Kamusta kayo lahat! Another crazy week in the phillipines. I hope everyone is going great and keeping safe. Miss kayong lahat!
Tuesday-
Today was a sad day because of the news my roomates were going home early. We had a district leadership meeting and it was an emotional one because we said goodbye to are roomates. On the brightside after are meeting we had so many great lessons and new intrested people that we found. One lady we have been teaching is so close to baptism I can taste it. She is awesome she attends church every sunday and every invitation will give she does. Next baptism were crossing our fingers
Wednesday-
Tagalog is a very very hard language so I celebrate when I have small improvements haha. Today I led a lesson in tagalog and it was a little bumpy but I felt really good once I finished speaking. Maybe fillipinos are just so nice but they told me they understood me haha will take the small victories. After are lesson we were walking the streets and I saw that the kids just got out of school. This is a scary time for me because last time I got swarmed by children haha. We walked past basically the whole school and they all chanted “WHITE BOY WHITE BOY” I was embarrsed because it made a big scene and everyone was staring at me. It was really funny tho.
Thursday-
We got new roomates to replace are old ones. They are both white dudes so it was weird cause I’ve been living with 4 fillipinos. They are studs tho one is from Canada and the other is from Arizona. Most of the day consist of weekly planning. I can’t lie it’s super boring weekly planning but It does help alot. We went and got some dinner later in the night and as I was ordering some food this girl came up to me tugging on my shirt over and over again. She stuck out her arms begging me for money. I remembered her from last week she tried getting my money last time. It’s very awkward because I was taught by my trainers to pretend there not there. It’s hard tho when she is tugging on my shirt haha.
Friday-
We had a very long day today. We had a meeting for 2 hours that I have to sit in because my trainers are zone leaders. After we went to Saint Lukes hospital because my companion has a skin condition. This hopital is massive and was packed with people. We were there waiting for hours to talk to the docter and they said we needed to come back next week. We were not happy. Also I’m sorry I talk about rats so much but I just need to inform you guys when I see massive rats. Today as I was walking the streets to a members home I saw the biggest rat ever. I didnt know they could get this big. It looked like the rat from the ninja turtles it even went into the sewer so maybe it was.
Saturday-
Today we were all in pain. My companion woke up feeling a little sick so we kinda moped around tell around 3 because he wasn’t feeling good. Once we went out to go to some of are appointments my stomach started killing. My stomach hasn’t adjusted to the food here yet so it hurts a little everyday. It’s my fault tho I look back at some of the stuff we eat and it makes me ashamed of myself haha. We literally buy meat that people sell on the side of the streets. It sits there all day in the sun and has a little fan hitting it so the flies stay off it. I think I need to go grocery shopping.
Sunday-
This has been one of the best Sunday’s yet! The other day we were teaching this man named Mark and 5 of his grandkids. Mark is not a member but his grandkids are. The grandkids parents are not active anymore so the kids havnt been to church in years. We invited them all to church on Sunday. Sadly Mark couldn’t come because he slept in haha but all his grandkids were there! They took a motorcycle side cart all the way to the church by themselves. It shocked me cause the oldest is 11 and the youngest is 6. They were so happy to see us and they said they had a great time at church.
Enos 1:15
“Whatsoever thing ye shall ask in faith, believing that ye shall receive in the name of Christ, ye shall receive it.”
I really love this verse I think I shared it twice in are teachings this week. This verse shows us how powerful faith is. It’s so amazing that if we have faith that Heavenly Father hears and answers are prayer we will receive an answer.