Anyway this week has just been amazing. My new companion is great. Our lessons are fine and the ward is awesome. To begin with, I changed sacrament meeting for the better. Every week there are kids running up and down the isles, people not coming to church in white shirts and you just can not really feel the spirit. My zone leader said just change it. So I did. Before Sacrament meeting, I found all the YSA that weren't wearing a white shirt and made them go change. When sacrament started me and my companion got up and stood at the doors so no one could come in during the ordinance. That made a huge difference. Lots of people come late. Then I sat and chased children around in the back and gave them to their parents. And guess what, I only had to do that for a few minutes and then parents got the message. They started holding their kids. The spirit was there. I wanted to make it the best sacrament because we had R come for the first time. What a miracle! He has changed in the past 2 weeks. The C Family is now on track to be baptized as a family. That is why I am here. We had D come with his wife S too!! We had 10 investigators at church and it was the best ever. That was not even the best experience yesterday. The ward had a 1/2 day mission. Pretty much the whole ward showed up and they were missionaries for 4 hours. They visited all the less actives they could. Man it was cool to see on the right a group teaching and then on the left a group teaching a less active and then on the right again. Everywhere I looked there was just teaching, it made me proud to be a part of their ward!!!!!! We got 3 referrals and just a huge success. Yesterday was the best Sunday I have had here. Like I have said R has changed. He went from drinking in front of his house with his friends while we taught his wife and kids to now listening and just really interested. I have seen miracles on my mission. Now that I have shown the ward that it can be done, hopefully they will take initiative and make sacarement even better. There are still alot of things that the ward needs help with, but I will revel in the success of yesterday through Heavenly Fathers help and take 1 problem at a time. I am going to leave this ward better than I found it when I got here.
It's hard leading an area to be honest. I am the one now that knows the investigators problems and what they need. But who the Lord calls he qualifies and I can testify to that.
This week I have really grown closer to my Savior and to the ward here. I have seen miracles and just amazing things. I am still learning though. I still need to work on being myself with Tagalog. That's the hardest part. I kind of get into this robotic stage when I am teaching because that's all I know how to say. I know it will come overtime though.
I love the Lord more than anything or anyone.
I hope you know I am safe and staying obedient.
Mahal Kita!!!
Elder Bigelow
My new companion
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