Haha, ok. False alarm. I already told Sister D that
my family had forgotten about me. I guess I’ll tell her false alarm. [We didn’t
forget about her!]
I didn't get transferred, but
Sister D [from MTC group] did. We were all so surprised. She’s going home next
transfer, so now that I think about it, it might have been hard to be with her
when she goes home. I miss her lots though. Other
news... Sister T [long time companion in Baguio from Kiribati] and Sister LT
[trainer from the Philippines] are both home now. I got to talk to both of them
before they left. I’m going to miss Sister T a lot! I love her so much!
This week I taught the young
women how to play the piano at their mutual. I also accompanied the primary in
their program on Sunday. It went well.... well actually
it was a little chaotic, but the kids were so cute so it's all ok. Our recently baptized family was very cute on Sunday...
all three of them had a little part in the primary program. They wanted a
family because the song was "Family Prayer" so they chose the H
family!
Everything is going ok here in Agoo. We experienced
some more disappointment with only one investigator coming to church yesterday.
We have some serious chastising to do tomorrow. Haha. This week I realized what
an easy and carefree life I’ve had. We found out some things about some of our
investigators... I’ll probably just tell you some more about that when I get
home. One of our investigators who blew us off a few weeks ago called us and we
went over and taught her. We had a good lesson with her and she was super
emotional and promised to come to church and live the Word of Wisdom and
everything. Then, she didn't show up at church. That was pretty heart breaking.
So, basically to sum up the week... there are lots of problems with our
investigators and whatever but we have been doing our best. So I’m pretty
content even though it's hard for me to watch these people not accept the
truth. We’re not giving up, we’re working on them. One of our investigators
with a baptism date is doing well though.
We have to go to the dentist after this. My
companion has a toothache and has to get her tooth pulled because root canals
are very expensive here. That’s sad.
Today this angry little man from the barangay got
mad at us for putting our trash in a place we weren't supposed to (we didn't
know any better). Luckily I convinced him to not give us a 500 peso fine.
[about $11.00]
Here’s what I’ve noticed about Christmas in the
Philippines. You just have a lot of food-- pansit and spaghetti. Also you go
and visit all your friends. People are just popping in each other’s houses
giving food and whatnot. There are lots of decorations...made out of who knows
what. They can make some pretty cool things out of recycled things like bottles
and straws and other trash. Also, the decorations and music start in September.
They always say that it’s ok when the "ber" months start.
I feel like the things I say are just the same
every week. I’m happy, missionary work is awesome, the gospel is true. That is pretty
much the sum of my life. I’m excited to see all of you and to start school but I’m
also really sad to stop being a missionary.
Sorry I’m out of time. To quickly answer your
questions—
I am feeling good, tired, and happy. The weather is
hot! The funniest thing this week was the little angry man. The yuckiest thing
was the same old usual stuff. The most spiritual thing was when we taught this
guy named Brother R. He was having a lot of problems. The spirit was very
strong in that lesson. The spirit told me to use a certain scripture and then
it turned out it was the perfect scripture for him. It just shows that we
should just be instruments for Heavenly Father to help these people.
Love you! Have a good week.
People have skulls of pigs and various animals hanging outside of their houses.
Baguio
Three American MTC Friends.
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