Hello
Mom, Family, and Everyone!
Well I officially made it over a year in the mission! It is a weird and yet
satisfying feeling to know that I have come this far! We met the new
mission President this week and he sounds like he will be another great leader!
He is from Idaho and has actually already served in the Philippines so he has a
lot of great experience! I enjoyed listening to him, and he gave a lot of great advice to us. Although I do miss President Rahlf, I know that Our Lord
has a reason why he has called President Hiatt to be our new mission
President.
This week, a couple of interesting things happened. First, I
tried the dragon fruit! I guess it is supposed to taste kind of like a
watermelon, but to me it really felt like I was eating water! The fruit
actually looks pretty cool and I wish I was able to take a picture of it, but I
didn't have my camera on me at the time. The inside of the fruit is a dark
purple and after you eat it, it dyes your teeth purple! So I had to make
sure I brushed my teeth extra well that night! Haha.
Also, we went
to the hospital on Tuesday for my companions going home x ray. While we
were there, I decided it would be good for me to get my boil checked out, just
to make sure everything was fine. This is where it gets
interesting. They whisked me into a room that had 3 patients sitting
waiting to be looked at and 2 female nurses. Then, in front of all of them, they
told me to show them my boil. Now I don't know about most people, but I
was just a little nervous about mooning everyone. Alas, I didn't have a choice,
and of course five seconds after I showed them where my boil was one of the
nurses yelled "Oh look its a foreigners butt!" I don't know how
appropriate this story is but I needed to share it.
Anyways, I finally
got my boil taken care of and after waiting for someone to operate the counter,
I only had to pay 3 bucks to get the pills. Hospitals are really cheap
here! We also had a CSP (Community Service Project) this week and I learned that I appreciate the ingenuity
of electric saws! I had to cut bamboo and man was I making Elder
Ishibashi crack up. At CSPs, I find it is funner if you aren't serious
about anything, so while I cut the bamboo with a regular saw, I made sure to
crack jokes about how bad I was at this. By the time I finished, we were
both crying from laughter and even sweating! I call that CSP a definite
success!
Elder Tabudlong and I are still making progress with our
investigators which makes me very happy and the Branch continues to be a huge
help. I am very thankful for this Branch. The Elders reopened this
area only last cycle, so we are still learning where everyone lives because of
how big the area is. The members are so willing to work with us and help
progress the work. I can testify that members are really the key to a
missionaries success! We need the members just as much as they need us.
Only together, can we strengthen the ward or branch into a growing and unified
House of the Lord!
Well I had a pretty good week overall. I continue to work as hard as I can, because this next year is gonna
go faster than I can imagine! I love you all, I pray for your safety and
protection, and will see you in under a year!
Love,
Elder
Warren
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