12/8/24 PROPETA NG DIYOS

Magandang araw senyong lahat! Another difficult nevertheless, great week as a missionary! Still getting over dengue, the Lord provided countless lessons, and opportunities to grow. Opportunity to finish the New Testament, ponder gospel topics, teaching online, and even baptize a few of our friends! I am so thankful, for the Lords hand in this beautiful work! The experience I want to share, happened as we finally made it back to work in Quezon this past Saturday. We taught a young couple, who we've found a few weeks ago, and committed them to get Baptized and Married in a few weeks. This past Saturday, Elder Cox came down to work with me in Elder Bohman and I's area, as Elder Bohman continues to recover from Dengue. We began to teach, the Word of Wisdom to this couple. We taught about prophets, asking the importance of such, testifying of the value of such, and asking of which they were familiar with. We taught of Moses, and the miracles, this prophet of God was able to perform, focusing on specifically the miracle, occurring during the time of the fiery serpents. People began to die, and through the prophet of the Lord, was given a way, to be saved. Simply look, upon the brass serpent. Yet because of the easiness of the way, and their failure to understand why, and lack of faith, the people would not look, and died in disbelief. We connected such to the Word of Wisdom, and the prophet's brass serpent for us today. Sometimes we don't understand why, but it is our love for God, and faith in him and his representatives, that we choose to follow him and his commandments. With such, our Father in Heaven does not take our efforts for free, and pours out blessings upon us as we do so. I have come to appreciate the privilege it is, to have a living prophet today. It is the true difference, along with the priesthood that allows us to have a clear consciense, to the startling and last day kind of events happening today. There is no need to doubt, as long as we listen and ponder the words he says. I know that Russell M Nelson, is a prophet of our Father in Heaven, who gives us the counsel, to survive spiritually in these last days. I testify of the Word of Wisdom, and the power that comes from following such, and not following such. I know, its truthfulness and power for myself. Of which I am thankful, and of cahs, always jahs goin trahs!! Love you guys choken, tanks fo au da prayahs. De wen work for real. Till next time ELDER ISHIBASHI