I am pleased to announce the safe arrival of President & Sister McCurdy! They landed Sunday evening in the middle of a fantastic thunder storm... Welcome to the Philippines! I have actually been spending a lot of time with him since his arrival. We met on Sunday & talked for a few minutes. They are both so nice! He is such a great man. I am really looking forward to finishing out my mission under his direction. It already has a different feel, but that is to be expected I suppose. He is so excited & just wants to get out to work. In fact, he came with me & Elder Harris to a couple of appointments on Mondaynight! We took him into a whole new world. While he didn't understand a word that was being said, he smiled & bore a great testimony to those whom we taught. We also had our monthly MLC yesterday. He joked about how it wasn't fair to throw him right into an MLC when he's only been here for 2 days, but he did a good job. It was a little different; mostly a getting to know you meeting. Afterwards we were able to attend another temple session. Amazing as always. You can tell that they are just exhausted & in a little bit of culture shock, but I am so excited to work with them both & build a strong relationship with them.
I believe I have told you about Kyle, the great investigator that went a little crazy. He is still looking for his family & we are still teaching him, but we still aren't too comfortable baptizing him right now unless something happens & the problem is solved. He always texts us & asks us to pray for him. He is reading the Book of Mormon like crazy! It's so unfortunate that that one decision he made has effected his progress in the gospel. We continue to pray for him & hope that he will be able to fix the problem with his family.
I remember telling you about another investigator that we had, Hernando. He is the one that had the dream about the Book of Mormon. Unfortunately, he unexpectedly left for Davou so we haven't seen him in the last few weeks. Before he left he expressed to his mother the desire that he has to be baptized if he finds the Book of Mormon to be true.
Finally, the Melon twins! Yeah, their last name is Melon. Their names are Jody & Joed. They are 24 & are so great! They are actually the people that we took President McCurdy to. They have been progressing like crazy as well! They have come to the temple & they read & pray everyday! The lesson that President McCurdy came to, we committed them to baptism & they accepted! They said that they still have a lot of questions but they know that as they continue to read, their questions will be answered. I promised them that their questions would be answered & that they could know through the power of the holy ghost. They are set to be baptized in August.
Well, I sent some pictures this week including a picture of my bathroom. I know that you are going to be disgusted when you see it, but so you know: This is the absolutely cleanest bathroom that I have had my entire mission! We spent 3 hours scrubbing & this is the best that we could do. That big garbage can...that's what we shower out of with that little scooper. Anyway, I hope you enjoy the pictures. We are going bowling today so I will take more pictures. It's my first time bowling in over a year!
I started to tear up when I heard about Daxton! I pray for you all by name every night, including the kids. I will continue to do so. I am sure that this operation, as painful as it may be, will cure his problem & he will be fine.
I love you all so much. Time keeps going by faster & faster. It's scary sometimes. That just means that I have to keep working harder & harder. I love this work & I love these people. I don't know what I did to deserve all of these blessings, but I'm grateful beyond words. I wish you could all experience this. It changes ones life.
Until next week,
Elder Staheli
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