"Count Your Blessings"

Wow, i was really happy to get you letters this week! i am so excited for con man i'm just smiling right now haha, Well as you can see the title for this weeks letter is count your blessings. This week was a testimony builder to me of Heavenly Fathers hand in our work and helping us out! So we started off right on monday and it just sailed with us the whole week, it was a great blessing, i was blown away by the response of some of our investigators! We are teaching two investigators and their parents our members but la. they are kind of skeptical and have a lot of questions which is really great i love having investigators with lots of questions! anyways this week we asked her if she had prayed to know if what we were teaching was true, if Joseph smith was a true prophet and if the book of mormon was true, she said yeah i prayed about it, then she paused, i was on the edge of my seat!! she looked up and said "i believe it!" i appreciate the book of mormon, wow that moment was so powerful and i was speechless. i was just smiling and said yes it is, they even came to church this week! we had 7 investigators and 10 less actives at church it was a miracle, getting them to church is the hardest part but like i said Heavenly fathers hand was in our work and he really helped us out this week. Everyday things were just falling into place and it was a great experience to be a part of it! we also had great turn out with less actives and had some come to church for the 1st time in years! it was really amazing. this week i felt like i really learned to appreciate the time i have here in bauang and for my mission, there's nothing better than this in the whole world, knowing your helping people recieve the necessary ordinances and keep their commitments is a great feeling. This week was a great week and im just feeling good, me and my comp elder penaranda are getting along great and we have a good time everyday! i really appreciate your support and love, take care this week and always remember him in all you do! Mahal kita Elder Machen