charmer

We met a drunk Philippino Johnny Cash, I guess we don't have to add drunk because if you say Johnny Cash you should just assume that he's drunk. He loves me. I met him once and I got him on the first meeting, I guess, i'm such a charmer. 'He knew he like me the first time he saw me.' I have a way with the old men here.

I have been praying super hard to know how I can help Sister Ellsworth, I have felt like she has been broken, she had some really hard times her first couple of transfers, and it really has been weird for me to be the follow-up trainer, I feel like an adoptive mom, like she isn't really mine, I don't really know how to explain it. But I am trying to get to the deepest issues, and I think I've been going about it in the wrong way, I have to get back to the basics with her. Its not about Tagalog, its not about grammar or vocab, it never was and never is, ever.  It is about believing in yourself and knowing that you can achieve great things through the help of Our Heavenly Father.  Faith. Understanding the Atonement of Jesus Christ will increase your desire more than any other thing your could do. I am trying to step back enough and put myself in the right spot to guide her not to tell her that this is something that each and everyone of us has to figure out. You will not learn anything if someone else is doing the task for you, you have to try it yourself. I can't make her, I have to let her, and allow her to come to her own understanding and to really take that leap of faith for herself. 

I've really learned a lot about love and charity these past couple of weeks. I've been praying to know that what I am doing is right, to feel that I have Charity for others.  As we watched the Christmas Devotional my thoughts were turned and I reflected on my "old self" I have come so far. I know that Heavenly Father is so proud of me. What a blessing it really is to be able to serve others here in The Philippines. I love the people. I love missionary work. I love my Savior. I will never stop.