This week was such an amazing week!!! I feel like I am seeing the area with like a new set of eyes, there is so so so much potential and I am so so excited for the opportunity we have been blessed with to serve in this amazing area.

I have learned so so much from Elder Wihongi and I am excited to keep learning...my eyes have been opened to so many of my weaknesses but also I am starting to see some of my personal progress so that's very exciting

as far as the area...Elder Wihongi and I have an amazing teaching pool that needs to be progressed and there is so much work to be done!!! which is such an amazing thing to be a part off. I just hope Elder Wihongi and I can keep up.

one of the highs of this week!

Elder Wihongi and I got punted by our back up and our appointment,  so we were just biking and we rode past a guy we taught once and never were able to teach again. I felt strongly that I should go try. so we did and low and behold he was there and was willing to listen. I remembered that last time he had questions about the plan of salvation... so that's what we shared with him.. and he was soooo so into it!!   he had so so many questions.. it was awesome and it was one of the strongest times I have felt the spirit testify through me. It went so good that  we are going to visit him again on Saturday. I can't wait!

we have so much work to do. and it's gonna be such a good week. I just feel so full of hope.   President, it is like you said no matter how times we get punted,  if we are obedient and have hope, then it's all gonna work out..

-Elder Snow

01/13/20

This was a crazy good week!! Nothing really eventful this week but as it was Elder Dacayanan's last week in Agoo so we just worked and worked and were very satisfied and happy.  
Last night we got to give the youngest Robles family member a blessing...and the father, who really was been distant the whole time that we have been there, was crying and the spirit was so so strong. I really am not sure what to teach next because they still haven't been able to get to church. but they are very very committed to reading the Book of Mormon and I just have this feeling every time I visit them. I just love them so much.

And as far as Mark, we have been teaching him for a long time and we have pretty much taught him all we can...  he still seems interested but he also is just struggling, we took one of the Sisters in the ward to him because they were friends, and we kind of just had a q and a. We ended up teaching a run down of all five lessons hahaha it was a long lesson  but it really kind of helped clarify all the questions he had. and I'm really hopeful that he has made big steps this week.

and so my time with Elder Dacayanan has come to an end... I love that guy so much and I know he is going to on to great things and I will always cherish our time together.

And now on to the next big chapter of my mission with Elder Wihongi; he is from New Zealand and is a straight homie.  I am so so excited to have a new person to learn from...the man is a hoot and I know we are going to do great things together...

I'm looking forward to this next week of work with hope in my heart and a name that is ready for me.   Elder Dacayanan  and I have been teaching and planting for 3 transfers and I'm hopeful that this one is going to be a harvest.

Elder Snow

12/30/2019 picture

01/06/2020

Not much to report on this week!! just a grind if I'm being honest but it's the best grind I've ever had the privilege to do ...I know it seems like a say that a lot but I just feel like every week  I just get more and more grateful for the work haha...

something actually amazing happened this week!! on Sunday, sacrament meeting was the fullest I have ever seen it in my time here!! and I realized that through finding new people through less active families has not only been giving us more and more people teach, but also there families are also starting to come back to church... on Sunday we had a family who we have not actually been able to teach yet because they are madly busy, but Elder Dacayanan and I  have just been stopping by pretty much a few times a week for like 2 transfers and just saying hi and talking for a sec. and on Sunday they finally came to church for the first time in years. and it was so special to see the light kind of reignited in their eyes. and it just made me feel so grateful that I was able to be a part of the Lords work. even if it wasn't a new convert...

that was probably the high point of this week!! I'm looking forward to just another solid week of work...I hope I can help make Elder Dacayanans last week of work in Agoo a memorable one! on that note...it's gonna be sad to see him transfer because he has such a good relationship with the people here. but I am excited to see who my second comp is going to be...this is all assuming he actually is transferring... hahah we thought for sure that he was last time and we were wrong. so it's just exciting to see what this next transfer brings!! and to see what this next week brings.

