My Missionary Commission

by Elder Bruce R. McConkie

I am called of God.
My authority is above that of kings of the earth.
By revelation I have been selected as a personal representative of the Lord Jesus Christ.
He is my master and He has chosen me to represent Him--to stand in His place, to say and do what He Himself would say and do if He personally were ministering to the very people to whom He has sent me.
My voice is His voice, and my acts are His acts; my doctrine is His doctrine.
My Commission is to do what He wants done; To say what He wants said; to be a living modern witness in word and in deed of the divinity of his great and marvelous Latter-day work.
How great is my calling!

This is my calling, this is who I am, this is what the Lord wants me to stand for.. I am forever grateful for this opportunity to serve and be His advocate. Forever grateful for the power of Atonement.

Kamustaaaaa?!   Atoy ni Elder Galon manen! Kamusta ti lawas yo dagiti kabsat ko? 

Haha. I don't have a lot of stories this week, aside from the SAFARI Spot that we saw while Proselyting. Woah, can you imagine to walk in this road? Really scary! Hahaha

No worries, it's a stone. Haha! 

I can always will my Father's love. I've been praying so hard these days to help me be the Man the Lord wants me to be, the kind of missionary that He wants me to be. All my life, I've been like tryin' to dictate Him of what I want. I just realized that I am wrong all the time. Faith is not to dictate the will of the Father, it is submitting to His will. Relying to His mighty Plan of Happiness. I know that He knows best, He knows where to guide me, all I need to do is to 'obey'. Obedience is a life-long lesson to learn, and I'm glad that I am learning this lesson while still in Mission Field. I love my Mission, I love my Heavenly Father and His Son, Jesus Christ. I'll be what They want me to be.

That's all folks. Hope to give you something more spiritual next week :)

Much love from your black/poly/arabic/ friend. Haha! 

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Julaaaaaayyyyy!

Yoooozzzzzaaaaahh! 

You know what? There's this very infamous line about missionaries when 'week 6' is on the road. Usually, they call it 'Trunky Week'. Hahahaha! Yea, believe it or not, lot of missionaries, if only possible, can use the hashtag '#trunkyweek' or #trunkynessisreal'. Haha! Funny thing is, my companion keeps on tracking his remaining days left. Just right now, his batchmate, who happens to be our zoneleader, ask him how many days they still have. Hahahaha! Would you look at that? :P I told him we're gonna work hard this week even if the area is really challenging. Yep, there's a lot of new investigators everyweek but it's really hard to get hold of them the next time. Hahaha! Yea, one example of it was last week, we we're biking from our farthest area and suddenly it rains, so we went into a waiting shed to wait for the rain to stop, then our investigators (family) saw us like 500 yards away from us, then suddenly took right turn so that they can't see us like face to face.. hahaha! Well, 'The Lord knows' 😀 The Lord knows why.. I trust Him wholeheartedly. I just work and work. Indeed, the very secret of Missionary work, is to work. Work hard and to work smart.

So, transfer again (so fast wasn't it?)
So Elder Van Dyke is getting transferred to Baguio Zone, he's the new zone leader naaaaw. Well, to good for him, he never been a DL before and not a DL right now but called to be the new ZL. too dope! Haha. I'm happy for that guy. We've been together for 3 months (Housemate) and at first I really thought he was weird, but nah. All the blame's on me, I'm just judgemental and being a dork tryin' to oppose him all the time. But yea, we hang out a lot, talk a lot and laugh about a lot of stuffs. He spent 6 months in Tagudin and we all like, 'Elder Van Dyke's going to spend another 6 months here, or maybe a year'. Hahaha! But all goods. Elder Apuhin is going to replace him (Good Lord, at last! A filipino kabahay! hahaha)   

Last Saturday was Nanay Nerina's baptism. It was really dope, teaching her requires fluency in Ilokano and it freak us out! Hahahaha! But all good :) Those lovely ladies at my back are my Nanay's :D (Except the Sister Missionaries :P) 

And oh, they all say na i'm getting thinner and thinner, as well as I'm getting black, toast, or pretty much roasted. Hahaha! What can I do? You can't use umbrella while biking 😂😂😂

All love from your hommie,

Pouch me!