The Spirit

Some of you may wonder why "The Spirit" is the title of my Letter this week.

I just want to talk about The Spirit/The Holy Ghost...

"The Holy Ghost is the third member of the Godhead. He is a personage of spirit, without a body of flesh and bones. He is often referred to as the Spirit, the Holy Spirit, the Spirit of God, the Spirit of the Lord, or the Comforter." - Lds.org

Well, Our Week was filled of Spiritual Experiences. So, as a District Leader I talk to our Zone Leaders every night Reporting the Key Indicators of my District mates.

Since I started my mission, I treated this as a Spiritual Call Ins.

The Leaders in a mission are called of God, I understood that. And I know this is bad to say..

But since I got transferred to this Zone, I started to dislike the Zone Leaders.

They're Call Ins every night is only to "GATHER THE KEY INDICATORS"

or (get the numbers of our work).

My previous Zone Leaders does not only get our key indicators, they ask How we're doing, (Physically, Mentally, Emotionally, & Spiritually)

For me, that means a lot.

Last night I had the worst Call from our Zone Leaders

The first thing he asked me was, Why are you not calling us Elder? Did you fall asleep? (I had bad things popping in my mind after he asked me that)

I said No!!!, I was talking to one of the Elders in my District for a long time, Because He is struggling with their Companionship, They are having a hard time getting along, and He asked me to gave him counsels So, I willingly did. after sharing that to one of our Zone Leader, He didn't say a thing about that Elder from my district. He just said "Can I get the Key Indicators of your District?"

After hearing that my mood changed, I gave the Key Indicators to him in not a nice tone of voice manner, and He ended our conversation.

I learned spiritually from that experience.

As one of the Leaders of this Mission, I wanted to voice out that No matter what our position is, (Zone Leader, District Leader, Trainer, Office Elder, Sister Training Leader, or Assitants to the President) Always remember that We are all the same, We were set apart by the same Priesthood power, and as Leaders we are to, 

*Know who we are and why we have this calling

*Make sure that our leadership style was not only correct, but also constant.

*Our program should be "Do what I Do", rather than "Do what I Say"

*Make sure that WE ARE A LISTENING and UNDERSTANDING Leaders

*Be a patient,  humble, kind, selfless, pleading, loving leader.

That's in my head right now, Hopefully We can be more like the Savior whenever He calls us to be a Leader.

Also, yesterday was Stake Conference here.

Crazy, because last year I was also in this same stake when they had their Stake Conference. President and Sister Clark came to attend the conference, They gave such wonderful talks!

Sister Clark's talk was all about the Temples, while President Clark was all about being one, as Missionaries and Members when it comes to missionary work.

I have learned a lot! What's more awesome about the conference,

I get to see the members and my converts from my 2nd area!!! They were there!

I was in awe! I miss my 2nd area so much, and I am truly grateful that I had the chance to see them yesterday.

Before this conference happened, Last Saturday, Elder Mecham and I coordinated with one of the member here in our area. Our plan was we hired 2 Tricycles to send us to San Jose for the conference San Jose is like an hour Tricycle ride from our area. We invited the Less Active Family to come with us, and they did not hesitate, they energetically said yes We also have one investigator with us. We sacrificed a lot (especially walking) But it was Fun, and Worth It experience.

I Love my Trainee (Anak) He's amazing! he is doing a wonderful job in his training!

That's all for today...

Love:

_{ELDER ORDEJAN}

Philippines Angeles Mission

Paco Roman Branch

San Jose Zone

"May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong"

Pictures:

*On our Way to the San Jose Stake Conference

*Members and my Converts from my 2nd area

*Punay Family

Never Surrender!

Hello Everyone!

Today will also be a short letter,

I still need to do District Leader Reports

Anyways, Sister Conchita got baptized last Saturday. She was also confirmed the following day

I have seen her faith grow, Everytime we would see her, Her countenance shines like a Sun, always have a warm smile in her face.

We found 3 new investigators last week, One of them was Sister Alona's brother. She just got baptized last May 7th, and last week she told us that we should also teach her brother.

Just like what Elder Haynie said, Recent Converts are great source of finding new investigators

He accepted the Baptismal Date and is a potetial investigator, He has seen the changes in his Sister. That's one of the blessings when we act on our Leaders counsels.

