This week was a new high for my attendance in the Calubian ward with 92 which is a lot better that our usual 55-60 so that was awesome. We also had 5 investigators at church which was super unexpected and great.
One super cool story this week was the story of the Balce family. We got shown were their house was by some members and it is super hidden on down this cliff by the beach. We learned that the tatay is a member but nanay is not but tatay has not been to church in many years. We started to teach them together and nanay is super interested. The next time we come back she shares how she and tatay had been talking about the gospel a lot in between our visits and it was bringing their family closer together. Then we invited them to church and we were unsure if they would come because they live kind of far away but they said they will try. They came and Tatay shared his testimony and it was super powerful about how he has felt the spirit powerfully coming back to church and accepting the gospel again. It was a super cool experience to see the Gospel blessing their lives.
We also got to help a brother in our ward give a priesthood blessing to his wife. He had never done so before so we helped him through it and it made me grateful that I have the priesthood and can bless people's lives and also that I have had leaders and teachers who have helped me use and exercise my priesthood.
Aside from that Noel is still coming to church Jhon Rex has kind of stopped and brother Joel keeps coming so that is good.
Work is going good here in Calubian and by the way they don't even celebrate Cinco de Mayo or Mother's Day here but they did have Labor Day on May 1st so that was kinda funky.
Love you tons,
Elder Holmstead
Philippines Tacloban Mission
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