Kumusta kayong lahat!
A great week as a missionary, very hot, very busy. First, the Lord has been very kind to me. In times I feel I should be mad, or I should be sad, in while being, in terms of the world would be justified! The Lord simply doesnt allow it. This week has been a testimony of immediate strength, immediate comfort, and immediate blessings, that came from focusing on His work, in which I am so grateful to him.
The experience I want to share, happened during a service project, to the Patriarch in our area. As a ward, we picked mongol! Or a bean looking thing that is cooked with fish and noodles and tomatoes, all kine, supah ono. As we gathered those that were ripe, those black and sometimes brown, we filled sacks and buckets to the brim with mongol beans. As progress became steady, for a short while, towards the end, the ward walked isle by isle, searching for those beans that have been passed over, or camoflauged with the plant, or on the very outskirts of the field, where not much people passed by. We diligently sought, until the Patriarch came out and said "Tapos na! Kain tayo!" Its done, lets eat! This is exactly, our work, not only as missionaries, but members of the Church of Jesus Christ. We are taught that the field is WHITE all ready to harvest, not yellow, but white and ready, and we will harvest until the "Great Jehovah shall say, the work is done". (The Wentworth Letter: Joseph Smith)
I am very much an imperfect missionary, but I so much desire to be for the Lord. Everyday, consistently working towards such, diligently seeking to find those that are ready. I love this people, and very much love this work, because of my love for the Lord and what he continues to do for me daily. If I could write every miracle Ive witnessed this past week, I could write a book. The Lord has been so kind to me, in which I am grateful that he uses a very imperfect striving missionary, to do his perfect work.
One of my favorite scriptures is 1 Nephi 11:17..
17 And I said unto him: I know that he loveth his children; nevertheless, I do not know the meaning of all things.
We dont, and will never understand the why in this life, but every conflict, problem, trial and tribulation, difference, or similarity is answered within this one eternal truth. That our Father in Heaven loves us, and there are so many ways that he manifests his love to us, and who are we, to tell him how to do so?
Jacob 4:8 mabasa ka
In such I will continue this work, to show his children how much he loves them, in ways they yet dont understand and comprehend. JAHS TRAHS keeping that one truth in your mind.
Alam ko na totoo ang sinasulat ko na may walang alinlangan. Nagpapasalamat ako na meron po tayo ng isang minamahal na Ama sa Langit, kung sino nakikinig sa lahat ng mga panalangin po natin. Ako ay isang mapatotoo na mahal niya tayong lahat, sobrang sobra, na hindi ko kayang maisalarawan. Mahal ko siya, at magpapatuloy ako sa perpektong gawain niya, dito sa Pilipinas. Ito ay talaga ang gawain niya, at masaya ako na meron ako ng pagkakataon upang maglingkod sa kanya.
ELDER ISHIBASHI
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