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Short letter today, got things to do, but as always another awesome week as a missionary! So many blessings, tender mercies of the Lord, and manifestations of his love for me and everyone of these people here in the Philippines.
The experience I want to share from this past week came from working with kuya Michael, a new member in which we began to work with this past week. We began to ask him to work with us initially, because he had a trike haha and its just so much more convenient, but over the next few messages we shared, Elder Kapunan and I realized how valuable it is to have Michael with us. One day, all of you, I hope have the chance to meet Michael. The shortest explanation I can give is, lives under a tarp under a tree, is almost 60 years old, not married yet, no kids, and jobs now and then. As we began a lesson with an investigator, who weve been trying to get to church the past few weeks, Kuya Michael knew her! And began to bare his testimony about an experience he had fasting. He shared an experience about 2 months ago in which Elder Smith and I taught him about fasting, and the promised blessings that come from such. Because he didnt believe, he thought hed do it, to prove us wrong. Fast foward to the next day when job opportunities opened up for him. Absolute textbook haha. Hearing this testimony, in this message we shared with this investigator, brought back the familiar thought that Im able to think everyday, that our Father in Heaven loves us. So much. Each and every one of us, and is willing to show us he is there, as we begin to do what he asks of us. Textbook. So simple, not easy, but simple talaga. As missionaries, sometimes we never see the fruits of our labors, but they are there. Sometimes we dont see or recognize the impact that our actions will have on those around us, or the blessings that the Lord does give us daily, but they are there.
3 Nephi 13:31-34
31 Therefore take no thought, saying, What shall we eat? or, What shall we drink? or, Wherewithal shall we be clothed?
32 For your heavenly Father knoweth that ye have need of all these things.
33 But seek ye first the kingdom of God and his righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.
34 Take therefore no thought for the morrow, for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient is the day unto the evil thereof.
I love this promise in the scriptures. Of course with every promise or covenant (two way promise), the Lord promises and so do we. If we want these blessings, we need to be willing to do our part as well. Here the Lord promises anyone, who struggle with any issue, financial, social, physical, emotional, if we make the change in our lives to put Him first; prayer, reading the scriptures even for a short time, church two hours for the whole week, and seek the Kingdom of the Lord, everything we need will be added unto us. He knows we need these things, and promises as we seek him, those things, we will recieve. I testify of the truthfulness of these scriptures and am a testimony that they work, and can cause anyone to change. Our Father in heaven loves each of us. JAHS TRAHS!!
Ako ay isang mapatoo na lahat ng mga alintuntunin ng ebanghelyo ni Jesus Christ ay totoo. Nagpapatotoo ako na talaga mahal na mahal tayo ng ating Ama sa Langit, at hinihintay lang niya tayo para tumingi sa kanya. Kailangan lang natin subukan ang mga salita niya.
I love and miss you all choke! And so does the Lord. I promise you that, jahs trahs and chy. Share your testimony, theres power in it, I testify that our testimony has the power to change a life. Use it, no sked um go get um, if can can if no can, why not? Chy again!
ELDER ISHIBASHI
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