I need to tell my Sister Happy Birthday

Hello Hello happy February!! How was everyone's January? Its so weird to me how fast time has been going by the last couple months. I am so happy that I have been able to learn so much and hear that you are all doing good as well. 

This week was jam packed with meetings and training's and places to go! 

Starting on Tuesday we held a training for all of the missionaries who would be training new missionaries coming into the mission called "Train the Trainers" what a mouthful! It was a blast 

though, we talked about the importance of the beginning of a missionaries time serving the Lord and how great our calling is as representatives of the Savior. President is the best though, it seems as if every meeting we had with him or training this week, he would share something new but use the same key passages in the scriptures. He has really opened up my eyes to pondering the words I read and to look at them differently each time I read. On Wednesday, the new missionaries arrived fresh from the Missionary Training Center with their shining white polo's, new neckties and polished shoes! Boy did my shirt look more of an egg-shell color than white hahah. Meeting with the missionaries was great. They have such a zeal and a desire to work all day. Its awesome. Some were from the states so it was fun to see their dying desire for AirCon and electric fans while all of the other Filipinos wanted to leave the office and stand back out in the heat! It cracks me up each time and everyone else gets a good laugh at it too. 

After their orientation and training we got some dinner with President and Sister Bangal and then they spent the night at our apartment. We had to set up other meetings so we werent able to get home before they were asleep but the other missionaries in our apartment took good care of em! 

Thursday the trainers and trainees met one another, heard some solid advice from President about always pushing yourself and always re-evaluating how you can improve and then they went to their new areas! Right after the training ended, we went from the mission home to the church and started our Mission Leadership Training! It was almost all focused on how we will prepare ourselves for when Elder Ronald A. Rasband comes to visit in just two weeks! It is going to be such a great experience. We also discussed Doctrine and Covenants 121 which is always a must read. 

President Bangal is inspired. He loves the Church and the Savior and does everything in his will-power to help us missionaries become converted to the Gospel of Jesus Christ. 

On Sunday, Elder Ebreo and I went to church in Agoo! It was my first time in Agoo at church and it was fun! Elder Baquiran from the Area Presidency came to visit and Elder Haynie from the Seventy will be here in a couple weeks. Him and his wife gave talks as well as President and Sister Bangal. 

One of them talked about the importance of the home, and how if we want to establish Zion, we need to start within the walls of our homes. It reminded me of two verses in proverbs 

"Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart form it." 

the other "For as he thinketh in his heart, so is he:-" 

The more we are able to bridle our passions, and help others on theirs and our spiritual journey back to our Heavenly Father, the more we will become strong in the faith and confident in ourselves.

I love the Gospel, I love the Savior, I love you all. 

Elder Pitt