"Here Comes The Flood"

Well family i love getting your letters and it just puts a smile on my face to know that you guys are walking steadfast in Christs footsteps, thanks you for all the support and the love! So to start off this week, well we got hit with a single 1 bagyo (storm). holy cow i have never seen rain like that in my entire life! it didn't matter if you had a umbrella or not you got soaked either way! haha we were walking through flood almost to the knee and it was like a river in some places. so that night tuesday night if i remember correctly we get a knock on our window about 3 am. it was our land lord telling us to move our stuff to the upstairs cause we might be getting flooded, so we woke up and moved some of the furniture upstairs, i walked outside to see and i was like What?! where's the flood hahaha, it was flooding in the street but not even close to our apartment, it was kind of funny but a lot of members got evcuated from their homes cause the river was really rising, but after a while it stopped and the water dropped super fast, i guess some of our neighbors got flooded bad but it never reached us so that was a blessing, we went to the church and visited the members that got hit and they were doing alright, we gave a blessing to a little girl and it was a really neat experience, lucky it really didn't effect our work and so that was good, and then after the big storm it's been sunny almost everyday and we get a little rain at night so it's all good nothing to worry about there, the lord is protecting us and i know he won't let anything happen to us that we can't handle. haha my comp is doing good, we do a lot of walking in our area and he complains i walk to fast and so he's usually 10 meters behind me and i have to tell him come on elder we got the Lords work to do! haha he's a trooper, behind the little complaints here and there we are getting along great and some great things are happening in our area, we have this tagalaba (the lady who washes our clothes) she's is the nicest person ever, nanay marissa, anyways she's acitve but her daughters aren't so much so we've been working with one and she's been coming alot but the one daughter usually would hide from us before and didn't like coming around at all, well we finally got to teach her and she came to church yesterday!! it's been the 1st time in years! wow it was really neat how the Lord is softening her heart and she's starting to feel the spirit again in her life! as for investigators we have this one lady who has come to church like 6 times and doing good but we can only teach her on sunday after church, we've been teaching the whole family but so far just the mom has been coming, we also have one brother cesar who is doing well, he read our reading assignments in the book of mormon so we are excited there, haha im just loving life and it's just a opportunity of a life time, as i look back at this year that has flown by i think, this isn't a sacrafice, this is a privledge i have been given, words cannot describe my gratitude for the things i have experienced and learned over this time, if i could say one thing i am most grateful for, it would be the testimony of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, He lives! He is our Advocate and Mediator, when we serve Him, we come to know Him, we know His will, His way, the only way. I love teaching about the atonement because it is the most wonderful thing and it does change lives. wow i only have 12 months to go. haha dad i remember you asking me if i have worn holes in the bottom of my shoes, well i can confirm that one haha there thrased, but i told my self i walked into the mtc with these shoes and i'm walking off the plane in these shoes haha, i love you family and am so grateful for your love and support, i see the changes in your letters and it just puts a smile on! Mahal Kita Elder Machen