Antipolo Zone- Philippines: Week 6- Aura Farming Bomboclat

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Word of the week: habol (chase) 

I officially hate dogs

ESPN TOP 10 HIGHLIGHTS OF THE WEEK:

10 I got chased by 2 dogs this week...  Literally one comes right up behind my leg and starts barking, then chases me, another one follows. I was wearing crocs cause it was night we went out to buy rice, and I ran right outta my crocs. So I got away because of the slow dogs, but I had to go back to grab my shoes. But Literally i think I hate dogs now.

9 I said something crazy on accident at this dinner appointment. Technically it's not even crazy in Tagalog it just means seed but in Cebuano (different dialect) it's like a swear word. I was legit just talking and they all died laughing. I was like bro what did i say at least they didn't get pissed at me

8 We watched "the best 2 years" at a member's house. Fire movie can't lie, y'all should give it a watch if you haven't yet. 

7 Spent 5 HOURS at city hall working with this couple to help them get married and baptized. Getting married here is crazy work, so much paperwork and you have to wait like a month, there's mandatory marriage counseling, etc. It's like the DMV in America. So lots of people just don't but we're helping the Fabella family to get it done this September 27!!! Sana al

6 We had a mission wide zoom call for the first time, it was interesting. Like 30 minutes just our president sharing some powerful testimony about Jesus Christ, presenting our mission goals (#December 200) and trivia.

5 AI Papa Jesus! We were in a lesson with this RC grandma and her 8 year old grandson who spoke all English. It was hilarious he kept getting up and dancing saying that he's "aura farming", saying the most brain rot things. Then mid lesson he says that the grandma always gets fooled by AI, that she chatted Jesus on messenger and he was making fun of her. It was so funny there's a video of him on my google photos it's pretty fire

4 We found a family who seems pretty fire this week so we're hoping all goes well with them. It was our last visit of the day after a pretty long day, but we got to that last house and man they were super receptive and awesome. Pray for the ️Gianan family️

3 We had ZCM this week, which is a big meeting with the whole zone. Got to give a council about being "doers" and not just hearers. We set some awesome goals as a zone and it was a great meeting. Threw in a track video of Noah Lyles winning the 200m just so we could watch something cool. But successful, spent way too many sleep hours preparing.

2 Oh my days the dinners this week were on FIRE!!! Sister Rose took us out to Max's which is a fire restaurant. It was like 4k but she didn't even bat an eye and then she bought us banana bread and chocolate cake after.  then we had another on Saturday where he had like 8 dishes and 3 different types of rice 

1 Had a miracle finding this week!️ We were out and about visiting some members that hadn't been visited in like 8 months, and we entered this members house and she said we have someone we want you to teach yo? Then 2 minutes later he walks in the door yo. And he pulled up to church on Sunday rocking a pink tie. Missionary work is on easy mode when you follow the spirit Francis (17yo) will be entering the waters coming October.

Spiritual thought:

O Remember Remember, Oct 2007, E. Eyring

Great talk about how we need to remember the spiritual experiences that we have so we can always see the hand of the Lord in our lives. I started doing what Elder Eyring did and writing down every day how I saw the hand of the Lord in my day. It helped me to be more aware of Him and His divine plan and guidance. I challenge you to do the same as I know you'll come to a better knowledge and understanding of our supreme creator and gain a brighter testimony that He is mindful of us.

Elder Tyson Smith