Wow this week was such a great week! First off we had New Year's Eve! It was so much fun. Here we have a curfew on New Year's Eve at 6 because it's dangerous with all the fireworks outside that people use. They're everywhere and homemade a lot of the times. yea... So we spent New Year's Eve at the Gwilliams place! It was so much fun. We ate dinner and played a fun little game called Canadian Salad. It was a successful New Year's Eve. We didn't stay up til 12 though, it's just not worth it haha. I'm tired enough as it is. We were also able to go to the Temple again this week. I don't know if I have ever said this, but the Temple is just so amazing! I love going there, and it is so awesome that we are able to go to the Temple as much as we do. It's great! We had exchanges this week as well for one of the days. I got to work with Elder Velasco. He is actually in the same batch as me. So it was two young missionaries working together in Carissa. He is Filipino though so his Tagalog is pretty good. We actually were able to go to a lot of people and we taught some great lessons. Elder Velasco is great. It's cool to know that we are going to be here for just about the same amount of time. He only spent 3 weeks in the MTC so I'll be leaving earlier than him. But it's still great! One of our main focuses as a companionship this week is getting to work with members a lot more and getting more referrals. So this week we really tried to focus on the members. They are the key to really help the Philippines grow. The companionships in our home were actually watching a video and in it President Monson talks about asking for referrals and some things you can ask to help people know who can really benefit form the message that we want to share. So we visited some members and shared with them and followed the council from President Monson. It went so great and we got a ton of referrals! It was so exciting! I can't wait to see the work grow from the help of the members! This work really is going forth and so many exciting things are still to come. Miracles happen each and every day all over of the world. I know this work and this gospel can help anyone and everyone. I love this gospel so much and I love the Book of Mormon so much. I have really been able to study it. Not just read, but study. I love missionary work! Well that's about it! I love you all!
Elder Stephens
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