Hello Everybody,
Well everybody here was a little sad earlier because Miss Philippines didn't make the top 5 in the Miss Universe Pageant. We were getting haircuts and everybody seemed to be pretty focused on the TV. As well as the guy cutting my hair... so the haircut didn't turn out too well. Good thing Miss USA didn't take the 5th spot or the barber probably would've taken it out on me. The good news is Elder Basa didn't get transferred!! haha We couldn't believe it. He has been here as AP for 9 months, and now he will finish his mission here with us, so we are real excited about that. It will be a fun Christmas!
APs and Office Elders with President & Sister Andrada
So this last week was a really busy one. As you know, on Monday we traveled to Cagayan and had Zone conference. Then on Thursday and Friday we had the other two Zone conferences to finish off the cycle. On Thursday, President helped us celebrate Thanksgiving by taking us out to dinner. Unfortunately, there was no turkey, stuffing, or any of Grandma's famous Ham Sauce. But we did enjoy a nice meal. President really helped us enjoy the week by taking us out to dinner plenty of times. So we are very thankful for that.
Back in one of his old areas for Zone Conference.
with Elder Wineberg (MTC companion) and
Elder Mortenson (in the MTC together & friend from Alpine, UT)
So we have something coming up next week that we are really excited for. We will be putting up a stage at Centro Plaza of Laoag and be putting on a "Light the World" program. Us missionaries will be performing some songs, the Mayor will be giving a speech, its gonna be a good time, and a really good missionary opportunity. At one of the zone conferences last week, the office elders and us APs sang a nice little song, so we were asked to prepare a song for this event on Dec. 5th. It's gonna happen in Centro Laoag, so there should be a lot of people. As for the people we have been teaching, they are still doing well. We weren't able to really work at all this last week, so we are in need of a nice week of work. But they are still reading the Book of Mormon, and as long as that is happening, they will progress.
The other day I realized and felt something that hopefully I can remember all the time throughout my life and that is the satisfying, happy feeling of being obedient to the Lord. Everything seems to work out better when we are simply obedient to His commandment and as we try to obey His words as well as the counsel of the Brethren. By doing so we can feel a satisfying feeling that we are doing the right thing and doing what the Lord wants.
Sorry this isn't the best email. We were busy with transfer stuff earlier today and then it took me 20 minutes to log onto my email. Love you all, talk to ya next week!
-Elder Jenkins
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