Have you ever heard of Unification religion? It was started by some guy in Korea? One of our investigators belongs to that church and she told us her church had something like Joseph Smith too. She's all about trying to unify everyone. She tells us her church strongly encourages interracial marriage in order to eliminate racial barriers. She also has some interesting views on the Atonement. We had such a powerful lesson with her about priesthood authority and families being together forever and temples. Her husband died a couple years ago and I think she was really touched by our lesson. We thought we had finally helped her to see the difference. Then she just said, "Oh yeah, that's basically what my church believes." We about screamed! She is reading the Book of Mormon like crazy and praying... hopefully she'll be able to recognize answers to her prayers.
One of our favorite members (who always works with
us and is the best) has a 6-year-old son who is in the hospital. He got mumps
or something then some sort of parasite and pneumonia and a fever. He’s coming
home today or tomorrow. Apparently he's just really weak and can't even walk
because he hasn't eaten anything. I feel bad for them...I think everything is
ok though.
I kind of had a gross week. I
was walking to a member’s house and all of a sudden I felt something drop on my
head and arm. I looked down and to my horror, saw bird poop! And not just from a
sparrow... I was walking underneath a tree with chickens in it! So I quickly
flicked it off my arm and then screamed at Sister Tune to get it out of my
hair. She refused... finally I found my handkerchief in my bag and she wiped it
off my head. It was so much! Not just a little. I quickly threw my handkerchief
away. We walked to a member’s house, I told them, and they laughed and laughed
and then provided me with a bucket of water and a bar of soap. So I washed my
hair in front of their house while their neighbor just stared at me. The funny
thing was I had already washed my hair twice that day. I forgot to wash the
conditioner out in the morning haha so had to wash it again at lunch. Then I
had to wash it again when I got home to make sure all the bird poop was out…probably
not good for the hair fall situation.
Sadly, the bird poop incident wasn't the grossest
thing that happened this week. Sewage backed up into our toilet. I think it's
because we always flush toilet paper because that is disgusting if you don't. It
was just straight up brown smelly water. Good thing it didn't overflow. I tried
to plunge it a bit, but to no avail. I took a break from plunging to finish getting
ready for church. I looked in the mirror and saw my sad thin hair and teeth and
skin and the smell of sewage wafted over to me. I just about burst into tears. I
just told myself to deal with it and grow up and I was ok. Luckily our care
taker guy came home and I asked him to look at our toilet. He fixed it with all
these really complicated tools and then told us that he will be our dad while
we're here. haha. We’re lucky to have that crazy old man.
We visited Brother D yesterday. He’s doing really
well. We asked him about his drinking and he said, "No problem. I’ve
just been thinking about baptism." That's good to hear! He also had just
learned about missionary work earlier at stake conference and was so excited to
apply it. He referred us to his best friend. He’s the best.
Our stake conference yesterday was good. The stake
president emphasized missionary work which was great. We also watched a
broadcast for all of the Philippines. We heard from Elder Cook and that lady in
the Young Women presidency…forgot her name and that general authority from the Philippines.
I was very glad he was there. Brother D made a couple comments about how all
the leaders of our church were Caucasian.
I eat way more fruit and vegetables here than I do
at home. I eat meat pretty rarely here... I feel like I’m basically a
vegetarian.
[From one of Allyson’s housemates: “Just take a cold
shower in church clothes if you are wondering what life is like here in Baguio.
Love you! Have a great week. Thanks
for everything. You’re the best!
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