Helo po sa lahat!
Last week was super
crazy!!! It was actually quite normal until about Friday. We found a new
investigator on Tuesday and when we went back on Friday and she had
already read the entire Restoration pamphlet twice and apologized for not
answering the questions in the back. hahaha Usually people just read the first
few sentences and then tell us they were so busy and had 0 time to read. She is
really prepared. She has a good friend that's a member and has been really
wanting to learn more. Unfortunately we didn't teach her on Friday because
we had to go to Puerto, and we haven't been able to see her again because we
didn't get home until late last night. I'm excited to teach her again though.
Her name is Rhea. Feel free to pray for her that everything still goes
smoothly! :)
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| The Philippines, Manila Mission all together! |
On Friday we went
to Puerto (like I just said) and slept there before going to the airport at 5:00am to
catch our flight to the main land. Once we got off the plane we, all 18 of us,
crammed into 2 cars build only for 7 people each. The 7 sisters in one, and the
10 elders in the other. These are not small Elders mind you. :) So we survived
the next hour drive to the Buendia Chapel and that's when we met Elder Bednar.
It was super awesome. He had given us a few talks to read and study before hand
and when he was there he just asked us the things we learned, asked us
questions and let us open to ask him questions. He was there for about 3 hours,
and it was such a great experience. I didn't get to shake his hand, but I do
know that he's a true Apostle of God. It was awesome. I don't have a lot of
time to explain everything that was said, but he talked to us about how the
Book of Mormon is true, and how we can more effectively help our investigators
know too. I learned a lot. When I get home you can read my notes about it.
:) After he talked to us he went to the area office and there was a
broadcast to the whole Philippines where he spoke to everyone. It was super
awesome too!
After all that I was
able to work in my last area on Sunday in Bonifacio 6 ward. It was
fun to see a lot of old faces from like 4 weeks ago. One of my investigators
back then, Dorriteo, got baptized on Feb 18 and I was able to give him the
Aaronic priesthood. It was way awesome. Also the Mina family got married and
Sister Jam and Karla will be baptized on March 18. I'm not in that area
anymore, but it was so fun to see how all the people are doing and watching the
people I taught getting baptized and stuff. I must say it was quite a success
considering all that, and that we had 2 dinner appointments. :)
On Monday we went to
the airport really early again, flew back to Puerto, and had our zone
conference. It was a really short one, only about 3ish hours, but awesome
none-the-less. Then, right after zone conference we had interviews with
president Ostler, which we didn't know was going to happen until after zone
conference was over. It was super surprising, but great too. I always like
talking to him. He's so wise. He is definitely called of God! By the time all
that was over it was almost 8:00pm. We still have a 2 1/2 hour shuttle
ride back to Roxas. I was so tired when we finally got home that I just
changed, prayed, and went straight to sleep. I had a dream that there were
these 2 kids I went to high school with, Seth and Jeremy, and they were with
the creepy guy from the movie, Series of Unfortunate Events, and
he was forcing them to eat these brain sandwiches. It was really weird.
So yeah. Crazy stuff!
We haven't worked in our area for 4 days now and tomorrow we are going back to
Manila for MLC (a meeting of all the zone leaders with president Ostler), and
won't be back until Thursday. The craziness just never ends. :)
Thanks so much for the
recipes! Our oven will be so pleased to be of use. It's always sad when an oven
cannot fulfill the measure of it's creation! haha It's also sad when 2 diligent
missionaries don't have any cookies to eat when they get home! hahahaha
It’s actually some
sort of weird style here to not clip your thumb nail. some people have nicely
trimmed nails except the thumb which is like an inch or an inch and a half
long. It's sort of creepy in my opinion! Ever since my toe incident, I've been
making good use of my clippers! :)
That's cool that Heidi's
the president of the Laurels now. That is a feat that I never managed to
accomplish. Good job, Heidi! Also it's cool that she's doing her homework now.
It may not have been for the reasons you had hoped, but sometimes that's how it
works out. Just tell her to stick with the right kind of chemistry! hahaha That
would be embarrassing if I was the only one awarded the grand prize of $1,000
on my 18th birthday. hahahahahahahhahaha
Anywho, I'm doing well
here in Roxas. I am really liking it here! Being a missionary is fun. If you
haven't tried it yet, I definitely suggest it! Mahal ko kayo!
Elder Fawson
RE Chayse’s wedding invitation: “That's super weird. I remember
when I got the invitation to her graduation barbecue a few months ago. I never
did make it to that. :) Maybe if they could post-pone the wedding a few more
months I could attend to. :)”
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