A Favorite Scripture Verse of Elder Butler

"And if men come unto me I will show unto them their weakness. I give unto men weakness that they may be humble; and my grace is sufficient for all men that humble themselves before me: for if they humble themselves before me, and have faith in me, then will I make weak things become strong unto them." ~ Ether 12:27 (A favorite verse of scripture from Elder Butler.)

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Being Brave



Feb. 24, 2014
Hello Family!

I hope that things are still going well back there in the states! Here in the Philippines it's still hot as ever and rainy as ever and generally Filipino as ever, but I suppose that's to be expected. :-)


Time keeps flying faster than I can even realize, and every day is a new adventure still. I'm just trying to savor as much of it as I can while I still have this precious time to serve with all of my efforts in the name of my Lord and Savior.

Our work here in Hinoba-an has continued to progress and we are starting to come close to reaping the fruits of our efforts.


One very inspiring group of investigators to me have been a group of four girls that I have been teaching since the middle of January. When I first met these four girls, all ranging in age from 13-16 years, they were all about how I would describe regular Filipina teenage girls: Very shy, a little attention deficit, and very distracted whenever there is a white man in a shirt and tie trying to teach about the deeper things of life. But the change I have seen in these girls has been nothing short of miraculous.

Thursday, February 20, 2014

A Bible! A Bible! We have got a Bible...

Hello Family!

This week has been rather fast for me and I'm having a hard time thinking of the important points...

Although in general news, I can definitely feel my faith and understanding of the love of Jesus Christ growing daily. 

What I think has helped me as well was my companion and I being able to go on exchanges with the Assistants to the mission president assigned to our part of the mission (having 4 APs in our mission because it is so large) and I was able to just have a good time working and still having fun at the same time, of course within mission standards.

Tuesday, February 11, 2014

In the Strength of the Lord

Hello Family!

First off I just want you all to know how much I love and appreciate everyone of you and I know that I am being sustained by your collective faith and prayers on my behalf. I feel very much as Ammon did when he said, "Yea I know that I am nothing; as to my strength I am weak; therefore I will not boast of myself, but I will boast of my God (and the faith of my Family), for in his strength I can do ALL things..." (Alma 26:12). Thank you so much for all of you being who you are and your great examples to me that pick me up when I need it.

Thursday, February 6, 2014

"Exactly What We've Been Looking for"

Hello Family!

We decided to travel to Bacolod first today and then write our emails, which means I've just gotten off a bus ride that was 6 1/2 hours long from our area to Bacolod city...

Main news: My new companion is now Elder Baird! He is actually one of the missionaries from the Tacloban mission, but he decided to take a short rest period back home before he came back out and finished his mission. So he is having quite the time switching his language from the Waray-waray that they speak in Tacloban to the Ilongo of our area.