A Brave Example
our BML (branch mission leader) invited his whole
barangay(usually 1-3 roads of houses) to come to church and 5 of his
cousins/friends showed up! He is only 18, but he is so courageous and
faithfull. I wish I was like him before my mission. He is super smart and
reminds me of Johnny a bit. He is also one of the hardest workers I have ever
met! Hopefully he will be called to Utah to serve a mission! haha!
No New Apartment
We were super close to moving into a nice house with
tile,a couple bedrooms,shower,and air conditioning. Our president was adding 2
missionaries to our area in San Juan as well. BUT Sunday morning (2 days after
the office elder talked with the owner)
The owner came to us and told us that he changed his mind and dosn't
want to rent the house to us!! So now we get to enjoy the jungle suite for a
bit longer and the 2 other missionaries will not be coming anymore !haha! This
experience frustrated me a bit because 1. it was sunday morning 2.we were
fasting 3. we were really looking forward to the new missionaries and the
house. It was not the best way to start
a sunday! When we got to church I was
still a little bit irked so I prayed that I would feel the spirit and peace. It
was almost instant I felt all the frustration dissapear! It was one of the best
church services I have ever been to. (general conf. is next week! I'm sooo
excited!)
Conquering Fears
I GOT OVER MY FEAR OF SPIDERS!!!!!!!!! well not
completely, but this week I held/played with a spider in my hands for the first
time in my life!! They have a certain kind of spider here that is very common.
They are not poisonous and cannot bite. Their bodies are about the size of a
small marble and they look really gross but children here catch them in thier
hands and fight them on small sticks. I caught one this week and we played with
it a little bit!haha I will send a picture!
Transfers and
District Leader
Today we found out about transfers!!! Elder Pacala is
transfering to my old area in Aparri with ELder Marsh! I will tell him all of
the people he needs to follow up on! I
miss that area a lot!
My new companion is Elder Hontanosas. I don't know him
but I think I have met him a couple times. Philippino I think.
also............I am the new District Leader!!!!! WHAT!?!?! I have no idea what
I need to do!!! or how to train or what to train on!!! AAAHHH!!! I saw a list
of the elders and sisters in my district and they are all really good and
expereienced missionaries!!! I just hope
I can help them somehow.
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