Don't Sweat the Small Stuff!

kumusta po kayo?! it was good to hear from you this week and all the neat things happening at home! i love hearing about karters football games sounds like he is tearing it up! i love it, he is such a stud love you bro!! kard man you have to let me know how things are at home, and what i mean by that is who is your big crush now hahahahaha keep it real at home bro! your the man! prepare to go on a mission cause its the greatest thing youll ever do in your entire life. well this week was a big rollercoaster hahaha. i swear thats what a mission is! just a lot of ups and downs. still though cant complain i knew this was going to be a challenge and im still loving it. this week was good and i was really blessed with the spirit and i really felt like i was blessed and was able to get back to myself. i was in a little funk for a little bit cause i was so stressed with everything but its all good. the craziest things started happening to me this week. everytime i started feeling bad for myself or getting really frusturated i was quickly reminded by the spirit that i am doing whats right and to just buck up and quite feeling sorry for myself. the thought always popped into my head this isnt about you this is for the people in the philippines and to serve the Lord so get over it. hahaha i love how the spirit was straight forward with me. it was a neat experience and it happens all the time it was pretty cool. this week teaching our investigators went well the tagalog is slowly but surely coming along haha im a little slow when it come to putting sentences together and my grammer is really bad but it went well. ive been getting alot of help from Elder Day, he is a pro at the language and helps me out a lot. he has become a great friend of mine. Elder Moore is still like my brother here haha hes the man, with both stuggle with the language but help each other. the spirit here is unlike anything else, its really neat. im getting excited for the BYU game next week becasue we have gym time that night while they are playing so were just going to go out and try and listen to it ahahah. youll have to let me know how it goes. i love hearing all the stories. thank you so much for the package this week! that was a great surprise for the day. i think i about finished off the whole bag of chips last night haha. i love the ties! the slim ties here are awesome. you guys are the best. thats awesome about berg hes the man. haha tell brandon miller he my grammer is still pretty bad so when he translates my testimony it might not be completely right. haha but im trying. every thursday we have a thing called TRC i dont know what it stands for but we go into a room and teach RM's that speak tagalog so it can be pretty nerve racking at times. but its pretty fun and good practice. learning a language is tough but its completely worth it. i love you guys so much and ill try and bear my testimony again. Alam ko po na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon. alam ko po na sumasagot ng Diyos ang panalagin. Alam ko po na tagapaglitas po si JesuCristo. alam ko po na buhay propeta si Thomas S. Monson. alam ko po na mahalaga po ang panalagin. si pangalan ni JesuCristo, Amen. i love you guys so much and thank you for all the support. Dad thats awesome that you bore your testimony in church. thats awesome. Your such an example to me and everyday i think about all the important lessons you taught me espically about not sweating the small stuff. im still working on it haha. mom thats awesome about your new Job! sounds like your really going to enjoy it. Proud of you! im writing in my journal everynight so if theres anything i forget in my emails you guys can read it in two years hahahaha. ive seen alot of people i know here! saying goodbye to steve kinda stunk haha cause i was kind of envious that he got to leave this place hahah but its all good i saw him everyday while he was here and we would chat for a little. but ive seen austin reece a couple of times and ryan conan, blake brinton and some kids from IF. i cant wait for kaleb to get here haha im pumped for that! hes going to love it! the older district left on monday and that was tough because we made some good friends. and we didnt even get a younger district so were going to go from youngest to oldest. well im getting kicked out of here so i love you guys!!