-Elder Snow

12/30/19

this week was a good week with Christmas and all, but I'm surprised to say that I am more than ready to have a normal schedule. as much as I've loved the Christmas festivities, I miss just working haha..

we had exchanges this week and I was with elder Dickinson and oh goodness that guy is excellent in all sense of the word. he is such an inspiring missionary and i learned so much from him about the language and just how to be a better missionary....

our most progressing people right now is probably the Robles family... they are just amazing and they have such a sweet spirit in there house, almost like they are already members hahaha, we cant go visit until the second, because they are out of town. but we left them with a commitment to pray about what they were reading and one of the daughters told us she already thinks its true, its amazing...

i am so excited to see what this next week has in store! and i cant wait to keep getting on the roof..

-love, elder snow 

12/29/19

first baptism.  it was one of the sisters investigators in their area.




playing games with the other missionaries

12/25/19 pictures

that is me out on the rocks in the sunset


picking fruit





already packed for the apartment move, had to you pot lids as plates




Visiting a sister in the hospital





making hearts with our fingers



at the ocean


hiking trip


new apartment

12/25/19

well I'll keep this one short again, but also sorry for the cheeks email last week hahah it was pretty weak sauce, I was just feeling way tamad.

it was such a good week and way productive!!

we moved houses, and that was kind of stressful, but also our new house is like low key astig haha, and plus now we have bikes so #hollaweareangbalisna

but also #masasiraangpwitko

 

that's in tagalog for a reason so if you have questions hahah, but life is good on the mission. Christmas here is way better than in America, everyone is like crazy freakin nice, we got our trikes paid for like 4 times this week and one time it was like 30 pesos which is mad expensive, but the Christmas spirit is strong here

our two most progressing families are called the Ysit (pronounced e-sit) family, and the Robles family.. they are both so beautiful and amazing... and the Halog family as well, they are family we have been talking to for a while and progress is kind of stalled... but anyways love you all so much and wish you all a Merry Christmas...please try and keep Christ center to your lives..

-Elder Snow

12/16/19

hey dad. I'm gonna be honest...I really don't feel like typing a huge email this week... I sent like a ton of pics in the chat so you can post those... but I love you guys so much and give my best from everyone .

12/9/19

This week was awesome!!! definitely one of the top weeks of the transfer...and the weird thing was that nothing really super eventful happened except just good solid missionary work... but for some reason I just had such a good time!
First, this less active family that we found on accident came to church yesterday which was awesome! they want there son who is about to turn 8 to be baptized, so that's exciting... we also taught this Norwegian guy named Tom!  It was really really weird speaking in English.

Looking forward to the next week and Christmas conference !!  First, we found out its in Baguio so that's very exciting.. I'm looking forward to another week of grinding and finding joy in the blessing that is missionary work..

-elder snow

ps- the nurse thinks I have the flu, so that kinda sucks... but don't tell mom cuz she will freak out...I'm ok I promise 

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I love you

12/2/19

Well well well!!! much to my surprise me and elder Dacayanan are back at it again for one more transfer!!! I'm excited for the opportunity to keep learning from him and I'm excited to finally finish my training haha! but anyways in terms of this week, it was a really good week!! we are really trying to shift our focus to working with members and through part member families and its been a super cool experience... Also its helping us build our relationship with the ward and get them excited about missionary work! 

Through working with members we already have a whole family of 8 people that are listening the gospel.. they were taught by the missionaries way back in the day and have this ancient Book of Mormon... which is beautiful, they are so amazing and I'm so excited to see where we go with them!! 

and also!! we extended Mark baptismal date!!! we did it yesterday after church, and he said he wants to pray about it first. but I'm confident that he will get an answer, he has such a strong testimony of the Book of Mormon and his faith is so strong...and I'm so excited for him!!

so that's about it for this week!! I'm excited for the coming transfer!! we have so very promising people that are right on the horizon...I'm excited to be working with elder Dacayanan again and learning from him still...I just don't want him to be tired of me after 18 weeks together hahaha. 

but yeah man I love this area and I love this work and I'm excited to see whats in store for us this transfer

love elder snow