February 8, 2012

I am online now if you want to chat a little. Ill be on for the next hour or so.

Elder Schenk

We are fine. We got the earthquake and everyone freaked out that their would be a tsunami and ran around like chickens with their heads cut off, but we had no damage here. They were just concerned after what happened in Japan. Dumagete in Negros got a decent dose. They have some broken roads and fallen homes. We had just gotten home from district meeting so we just waited it out in our nice strong house. Ill write you a longer email in a minute.

E. Schenk

Nope our pday didnt change, we have just been priveleged with general authorities visiting the last two weeks. We had Elder Ardern yesterday. I'll tell you about it in a bit. We should be back to emailing on wednesdays next week.

ES

Family,

We have had a great week here. Yesterday we had the opportunity to have another member of the area presidency, Elder Ardern, visit us for our zone interviews yesterday and he interviewed us all. That was a great experience. It was great to feel of his spirit and to be able to learn from him one on one. I have now been able to meet all three members of the area presidency multiple times. There are some great perks to being a missionary.

We have had some great success in our area this week as we had seven investigators come to church and also seven less active members there as well. The attendance was the highest I have seen it in the last two months. It made for a great fast Sunday. And then we had a member, Brother Samson, feed us mashed potatoes and pork chop for dinner. That was delicious as well.

We are grateful for the progress we are having with Delia and Floro. They are both new investigators and have almost been taught for two weeks now. The wife, Delia, came to church the day after we visited her for the first time. The husband then started joining in the lessons and came last week. President Byram, 2nd councelor of the Cebu Philippines Temple, sat next to Floro in priesthood meeting and told me yesterday when I saw him that he thinks that Floro will be baptized. He jut felt good about him. I feel good about him too. Last night as we taught them about faith and repentance and explained what they need to do to get baptized, I felt such a peace come over me assuring me of their sincerity in receiving the gospel. They have a baptismal date for March 3. Pray for them.

Sister Ruiz and her four kids also came to church for the first time on Sunday. Brother Ruiz had work, but he should be there next Sunday. They need to get baptized too.

Ill try to get the picture dvd made this week. I found a place to get it done. I would also love general conference on SD. Just make sure that it is in mp3 format or my player wont read it.

Love you all,

Elder Schenk

Here are some pictures. Amping! Elder Schenk

Brother Enriquez and I and the Coltura family after an FHE.

 Me in my new area!

 My district here. Back row from L to R: Elder Del Norte, Elder Tingabngab (I really struggle to say that one), Elder Schenk, Elder Galdonez (my comp), Elder Parkinson. Front Row L to R: Sister Surisetty (From India), Elder Villegas, and Sister Welling.

Amping!

Elder Schenk