Hello
everyone!
So this week has been a very VERY long one haha. To start
off on a good note, mom I got your first package this Tuesday!
Sweet. I have to say the Reeses were a great idea. They tasted like
liquid gold as well as the bottle caps, skittles, and the chocolate caramel
things I don't remember the name of. My companion also really enjoys his
Christmas tie. So much in fact, that it is the only tie he wears
now... Hahaha!
So that is about it for the good. Now for the interesting... I got hit 2 times this week and almost a third time, but I barely avoided that
one. On Tuesday we were doing are weekly walk to MacDo for lunch after
District meeting when a trike started coming down the street. Now I was
walking away from it towards the sidewalk, but it continued to come at
me. It ended up scraping up against my leg which left a little
bruise. I was not very happy and my anger boiled over a little bit so I
yelled and told him he needed to go back to the DMV. I think I scared a lot
of drivers because now when I am in that area all of the drivers give me a wide
distance. Then the next day I had a near miss with another trike which
was the same situation, but I jumped away at the last second. A couple
days later, I was walking back home from a day of work when an SUV traveling
about 10 miles per hour just hit my right side. I was so shocked I didn't
even know how to react. It just kept driving too and I took out its
mirror. I will never complain about Jacobs driving again. Another
great thing that happened to me this week was I sliced my finger pretty good on
our fan. I was just trying to adjust it when it came back to bite
me. Elder Howard, the Elder I was about to go on splits with, thought I
lost my finger because of how much blood squirted out. I feel like I am a
walking target, but I am still alive!
Me and my companion killed the KIs
this week! We got over 80 contacts, 7 new investigators, and many
lessons. My Tagalog is getting better and better, but now my companion is
starting to correct me more and more haha. Sometimes I just say I give up
and start taking him down with my biggest English words. Haha he is fun
to mess with. I am so happy that our work is progressing, but I really
wish we could get more help from our members. Right now it looks like I
will not be able to get a baptism in my first area. It is a little
depressing, but I know I will get baptisms eventually. All I do is
continue to invite everyone I know to come unto Christ. That is all I can
do, and in the end I have faith that Heavenly Father will take care of the
rest.
This week while contacting I found one woman who knew about the
Plan of Salvation. Not only that she wanted to know about where more
about where she was going after this life do to the fact that she had a
stroke. Talk about a golden investigator!!! We proceeded to teach
the first couple of principles and are planning to go back to see her. I
have some high hopes for her. You know life throws trials. That is
just life. Those who are successful are the ones who continue to move
on. I know that at some point, I will find success, but I can't be
deterred by some minor set backs. I will not lie, I am not just cruising
in the easy life. The missionary life is a struggle, especially in an
economy like this, but I see this as an opportunity to realize all of what we
have in America and to grow stronger mentally, physically, and
spiritually. I may not be the best missionary, but I will never quit,
because I am no quitter.
Alright now on to answering the questions. My house is small, probably not the cleanest or most sanitary
as it is in the Pines. It used to be pretty infested with spiders and
cockroaches, but I killed them all. Also it has a ton of mosquitos.
I have kept a tally of how many I have killed and it is well into the
3,000s. If you would like to try and find my house, it is called Rizal Village and
is in Santiago. We don't really have addresses. From the Rizal
Village sign (Dad-like I would know where that is), it is on the left then third street on the right. It is the
last house on the right. We don't have a lot of clean up projects.
We had one which was interesting to say the least. We meet in a church building for
Sundays. They are the nicest buildings in the Philippines. My ward
fluctuates between 80 -110 people. There are two wards in our building,
but I think it is about to collapse into one. It is small but that is why
us missionaries are here! Well I love you guys and I will talk to you
again soon.
Love,
Elder
Warren
(email sent on 10/26/15)
DISTRICT MEETING TIME!
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