We were lockdown (started at 4 pm) inside our apartment last monday because of the elections. We are hoping and praying for a good week to come.

Also, last wednesday was our Transfer Announcements meeting.

Good thing Elder Mecham and I are both staying in our area, And I will finish Elder Mecham's training!!! yohoo!

Planned to have 2 Companion Exchanges this week with my District Mates.

I think that is all for today...

Take Care! You are Awesome!

Love:

_{ELDER ORDEJAN}

Philippines Angeles Mission

Paco Roman Branch

San Jose Zone

"May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong"

Pictures:

*Baptisms

*Neighbor's Dog, Mango Float, and Egg Sandwich

Happy Mothers Day!!!

Well, short letter for today,

I got sick for 3 days, I had my first Smore, I ate a lot of sweets last week.

And, We had a Baptism!!! Alona Jane Gragasin is her name!!!

My companion and i had Fhe in our apartment. hahaha. We had ice cream, smores, brownies, krispy kreme. hahaha. We're gonna die with diabetes...

God doesn't want us to Fail

Hello Everyone!!!

Time is running fast, It is Monday again. How are you? How's your week? I prayed and hoped that you had a good one. We had a good week I guess...

First, one of our investigators passed the baptismal interview! So, she will be baptized on may 7. One of our investigator was also scheduled to be interviewed last Saturday but she wasn't there. She went to the big city(San Jose) for an emergency. Her interview was moved to wednesday (may 4). Yesterday at the Church, She talked to us and asked for forgiveness for not showing up in her interview. I can see that these 2 amazing people will never left the Church. They are enjoying it. They loved the Church, they are engaged in the Church Activities, and sometimes they seem like they're already members. One of them even joined the reactivation activity yesterday. Members in our branch are doing a great job befriending them. I know that the branch is small, the branch auxiliaries may not be functioning really well, but that doesn't mean that we will stop doing our purpose as missionaries, and that is "To invite others to come unto Christ"...

Last Thursday we had our Trainer's and Trainee's meeting in the biggest city (I think) of our mission (Cabanatuan) it's an hour and a half away from our area. The meeting was great! We talked about the training of our trainees and some other useful things to apply in our training. Before it started every trainer and trainee will stand in the front and introduce their Trainer and Trainee to everyone. I almost cried when my trainee said "This is Elder Ordejan the best Tatay(Trainer) in the world! Oh, it is wonderful to hear that from your anak(trainee). I sometimes think and I am not a good trainer but in my Trainee's opinion I was. I remember one time I was saying sorry to him for not being a good trainer. He will just oppose to what I have said. I Love my anak(trainee). He helped me more than I helped him. He will be a great missionary of this mission! (That's for sure!)

Yesterday I think it was one of the best Sunday I've had so far in this area. So, We have been teaching a less active family (Family Punay) since I got in this area. They haven't been to Church for a long time because the Church is 5-6 miles away from them, and the Fare is expensive too. Now, last week Brother Punay told us that he won a bike from a contest. He told us that they can come to Church now because they have 2 bikes now. My trainee and I got so excited after he said that. And we were so surprised seeing them yesterday with their 2 bikes and 2 daughters. They biked 5-6 miles!!! I think they showed Faith from this experience. I love this Family. We have goaled them to be sealed as a Family! I can see that our dream of helping them to be sealed will come true!!!

Also, We lost our phone last Thursday. I testify that Missionary Work is hard without a phone! Hahaha. We have received the consequences. So, every night we try to find someone that is kind to use their phone for a few minutes to report our daily work to our Zone Leaders. Good thing there's a lot of kind people in our area. :)

Our lessons last week was really low. I think we need to focus on planning. Every night we have a lot of names planned to be taught the next day but the results are not good. We will do our best this week to recover. Good thing we were still able to find 5 new investigators. We're just hoping and praying that they will progress.

I think that's all for today...

*Rain Season has started!!! Yay! I Love Rain!

Always Remember, Obedience Matters! and I Love You!!!

_{ELDER ORDEJAN}

Philippines Angeles Mission

Paco Roman Branch

San Jose Zone

"May we ever choose the harder right, instead of the easier wrong"

Pictures:

*Punay Family Biking

*Elder Mecham, Me, and Our Krispy Kreme

* Some of our pictures

*Elder Mecham's first Mission Package