Zone Training
Meeting
this week was really good. it was also really busy! haha!
on friday we had ZTM it was really good it was mostly about working with the
members. I learned a lot and i am excited for our next couple district
meetings. on saturday we had interviews with our mission president in the
morning. as we waited our turn the APs gave a training on getting investigators
to come to church and on teaching reacent converts. then Sis. Barrientos gave a
training on our Health. she talked a lot about worms... haha me and elder
Hontanosas are going to buy pills to kill them Just in case! haha! the
interviews started at 8 am and lasted until the first session of our District
conference around 3pm. It was super good!!!! our Pres. Barrientos spoke. He is
an amayzing teacher. he always teaches with the power of the Holy Ghost and
everyone can feel it. he also teaches so simply that no one can misunderstand
and when he talks you can always feel his love. in his talk/training he
basically called all the members there to repentance. he spoke about missionary
work. I learned a ton! even though he was speaking to the members.
District
Conference
Haha then on
sunday was the second session of District Conference. we had 2 investigators
come to church! after our president finished interviewing all the missionaries.(including
us) It was a really great week even though all the meetings took away from our
working hours. we weren't able to visit a lot of our investigators that we
wanted to invite to church. agh. but its cool. saturday night when we were waiting
for a bus we actually met the mother of one of our investigators. she just got
back from Quait! we have been teaching her daughter and her son(reacent
convert) but just before her daughter was supposed to get baptized she called
and told her family here(the ones taking care of her kids) that she wanted her
daughter to wait until she got back so they could be baptized together!!!!
haha!
An Amazingly
Strong Sister
she finnaly got back!!! haha. she is super nice+ has
experienced a tooon of trials! especially in Quait. She works as a House maid
there. she told us a lot about how the people there treat thier maids/workers.
the maids are also only allowed to visit home once every 2-4 years!!! it is
super hard but a ton of Philippino people do it because they need the money to
support their families. She is only going to be here for a couple months before
she needs to return so we will focus on teaching her and help her prepare for
baptism so when she returns she will return with the power and comfort of the
Holy Ghost. she and her daughter were the investigators that went to church.
Transfers
this is transfer week. Me and Elder Hontanosas are
together again for one more transfer. haha Pres. Barrientos told us early in
our interview with him. he told us both that he was letting us enjoy the
christmas season but we need to prepare because the new year will be hard for
us... he told e. Hontanosas that he will train! haha! i can't wait! haha he
will be a great trainer! other than us. one of the sisters (sister
Richards(stl)) is going home this transfer and Sis. Smith is transfering and
becoming a Stl. i don't know the new sisters but i think one is a phillipina
and the other is samoan or tongan. I am excited to meet them. haha.
Random facts about
the
1. marching bands are super popular here. almost every
school (elementary-college) has at least one. sometimes every student is a part
of the marching band.
2. every Baragay( like a neighborhood) has its own month
to have its own fiesta. our barangay's fiesta month is December! haha I wonder
what they will do.(parade,food,music,basketball competition)
3. Christmas caroling has already started!haha!
A picture with the assistants
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