Helo po! Kamusta?!?!
ALRIGHTY lets get down to business on some miracles that happened this week.
1. If you don't remember from my previous email, While I am up here in Provo, there had been a terrible fire just south of us in the Spanish Fork area that has been terrorizing some towns for a while now. All of this has caused me to experience some bad reactions to the falling soot and smoke everywhere. Well exactly one week ago, there were two towns that were in full on evacuation mode. It was believed that unless the winds were to change drastically, both towns would be gone by morning. Well there are two stakes out there and the stake presidents said "no need to leave, the lord will bless us with good winds that will contain the fire" so everyone there prayed for winds. Our loving Heavenly Father heard their prayers and the winds that night and for the next 3 days literally defied all laws of physics (which is everywhere) and started to literally spin in a circle directly over the fires causing them both to become stagnant. Then comes Saturday. The firefighters that are there trying to figure out how to tackle and take out this fire that is now being held by the blessings of God, say "We desperately need some rain now" and looked at the forecast showing a solid week of sunny days and dry air all around. WELL LET ME TELL YOU SOMETHING AWESOME THAT HAPPENED SUNDAY NIGHT!!! I was sitting at a devotional listening to Brother and Sister Gilbert (councilors in the MTC presidency) talk about everything that was going on. Then during the talk, I could hear rain outside... Sister Gilbert talked about how she has family out where the fire was and she received a phone call last Sunday afternoon that it was just raining cats and dogs outside! Low and behold, After the Devo was over, sure enough we all walked outside and there were clouds above us and the ground was indeed a lil moist from some blessings literally poured upon us.
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| Guess what flag this is |
2. Tagolog doesn't make any sense to me whatsoever, pero I have been able to understand everything that teachers and investigators/others have been saying to me and respond back in tagolog for the most part :) Likewise, we're supposed to be using SYL and I would be using a lot more tagolog in this email pero I'll spare you the google translations. either way... Never in my life would I think two weeks would go by and I would be able to understand anything.
3. I'm going to be on TV :) Y'all can try to find me as I join in on a wonderful opportunity to sing my testimony with 363 other mga Misyonero in front of the coolest freaking organ in the whole wide world and also behind THE ONE AND ONLY PROPHET RUSSEL M NELSON!!!!!
4. I put my camera in a bag of dry Asian delectables and now it works again!!! I also realized that I can just plug my camera right into the computer.
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| For my sister who loves the Moon |
5. for eating about 3500 calories every day (not to mention I have within the past week, had over 40 creamies as I get one every meal of every day) I've actually been loosing weight and gaining it back in muscle :) be prepared to have a Fit Powell back from the mother land in two years looking like a model ;) (joke-lang joke-lang I'm probably going to gain a lot of weight out there)
6. The Book of Mormon is an absolutely incredible book that testifies of Jesus Christ more than any other book in existence. I'd encourage all to read it. Even if you don't believe in it, It is a really good read regardless. Lots of cool stories.
Editor's Note:
Joe sent a bunch of photos today that I am including for your viewing pleasure.
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| Saying good bye to Phoenix |
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| Saying good bye to Arizona |
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| First Day at MTC |
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| Smoke from the big fire |
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| All Clear again |
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