Helllooooo Family!! :) Well this week has been one of magnitude in amazingness! Well sort of... My companion got sick on Tuesday
and it kind of took us a while to get going again! This week will be
much better! I loved this week do to the fact that I am getting
comfortable with myself as a teacher. I am still not perfect, I suck at
the language... but I will get there one day. I can still communicate
just fine. It may not be perfect but it is simple, which according to
Richard G. Scott, that is how we need to teach! The amazing thing is I
understand the language, when people talk to me I know exactly what they
are saying even though I have not studied some of the words they use I
understand. I read about the Gifts of the Spirit and I realize that I
don't have the Gift of Tongues, but the Gift of Interpretation. I
sometimes understand questions or concerns faster then the Filipinos do!
And then I am able to answer them with what they need! I am not
glorifying myself, but I really feel Heavenly Father has helped me with
this. He knows I am not great at learning the language, but he knows
that I can read people really well, so he is making my weaknesses strong
in them (Ether 12:27) and allows me to understand and help people through a different means. 
Well I have been getting a lot of questions about my
companion so I will answer them. He is Elder Babida, he is the oldest
in his family with 2 little sisters. He is really good at English
because they study it here in the Philippines, it just depends on the
person if they keep trying to learn it or drop it after the classes. He
is from Manilla so he also has better schooling and is not as poor as
the people here are. He is pretty much me, but Filipino. He plays video
games, likes sports, likes music, and is just awesome! ;) 
Well this week we had a baptismal interview for one of our candidates and he will be baptized on Saturday
by ME!! I am super excited it has been along time sense I have had a
personal baptism! I hope this continues, we should be getting weekly
baptisms by next month if we work hard enough!
Well General Conference was just amazing. One of my
favorite talks was by Elder Richard G. Scott! He really was amazing at
addressing the needs for families, which could easily be applied to
mission work! I also loved many of the other talks given. Jeffery R.
Holland is still just a fire ball of a speaker and he really puts the
hammer down when it comes to our duties as members, missionaries, and
priesthood holders! I really also loved Elder Oaks talk in priesthood
session! It gave me something to share with women about how they are so
important as well for us priesthood holders! They are the support and
the strength behind us honestly! :) There was just so much expressed
about family and our duties as families it really gets me excited for
the future! Haha! But I still have a while so I won't worry to much just
yet! ;)
Well I love you all please send me questions,
concerns and other things if you have them! Love you so much please keep
strong! :)
Love,
Elder Minson
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