The Godfather

June 23, 2019 (Week 14)


Well, Family and Friends. Its been another week. And this one... was interesting, to say the least. But it's all well in the Philippines.

So this was my 1st week to leading my area here in Santiago. And it was my 1st week with Elder Adams. It was a good week, but we literally got straight punted from every single appointment that we had. So after a long week of not much success, I'm quite tired lol. But the Lord knew I needed this week. I can't even believe how much I've grown this week. My Tagalog has become... actually alright. With leading the area, I've been the one starting most conversations, and It really pushed me to talk more. I've probably learned more this week than all the time at the MTC haha.

There's not much to really talk about this week. The work was really slow, and finding was hard. But I'm hoping that this week it'll pick up more with Tag-Ulan coming in.

So about the Godfather. We were having a lesson with Michael Siazon, one of our people we're teaching. He owns a Tindihan, so we always get interrupted in our lessons. No big deal, we were still able to have really good lessons with him. So on Wednesday, we were teaching him, and the Babbler walks up. The Babbler is a crazy dude that always walks back and forth in front of our house. Nice dude, just crazy haha. So, he walks up and buys a drink, and starts talking to us about the Russian Government. He also tells us Vladimir Putin has 200 chemical weapons. So funny. He then leaves, we start laughing, and continue with our lesson. After 10 minutes he comes back and buys another drink. He continues on with his Russian talk and then says "I am the Son, I am the Godfather, I am the CIA". We couldn't handle it anymore. Elder Adams and I started busting up. It was probably the funniest thing I've ever heard.

To end, I just want to Testify about the Gift of Tongues. It is real! I can't believe how much the Lord has blessed me this week. He knows exactly what we need. He knew I needed to be pushed a little more to be able to learn. I saw his guiding hand this week as I was the man in charge. It was a tough week, but I'm so thankful for it. It's only going to make me better. Jesus Christ lives. This Church is True. If any of us are struggling, let us get down on our knees. We always have our Father in Heaven there. He loves us and wants us to come to him.

Love you all. Have a great week!

Love,
Elder Haws