Savior Jesus Christ, let's do just that!
Let's see, what exciting things did we do this week.......... hmmmm Oh well yesterday we were told we had to do a baptismal interview for the Elders in Pulupandan at 10:30 so after our Sacrament Meeting we left and went to Pulupandan just to find out that that's when the start their Sacrament Meeting, so we just went to theirs as well. Walay Claro Sila, ginhambal nila nga ang interview nila masugod a las 1030 pero nagsugod sila sa Sacarament Meeting, Ambot sa ila. Haha I hope you all had as much fun reading that as I did writing it! :) Now let's see who can tell me what it says!! What else........ hmmmmm... I'm not sure what else to share. Nothing else too exciting happened this week! We're still trucking along enjoying life and work in the service of the Lord.
Palangga gid ko kamo tanan, nahidlaw ako sa inyo! Makakita ako sa tanan nga inyong mga itsura sa diesiotso ka bulan! Halong kamo pirme kag Maligayang Pasko naman!
-Elder Walters
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