ANO BIYAN! TALAGA?! Pamilya haha i was surprised when i saw no email from you guys this week haha its alright i got your letters and it sounds like your doing awesome! on man what a week! i cant believe how fast it went by! the days feel like weeks and the weeks feel like days haha. on man there is so much to tell you where to start. well i should probabyly start off by tell you about the coolest thing that happend this week. For tuesday night devotional Elder Jeffery R. Holland came and spoke to us! it was amazing. and boy did he let us have it haha. i love Elder Holland because he doesnt beat around the bush. he tells yeah just how it is! he talked to us about how everybody love the missionaries, and that the members look at us and think that we are perfect. well were not but they have the right to think that and we do not have the right to defile that! let me tell ya he got really animated when he said that! it was unreal. he said how we need to repesct and honor the name we bare on our tages. he talked about how his mission was the greatest thing in his life besides getting marred and how much it ment to him. one thing he said quote, "one thing that really pushes my hot buttons." is when a missionary goes out for two years and then comes home and acts like nothing has happend. oh man he got really animated and let us have it! it was amazing to feel the spirit that guy carries with him. he didnt even bring a talk he just got up there and was directed by the spirit about what to say. it was incredible. the things that happen in the mtc are like nothing else. we got a new investigator and he is a tough one and we were struggling but this last time i really felt we taught through the spirit and i now it really helped me when i was teaching, it was a really neat experiance and strengthened my testimony. the language is coming we learned a ton this week and the oldest district helps us out a ton! they all leave on monday though which stinks but at least we wont be the youngest district anymore haha the new batch of philippinoes are coming in haha. we had the opportunity to go to the temple to day and it was an amazing experience! we did sealings for the 1st time and it was a great experience. we had the greatest group of people in there and they truly were great to us. after we were done elder moore and i went to the celestial room and we were the only ones in there! i have never felt the spirt so strong in my life. i cant even describe it to you but it was truly amazing. we learn so much everyday about how to teach, study the scriptures, and be guided by the spirit this is truly the lords work and we are just merly intruments in his hands. theres no way i could do this with out the spirit. it would be impossible. i love you guys so much and love getting your letters and dear elders about how things are going on there. i would like to share my testimony with you guys. Alam ko pa na totoo ang Aklat ni Mormon. alam ko pa na buhay tagagpaglitas si Jesucristo. alam ko pa na totoo propeta si Thomas S. Monson. Alam ko pa na totoo ang Ebanghelyo ng sa mundo. Si pangalan ni Jesucristo, Amen. this is a marvoulous work and a wonder that happens in the mission field. i love it so much and i love you guys. keep your chin up when times are rough and just earnestly pray and have Him lighten your burdens. Elder Holland also talked alot about prayer and how we need to "wrestle" with the spirit and have a pray that "fights" its way into the presence of our lord. i have really learned to pray out here and the difference it makes is really neat. Karter i want to challenge you to work on your prays and really pray from the heart and not just recite it. i know that if you do this you will be blessed and you will see the difference it will make in your life and our families life. Love you Bro!! Mom and Dad i couldnt do this without you and thank you for the support. Love Elder Machen
