Elder Hemmert's Mission in Cavite, Philippines: There is still time....

Magandang Hapon po,

It's More Fun in the Philippines (Highlights):

-We have set a mission goal to hit 2 baptisms per companionship per month for the months of April and May, and then 3 for the month of June! I'm excited for the following months!

-We met a cute little family this week named the Balagas. The wife works at a call center for America. Which means she has to work a night shift because the time in America is 13 hours different. I have a small piece of ADVICE: when you call a call center and realize they aren't native English speakers then try to be as nice as possible. When you are mean they can't understand your English and then they just think all Americans are super mean. HAHA! She said it herself...

This past Monday a lady yelled for us "ELDERS!!" We came to her and she said she used to be a member of our church but hadn't come for over 20 years. She said she wanted to come back but was too shy to go by herself. The following day we visited her family with a few other members of our church, and we got to know the family. The Realango family has been living in a small house for the past 5 years without electricity and work has been quite scarce for them. They have four kids, and all-in-all are a very beautiful family. We invited them to church and they are so happy to come, and also the husband, Edgar, is not a member and has asked that we teach him about our beliefs. The said they have recently felt like something was missing in their lives, and they said as we began talking to them they realized that we were the thing they were missing. I know that our Heavenly Father loves each and every one of us. He sent his only begotten son, Jesus Christ, to the earth to be our Savior and Redeemer. His gospel is what can and will fill the holes in our lives. No matter where we currently are in life, or what decisions we have made, there is still time to come unto Christ.