"Jumping for Joy!"

Well Hello there family! haha im just doing dandy here in the phillippines! oh man where do i even begin! well this last week was super tough! i swear no one was home and no one wanted to meet with us! Holy cow we got punted 6 times within one hour! im pretty sure that's got to be a record! oh man it was still good it was just exhausting day after day only teaching like 2 lessons a day because i swear people just weren't home! it was rough stuff! i kinda stuggled with the language this week! it seems to be really up and down but still it's improving. my biggest problem with it is i still have a tough time understanding what people are saying! so it's hard to respond. anyways we weren't expecting much on sunday because we felt it was a pretty slow week compared to the others! so it was fast sunday here and i really just wanted some less actives to come to church. so we get to church and i couldn't believe my eyes! a lady we have been visiting since i first got here came to church for the first time! i honestly couldn't tell you how happy i was! if i wasn't a missionary at church i would have been jumping for joy! running around screaming haha i was so pumped! me and elder azores we so excited! we also had some others come to church that we weren't expecting! i couldn't believe it! we also had an investigator show up so that was good to! so just when i thought this week was going to end in failure the lord open the windows and poured out his blessings upon us and the members of the church! it was so amazing. i learned to have patience and to endure the tough weeks well and we will reap our reward when we show we are working hard! this is truly amazing work, not everyday is a stroll in the park but when you have your tough weeks it makes it all worth it when you see the fruits of your work on sunday! yeah it was kind of a slow week but rewarding non the less! sorry i don't have more to say! oh yeah mom asked when transfer day was...well this is week 4 of 6 so my time is running out here in baguio, im praying i don't get transfered but if i do all is well, it will be good for me to get a taste of the "low lands" i love you guys! hope everything is going well for you! i have some pictures to send home. Mahal Kita Elder Machen