I assume it's coming up, being March and all (and also
seeing David and Kambria's announcement).
Speaking of babies...Congrats David and Kam for our upcoming new member
of the family! I'm so excited to be
coming home to four nephews/nieces this year in the fall! Our family has expanded big time since I left
on my mission.
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| Jordan (front right) here with Elder Dadizon (back left) and branch missionary Jonathan (front left) visiting the Reneses Family |
Sorry about not being able to send pictures these past
couple of weeks, but I am making up for it today. We had an awesome week with lots of
success. When we arrived at the Manuel's
house on Tuesday, five of their non-member friends were already sitting there
waiting for us. Sister Gloriel Manuel
said, "Elders, they told my children that they want to listen to you,
so we invited them over."
Sobrang Astig! We had a great
lesson with them and enjoyed responding to their questions about the
Restoration and the Life of Jesus Christ.
We were able to teach three of them twice this week, so that was
cool. I absolutely love the members
here! We have the best branch
missionaries that I've ever had on my mission.
We always have at least two or three that work with us everyday, so
we're able to go on splits to double our work.
Our ability to work has been very high since Elder Revillo and I have
been together. We get new referrals
every week, so that means we get a lot more investigators. We received 11 referrals this week, so you
know that we're going to be going to find and teach all of them this week. I'm SOOOO excited! I'm always excited to work, but we have a
golden week planned that is absolutely going to succeed. The Lord is definitely helping us in our work
on His behalf, to find those willing to hear about the Restoration of the
gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth in its fullness, with all the keys, power,
rights and privileges associated with the Savior’s original church established
during His ministry on the earth.
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| Jordan (red tie) in Talavera with E. Talento (left), E. Cohen (standing), E. Revillo (right) having dinner at the Manuel home |
The assistants worked with us on Saturday, and we enjoyed
spending time with them. Elder Cohen is
probably my favorite AP among all those with whom I have worked on my
mission. He goes home next week, so his
replacement will be coming in tomorrow.
Guess who that will be? Elder
Biggs.!! They conducted a baptismal
interview for our investigator, Kim Arahan, and it was so powerful. She left the interview crying tears of joy
saying that it was the best experience of her life. The Lord has been answering her prayers and
testing her patience for a year and a half, and now she'll finally be rewarded
this Saturday at her baptism. We are
going to make sure it's the best baptism ever!
We are having five baptisms this Saturday. We will be combining with two other
companionships, so we're going to have another baptism picture coming up soon. It was a good thing that the APs worked with
us, because we had to drive all the way to Talavera to conduct a baptism for
the Elders there, since the District Leader wasn't available. Talavera is a pretty area, but it's so
big! (Didn’t Brad serve in Talavera
during his mission here?) We had to
drive about 20 minutes away from Talavera to conduct the interview. After that interview, we went back to the
Stake Center to attend the baptism of two other sets of missionaries, because
our investigators attended and were interviewed for their baptism this week
(Gracia and Dinera). It's going to be an
awesome week. I'm pretty stoked about
it. (By the way, in 10 days I will have
completed my “sister missionary” mission (haha), 18 months. The days just fly by while we are so happily
engaged in the Lord’s work.)
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| Jordan at the baptismal interview for Shirley (front in uniform) with her family in Talavera, with Elders Cohen, Tating, Revillo, Monroe, and Corpuz |
Thanks to all who have sent me direct
emails! It is so nice to hear from my
cousins. (I love being able to email
friends and family directly now. What a
blessing!!) I am grateful for our
awesome family! Mahal ko kayo
lahat!!!! Ingat! I hope I'm not forgetting anything.
Elder Jordan "Super Stoked" Royal
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