Wednesday, December 8, 2010

December 7, 2010

Family,
I have news this week! I am transferring on Friday to Carcar. It is in Talisay zone. My new companion is going to be Elder Falipe. So I will be spending Christmas down south. I don’t know exactly where it is. I haven’t been home since we found out in out zone activity this morning. Good news there too! We played Book of Mormon Jeopardy and my companion and I won! Sweet! Our prize was that we got to be the first to find out where we are transferring. We are both transferring actually. Sisters are going to be in this area. They were here once before, up until the beginning of this year.

Thanks for telling me about following the Prophet Dad. That is the same advice the mission President just sent me actually. I was talking about the new fundamentals of Preach My Gospel, the new teaching program for missionaries, and he told me that it is directly from the Prophet and that we need to make sure we follow it. It is amazing, but is hard to follow. There are so many parts that take time to adapt you to and make a habit, like asking inspired questions, and better following up on commitments. One of the new parts is to commit people to baptism on the first lesson. President Hansen says to commit them whether the spirit is there or not, simply because that is what the Prophet has told us to do. It works great. If people are just interested in listening and aren’t willing to change their life for the gospel, then we know in the first lesson and spend our time more effectively in other places. I hope soon I can fully apply all of the aspects. Some take so long to get good at. It is great to be learning all of these things. I love it!

We have one investigator with a baptismal date, his name is Rico Usabel. We have been teaching Leonardo, 16 years old, and his family, but haven’t been able to teach them lately because of scheduling conflicts.
We are also teaching Winda and her daughter.
We have many inactive members. These ones could also use your prayers.
Banzone Family
Brother Taoy
Sios-e Family
Ibanes Family
Juny Bentoy
Thank you so much for all of your prayers and mail missionary work or fulfilling your church callings or any kind of service you are doing. The Lord needs all He can to help bring in the Second Coming of Jesus Christ right now. Let’s all work hard for Him this Christmas season. Spread the greatest blessing we have and the richest gift we can give, the Love of Christ, His gospel, and the Book of Mormon which testifies of Him. If we do that, each of our Christmases will be filled with joy, peace and love. Dad, you said that the home is filled with a peaceful spirit right now. Imagine how much greater it could be if the gospel was being taught to your friends and family in your home. The Lord wants to bless us. We just have to do our part. Never under estimate the power of prayer. I had 12 different things I had been praying for answered on Sunday. The Lord really does hear our prayers and always answers our sincere ones, just sometimes in His time, not ours. Be patient. Blessings always come.

Love you all! Maayong Pasco! (Merry Christmas!),
Elder Schenk

1 comment:

  1. I guess your christmas letter will catch up to you at some point. Have a great Christmas, Carsten got transferred once 3 days before Christmas. Turne out to be one of his altime favorite companions. Best wishes! Miranda Q

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