Dear Mom, Dad,
Ryan, and those who just love life!
Well, first off, I’d like to
give a special Shout-Out to Mariah Kerr for getting her mission call! She has been called to serve in the
Philippines San Pablo Mission, which is literally right next to mine and I am
super “Proud” of her and her desire to serve. I know that she and her family will be
extremely blessed from her service. ^_^ Mabuhay mula sa Philippines, Sister Kerr!!! (Welcome, from the Philippines, Sister Kerr!)
Breaking News… President and
Sister DeLaMare, who will have finished they’re 3-year term this July 1st,
have announced the names of the new Mission President and his wife: Carlos and
Marites Revillo. The Revillos have lived
in the Philippines, the US, and are currently in Singapore. He is the head of Quality and Regulatory Compliance
for the Kellogg Company. This is great
exciting news and I am sure that Brother and Sister Revillo will be instruments
in helping this mission go to the next level. ^_^
More Breaking News! We'll
have 58 new missions opening around the world on July 1st and 4 new missions in
the Philippines! The missions that are
being split are the Baguio Mission, being split into the Urdaneta Mission up
north. The Manila Mission will be split
to become the Cavite Mission (so the southern part of Manila Mission is split
off). The Naga Mission will split and
the Legaspi Mission will be created. The
Cebu Mission will be split to create the new Cebu East Mission. In other news, of the 58 new missions around
the world, California will gain 3 new missions and Brazil and Mexico
respectively will both gain 8 new missions. The work is truly hastening and the Lord is
guiding us through it all. This is
evident in the new missionary programs that have been released. About 3 years ago, the 8 fundamental lessons
were introduced to make missionaries more Spirit driven teachers; then the 12-week
training program to give new missionaries more opportunity to lead and teach
after the MTC. And then, the time at the
MTC had been cut for all languages by a 1/3rd to accommodate the
increase of missionaries from the dropping of the age of eligible missionaries.
This work is truly amazing and I’m so
glad to be right the middle of it all!
I’m also excited to see my friends and even my brother join the Work
that has brought my family and I so much joy. This work is moving; the work is changing
lives, and as we see more people accept the Gospel, we’ll see great improvements
and changes in nations and all around the world.
As for me, I do not have much to
report but that we’re running around like crazy to keep up with all of the
changes…haha! I love it! And transfer week is coming up!!! We are losing 11 and gaining 15 so the total
increase in our mission will be 4, bringing us from 172 missionaries to 176. Our sisters are still not increasing as much
as we thought it would, but they’ll be coming soon, I can feel it. ^_^ I
just need to take the time to “be still” more often and just take things one at
a time and I’ll be good. I am not
transferring this transfer which will make 6 months in the office if I transfer
next transfer…we’ll see what happens.
Other than that, I wish you all a great week and I invite
you to pause when you are stressed and let the Holy Spirit guide… for we are
not required to run more than we have strength. Okay, I have to go now, it's been a while and
there is still much to do. I love you and
I thank you for having perfect attendance in e-mailing me. ^_^ It
means so much to me! I love you! Have a great week, okay? ^_^
Doing you Proud,
Elder Froude
^_^
PS…
Oh btw, I
successfully defeated the virus that infected all of my USBs and my Camera and
everything is okay!!!! I have a lot of
pictures now!
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| Getting my surprise Valentine's package! BEST DAY EVER! |
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| Want some Buko (coconut) shake? Yummy! |
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| Choose The Right |
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| Made some no-bake peanut butter cookies. Yum! |
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| Self explanatory |
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| My friend, Mariah's great news! |
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