Two Spiritual Experiences

Monday, April 26, 2010

Kamusta po kayo,

Mabuti at kahunga-hunga ako. Salamat for the packages. I got those eggs, snacks and clothing. masarap ang snacks. okay dalawat na spiritual experiences.

Experience 1: I had the oppurtunity to give a blessing to a sister in my district. It was way cool. As soon as my hands touched her head I was being filled. It was awesome.

Experience 2: Had an awesome experience teaching a 3-5 minute lesson 2, plan of salvation. Usually in 3-5 minute lessons its kinda hard to invite the spirit, but when we taught it it was awesome.

At gym I spiked the ball and it hit a sister really really pinaka-really hard.

Im glad the fam is mabuti. Pacencia tunkol sa maliit na mga email. Tagalog language is pretty fun. Im getting into it. Thanks for sending me that tagalog email tatay. Its good practice for me. I can read it during my MDT time for practice.

Gusto po ba ninyo ang pictures? I asked before but you didn't answer. Okay. i will just send them to you.

Kita kits,

Mahal ko kayo
Elder Roxas

A Brief Update: Third Week In the MTC

Monday, April 19, 2010

Kamusta Po Kayo?

I didnt get your dear elder yet...
1. I am not sure.
2. I will not be able to call.
3. I can purchase it here. It is pretty cheap too.
4. I am going to buy an MTC sweater I think cuz it is kind of cold in the morning. it is pretty cheap like 10 dollars.


This week was super awesome. In our teaching appointment this week, we taught the first lesson again. It was swell. Like after reciting the first vision and testifying about it you could see in the person's eyes they knew what we were saying was true. It was awesome.

Gusto mo ba pictures? Nagbibigay po ba ako ng pictures sa ninyo?

Salamat,
Elder Roxas

"There Is Real Power In My Calling"

Monday, Apr. 12, 2010

Maganda Hapong, I am going to first start with answering everything sent to me throughout the week that I prepared to answer. Then I will try to answer everything else with the 25 minutes I have left. Thank you everyone for your thoughts, letters and prayers. I wish I could add snacks to that list. Just kidding. There is really no time for snacks. The MTC is busy, busy, busy.

There is real power in my calling. Without being set apart there is absolutely no way I could be working this hard or learning this much. Talaga. Siyempre. Mabuti ang District Leader. It is a constant reminder for me to set the example for my district. It is helping me learn how to care for others. My main duty is to check the mail... Just kidding again...though i am extremely good at checking mail since it was my job for 2 years in FA and BYUB. My main duty is to lift, encourage, inspire and lift my district. Sige. As I said the district consists of 5 sisters and 4 elders:

1. Elder Judd - Arizona -San Pablo
2. Elder Roxas - Cali -San Pablo
3. Elder Mitchell - Provo -Bagio
4. Elder Naulu - Australia -Angeles
5. Sister Cluff - Idaho -Naga
6. Sister Hancock - Utah -Naga
7. Sister Muaror - Australia - Angeles
8. Sister Jensen - Utah -Olongapo
9. Sister Bruington - Somewhere in the south. She loves Grits. i asked her. -Angeles

My P-day is on Monday. sige Conference was really good. My favorite talk was Dilligence with Elder Eyring. Haven't used the debit card yet. Tagalog is good. Its basically math. Conjugating words is just variable substitution. VAOL is order of operations. ang, ng, sa is variable substitution. Hindi is a negative sign (put it in front of an equation [sentence] and it becomes negative. It takes me a long time to think about everything though and then say it... Even for simple sentences. But I understand it and can work it out. I only know mag and um verbs (actor focus). We are learning the rest soon though. I had a fun time teaching at the TRC. I had two TE appointments this week on top of the one TA (which is every week). I dont have much time left so.... magadang gabi.

First Week In the MTC

Monday, Apr. 5, 2010

Kamusta po pamilia,

My companion is Elder Judd. He is the one that is Auntie Nene's friend. He is cool. He wants to work hard and can be lax when the time calls. He is sweet. He played basketball and we get along well socially.

My exact address is

Elder Joshua R. Roxas
MTC Mailbox #167
PHI-SAN 0524
2005 N. 900 E.
Provo, Utah 84604-1793

So.... I got called as district leader. It is really helping me improve my life. My district has 5 sisters and 4 elders. They are good people. Currently we just learned the first ang set in tagalog. Basically I can describe anything in tagalog but the focus has been on the gospel.

I need my priesthood line of authority. Also could I get my shoes, the brown moccasin ones from Bass? and some t shirts, the gray byu one with a tree and paint on it, also the (<3 peace byu) one.?

I dont know what to say to you all. The MTC is a good place. You guys should ask more questions because I dont know what to say.

Anyways, the church is true.

Elder Roxas