Okaaaaaaay. So lets start off this email by first off thanking you for the camera. Second off, lets hope it gets here. Haha. But I'm hopeful. I want to believe that there is one nice person in the postal service who is willing to do a good turn daily for a brotha in the Philippines. So worst case scenario is that it gets returned to you, or that it gets lost in the mail? Or someone steals it? When do you want me to let you know what happened so that you can know what to do?
As for the work, man ALIVE!!! Imagine an island full of people that don't care at all about what you have to say--even though you know its the most important thing that they can hear.....okay. That's Camotes. haha. This last two weeks have literally been the hardest two weeks of my mission. I am giving my seroius 200% to the work and doing my best to not be trunky. I'm not trunky yet. Dont worry about that. But I have been really relying on Heavenly Father alot through prayer. Prayer has been a struggle for me through my entire life. I didn't pray for a loooooooooong time back home. Not every nite for sure. But here on my mission I've really tried to make my prayers MEAN something. They mean something here. I've felt comfort through my prayers. I get home every day and before I go to bed I just lay it all out there. The first week it was more me complaining and whining but I quickly turned it into me asking him what I need to do and I have gotten the answers. I know I have. Sometimes the answers have changed though as the circumstances have changed. But prayer has really been a part of my life these last two weeks.
So next week we go into the FINAL 6 MONTHS!!! As such, I have decided to abandon my reading of the Old Testament (I'm in Chronicles and thats the worst book I've had to get through. I'm drowning in boredom...) to focus my last 6 months on really studying the Savior. I mean REALLY focusing on Him. I'm reading Jesus the Christ again and I'm going to read the Gospels again for a third time. Man, I love the scriptures. READ EM PEOPLE!!!!
Love you guys, thanks for all your prayers and support.
Brandon
