Change. Doing It.

So. Interesting Week. Monday was in Bacolod all day.. and I was with the AP's all night/day.. that was weird. hahaha. It was weird.. i sat in the office most the day. then on Tuesday i went to Morchia with another Elder just to wait until transfer day on wednesday cause his comp transfered as well. it was nice. Morchia is way bukid.... just out in the middle of nowhere. hahah. Wednesday was transfer. I met a ton of missionaries while i was waiting for my new comp cause he was coming from way far away. His name is Elder Albao. He is from Quezon City in the 'Pines. He is very nice and a good missionary. The hard thing there is he came from a Cebuano area... so in our mission there are areas where you speak Cebuano instead of Ilonggo. So that's a big battle because he says lots of stuff i can't understand at all. ahahah. It's a work in progress there. No baptism this week unfortunately. But next week, we have another!

This week at church was interesting.. there was a HUGE rain storm the night before and most of Sunday morning also. Wanna guess our attendance at church? total? ummm about 26. ahhaha. It was one of the saddest things ever. hahah. The language gets better and better everyday. Just trying to rely on the Lord and let things work themselves out. hahah. I hope all is well back on the mainland. Sometimes i forget how far away i am. hahaha. So some spiritual moments..

Rely on the spirit in your life. in every aspect. and LOVE. Love everyone and everything... thats something so big that i am learning how to do... its a an everyday work but hey thats life. From Mosiah 16:5. Im realizing how merciful the Lord is. He laid out an amazing plan.. and is just hoping we will use it. But thats the thing.. we have to use it!! We have to repent. We have to use the plan daily for it to have use! His mercy is there.. always. We have to use it though. This plan.. this life.. is not passive. Its active. we must be doing things always! One more thought. Jacob 5:5. At times the Lord cuts us down.. or prunes us back.. but only cause he wants us to be better! I know that is true. I have learned that Heavenly Father will withhold certain things from us so that we can improve and become a better person. Its so true! Remember that always! My final thought.. focus on the temple! Always. If you can.. go all the time! that's the biggest thing i miss (besides all of you of course! haha). The temple is the single most important part of our religion. Its what its all about... all the teaching.. all the classes. point towards the temple. again. USE IT! 

I love you all. Life is great... don't forget that. Spend as much time with your family as possible! if i learn nothing else.. i will def learn that from my mission. its all about family. until next week!

Palangga,

Elder Stagg

the wall of fame and wall of faith! haha 

i hate spiders. hahha.