We're Really Doing It Harry!

Kamusta pamilya! this week was another great week in the mtc! oh man how did you guys like conference! it flew by I don't think ive ever taken so many notes in my life! it was a great conference though it always is when we can hear from the prophet and apostles! i really got a lot out of it! hope you guys did too. this week was really amazing and i was so blessed. the lord blesses us so much its insane! i was so grateful for the blessings i received it was a good week. things are getting close though! we got our travels plans yesterday and the butterflies are coming! man its insane its already been about two months! where did the time go! its so crazy! im way excited though its getting really close. We're Really Doing It Harry! haha dumb and dumber quote for ya. after conference though the desire to preach the gosepl to the philippines is even more on fire haha. the tagalog has been good this week the lord is truly blessing us with the language. its amazing how much we've learned and what we can do. last night we have this thing called TRC its where RM's or members that speak tagalog and we have to teach them for 40 min, so we planned our lesson about revelation through prayer and we kinda planned it around two RM college kid, well when we got in there it was a native right out of the philippines! oh man i was nervous! but we just prayed that the spirit would help us. oh man it sure did! teaching straight tagalog for 40 min is kinda tough haha but the spirit really led and guided us! we taught her and the spirit was there for sure! oh and to tell you she is a recent convert!! that made me really nervous to but the spirit was there and it was amazing! and at the end of the lesson she said are tagalog was really good for only being here 8 weeks. the lord truly blesses us! so that was really cool! some really amazing things happened this week it just makes me so excited to get to the philippines! i know its going to chew me up and spit me out hahaha but ive gained a lot of faith in the mtc and especially reading the book of mormon about all the missionary stories in there have really brought me great comfort! its great here and i cant wait for all the adventures im going to have! well have a great weekend and i love you guys so much take care and always remember the lord in all things. Love you guys! Mahal Kita! Elder Machen