Training!!!!

I am still in Bacolod 2nd Ward. Elder Paaño moved out and I stayed to train a new companion. Elder Vinoya has a great testimony and really is excited for this work. He is from Quezon City, Manila. I am excited to train because it is helping me focus more on the work. I need to train him correctly so it doesn't leave me any time to do anything else except focus on the work. I have been going home a lot more tired then any other time in my mission.
This week has been a lot of studies for us. While training we have 4 hours of study instead of the normal 3. It has been very different but has taught me a lot more. Then it has been off to the members and others so that Elder Vinoya can meet the members and we can start helping the members do missionary work. We are hoping we can do a lot more with our investigators this week. Lots of people are very busy right now because school starts next week June 2 so they are getting ready and are spending lots of time doing things. We hope they will relax this next week so we can teach them.
As for this week, Irish is doing great. Her interview should be next week so we are preparing her for that. She should be baptized on June 7. We then gave a baptismal date to Chenna's brother John Paul for June 28. He will be our next baptism. He is turning 8 on June 24 so we thought it would be good to do so. We are trying to get their mom involved so that she can listen to the discussions. We hope to convert her in the process of teaching John Paul. We didn't make it to Carmela this week because bishop's father-in-law had a stroke so we didn't go there this week. She came up to us in church and asked why we didn't go there so think that is a good sign. We also went to Eden this week.She is doing really good and she likes what we teach. We are working on getting her to read the Book of Mormon and we are still trying to get her to church. That is the hardest part. Armando went back to Cadiz so we are going to teach him. Hopefully the missionaries there will continue to teach him. Everyone else it about the same. We meet a few more people this week that are potential. We will be working to contact as many of them as we can.
Hope you all are doing well. The Lord is hastening His work. We see it everyday as we work. Lots of hearts are changing. Hope you are participating in this great work.
Love you,
Elder Nielsen