kamusta palmilya! hope your all doing great at home and i hope karter is doing alright! i was super bummed when i heard about that man i cant imagine the pain he must be in! im praying for him! this week was another great week in the mtc haha not much else has happened the same ole same ole haha but its dang cool the spirit is super strong and it, this week was good cause i heard some things that i really needed to hear and read some stuff in the book of mormon espically about faith. so it was a good week, i feel i made some progession with the language and was very thankful for that its amazing how the spirit works in here. hope the team can paint those goal posts blue this year! its been to long haha cant wait to get my camera back that will be super neat haha we got the new districts in haha and they're alright haha, i just cant wait to get to the philippines and start this adventure! im really excited for general conference! it will be really cool experiance and the rumors flying around this place is that there going to announce something that will change missions forever! i dont know what that means i guess we will have to wait and find out! im super excited to hear about it though! so pay attention. i get to usher for the sunday session in the big aditorum here so thats cool we get reserved seats that are really nice haha. sorry theres not much to tell haha nothing has really happened just a lot of spiritual experiances, we are truly looked over and blessed out here on the mission its unreal, i was reading from the book of mormon and it was amazing, the book is so dang powerful its unreal, i challenge you to start reading it and start with a prayer before you read and it will make a big difference, there is something important from every verse, its so dang cool!!!!!! i cant even begin to tell you how much i love it. i hope the fam is doing great and everything is going well for you back home, im doing great here and loving it, getting really excited to leave, we get our travel plans next week!! im pumped so ill tell you more about that next week, this is starting to get really real haha! but i love you guys and hope everything is going well! Mahal Kita Elder Machen
