December 23, 2019
This last week the weather got hotter for CHRISTmas! That was nice of the Philippines!
4. There's a huge church here in the Philippines called Iglesia ni Cristo (church of Christ). Probably a 97% reject rate when we run into one of them. They never wanna listen. Anyway, we were sitting at a bench, while one of our investigators was being interviewed for baptism, and then a group of 9 of the church of Christ members showed up, including the minister. We talked to them for awhile and I introduced the BOM. The minister asked me where in the Bible it talks about Jesus going to a different place other than Jerusalem. I told him John 10:16, which is when Jesus said, "And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." Then I supported it with the BOM verse in 3 Nephi 15:21 which is when Christ fulfilled His own prophecy by saying, "And verily I say unto you, that ye are they of whom I said: Other sheep I have which are not of this fold; them also I must bring, and they shall hear my voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd." Then the minister talked forever about his take on the scripture and used different verses and invited us to attend their church as their "special guest". I saw that our knowledge of the Bible would get us nowhere, so I just testified to him about how I have no doubt that this is the true Church, I told him how I see his dedication to his religion and respect that, but I don't have any more searching to do because I know I'm in the Living Church of the Living Christ. Long story short he accepted a BOM and we walked away laughing and took some pictures together. I thank my Heavenly Father every night that I have the opportunity to testify of Christ.
This past week was a good one!
I'll hit ya'll with the highlight reel:
1. Had our CHRISTmas zone conference. It lasted until 8 at night and we got to be in regular clothes!! It was a fun opportunity to see some of the people I've grown so close to on the mission!
2. When there's like 10 days until CHRISTmas, all the kids go caroling, but they ask for money! They're everywhere!
3. That guy from Africa is starting to creep some of the members out, but we still don't know a whole lot about him.
5. I finished the BOM again! (10/10 would recommend) Seriously love it so much and have come to know who my Savior is through it. I set the goal to finish it two more times before I come home!
I hope everyone has an amazing CHRISTmas! Last week my mom (love you mom) was telling me about her lesson she gave in gospel doctrine class about the condescension of Christ. How he went from his heavenly throne, the creator of the whole universe, to a baby of the most humblest of births. On top of that, He had to rely on the flesh that He created and was literally helpless like any other new born child, He relied on His parents for the necessities of life. Just thought it was a cool thought. I invite you to ponder that this CHRISTmas season :)
Remember this verse!
"And Jesus said unto him, Foxes have holes, and birds of the air have nests; but the Son of man hath not where to lay his head."
Merry CHRISTmas!
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