Week 23 ~ Almost hit by a bus???!!! 🚌 🚏 🚍

I'll cut to the chase, I think the craziest thing that happened today was Elder Solidum and I almost getting plowed by a bus. We were standing in the road, (As you do here in the Philippines) and I look to the left on the highway and see a bus that's probably going 60 MPH which here is cooking. For some reason buses are the fastest automobile here, and they love to speed (which there is no speeding here talaga). So I see this jeepney minding its own business going the speed limit and the bus comes flying up behind it and can't break so it swerves into the lane Elder Solidum and I  are in, so we had to jump out of the way. I was feet from literally getting sent home (the spirit world).

Spiritual thought: Priesthood Power

Elder Solidum and I had the opportunity to give a kid who was having asthma issues a priesthood blessing. Very spiritual blessing, and we give lots of blessings and often don't see the result of our blessings. However the Nanay (Mom) we are teaching told us that her kid became better after the blessing we gave him. He said "I know Jesus loves me". How pure is that? The priesthood is restored and here on earth. The only thing that makes this church Jesus's Christ Church is the fact that it has the priesthood and authority from our Lord himself. I know this church has the power from God, I've seen it with my own eyes and my testimony has grown.

Have a great week,
Elder Spackman
 
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