Ward Conference added to a really good week this week. We met some new investigators, and they all accepted baptismal dates, so we're starting to get more people to teach. One particularly cool individual that we met was Sister Jennifer.… Read more...
Honestly, this was a really frustrating week.
Basically, we have no solid investigators right now. They keep promising to do things, and then they don't. We have no baptisms lined up anytime soon because people just are not progressing very… Read more...
Merry Christmas, Happy New Year, and all of the other holiday salutations!
Being Christmas, we missionaries were given the opportunity to speak with family. I called on Christmas Day here, Christmas Eve back home for them. My nephews were laughing… Read more...
There are always slow weeks, sort of like last week. Then there are the big weeks, where everything happens all at once. Our list of things was somewhat major this week.
First on the list was what we call "Mission… Read more...
Faith and trials. So as life would require, as last week was perhaps one of the best weeks of my mission, this week was perhaps the worst I've ever had. It was one of those weeks where thing after thing… Read more...
This has been quite a week. In the Philippines, the week leading up to Easter Sunday is known as Holy Week. All I learned during this religious holiday is this: If you want to bring the Philippines to a screeching… Read more...
Singing Elder? I'll get to that.
This week was transfer week. If Elder Antonio were not still training me, I probably would have gotten a new companion, or even a new area. It'll happen next time, at least, since Elder… Read more...
Yesterday, Elder Antonio and Elder Crocker had a nice dinner at the Dietrichs' apartment. The Dietrichs are one of the senior missionary couples here in the Philippines Manila Mission. They're more or less in charge of mail and a bunch… Read more...
Wowie-zowie. Elder Crocker has landed and Elder Antonio is my companion.
There's not really much else to say here. I'm in the Philippines, finally. Honestly, I don't know where to start.
Perhaps the flights here? That seems ages ago, even… Read more...