"New Year, Off with a Bang" 1/6/13

What a week! i feel heavenly father opened the windows of heaven for us here in santa maria! we got work done this week! it was incredible, every night elder terry and i would come home and just sit in amazement of everything that happened! we taught people, they actually listened! they kept commitments! they accecpted baptismal invitations and man the blessings go on and on! the 1st year in the new year went off with a bang! we have so much good things going on in our area its amazing! everyday was just a adventure where we got to be instruments in the lords hands! Sis liway is way exciting for her baptism january 24! we taught her last night and she said at the end of the lesson, "i wish i could get baptized right now!' she really understands the importance and she tells us about all the blessings she has been recieving, we also met this 15 year old girl named aipi, she is way magaling! her baptismal date is feb 16. so it should be an exciting next couple months. we just had neat experiences this week where the spirit was so strong and truly bore testimony of what we were saying is true, and those people felt it, this week i really focused on getting "out of the way" of the spirit and letting him do all the work! wow the difference it made! this week to i thought about how i could improve and one way i found is in prayer, i thought you know i think im asking to much and not thanking enough, so thats what i did, focused more on praising him for everything i could think of and that made such a profound difference for me this week! try it! well family i love you, things are going great! happier than ever, thats the secret of this life! Obedience and service! Mahal kita Elder Machen