This week feels like a full month it was so long, but lots
of stuff happened. There was no crazy weather here. It just rained for a bit
(my first time getting soaked in a while. I kind of miss it).
Monday we got called to go to Batac to help the sisters there withdraw their money as they said it wasn't working. I have been there but haven't driven around there much. It was way nice. It's the birth place of former president Marcos and they have monuments and stuff. The sisters got in the back seats of the truck so we rode in the bed of the truck. It was really funny to see people almost crashing from staring at us.
Tuesday we went out to work early, at around 9am and then worked until lunch. We had no appointments that early so we just went finding. It was so fun. We went to one house and there was a cow standing in the yard just slowly chewing on a big clear plastic bag. When the person came out we started off with, "Is that what your cow usually eats?" and they were pretty friendly to us from the start.
On Wednesday we heard all about that typhoon that wiped outMindanao
and Palawan
(one of our brand new sisters is from Palawan .
Poor girl had her home wiped out). We were issued a warning too. As it left Palawan it
went north and was headed straight for Laoag (I saw it on Google Earth - it
looked like it decided to specifically hit Laoag). Then yesterday it was the
supposed to make land fall. We waited and it never came. We were told that it
had weakened. I looked on Google Earth again and the entire thing had just
dissipated. I guess your prayers are working really well.
This week for was pretty sweet as far as teaching goes though. We got punted by everyone that knows us but found 13 new investigators! The other night we were walking by a BBQ stand in the middle of nowhere and they called to us. it was just two women and then there was a guy sitting in the back. Then once we started talking, the guy came over too. Then after a little bit they called their friends and family over so we taught the whole group. One girl there has a family of 15 and they live under the same roof with some of their extended family which makes them 24 under the same roof! We are going back on Wednesday and they are going to feed us!
We went out yesterday and got punted and then turned down this random road. It was all fields and shacks. We kept walking and all of a sudden we saw this HUGE house. We went over, talked to them, they invited us in and then we taught them. It was an older filipino man and a white kid. This man lived inCalifornia Philippines
Right after that we went to another house that we contacted a while ago and they were so excited to see us. We talked with them for a while and they are one of the single coolest families I have ever met. They are Baptists but also said that they don't reject the word of God when someone tries to build on their knowledge. They also asked us if they could come to church. They were so excited to read what we left them and we are going back next Sunday. So this has been a great week for work. I feel like we are finding some people that are really prepared. I attached a photo of the family I just mentioned. They actually took a picture with us, each with an individual shot with us and then group shots where they did all different poses. It was so fun. There was no room on the bench and Tatay had nowhere to sit so Elder K jokingly patted his lap and said, "Right here Tatay!" He laughed and sat on his lap! It was way funny.
I'll let you know when I know about the Christmas phone call.
Love you,
Elder Dustan
Monday we got called to go to Batac to help the sisters there withdraw their money as they said it wasn't working. I have been there but haven't driven around there much. It was way nice. It's the birth place of former president Marcos and they have monuments and stuff. The sisters got in the back seats of the truck so we rode in the bed of the truck. It was really funny to see people almost crashing from staring at us.
Tuesday we went out to work early, at around 9am and then worked until lunch. We had no appointments that early so we just went finding. It was so fun. We went to one house and there was a cow standing in the yard just slowly chewing on a big clear plastic bag. When the person came out we started off with, "Is that what your cow usually eats?" and they were pretty friendly to us from the start.
On Wednesday we heard all about that typhoon that wiped out
This week for was pretty sweet as far as teaching goes though. We got punted by everyone that knows us but found 13 new investigators! The other night we were walking by a BBQ stand in the middle of nowhere and they called to us. it was just two women and then there was a guy sitting in the back. Then once we started talking, the guy came over too. Then after a little bit they called their friends and family over so we taught the whole group. One girl there has a family of 15 and they live under the same roof with some of their extended family which makes them 24 under the same roof! We are going back on Wednesday and they are going to feed us!
We went out yesterday and got punted and then turned down this random road. It was all fields and shacks. We kept walking and all of a sudden we saw this HUGE house. We went over, talked to them, they invited us in and then we taught them. It was an older filipino man and a white kid. This man lived in
Right after that we went to another house that we contacted a while ago and they were so excited to see us. We talked with them for a while and they are one of the single coolest families I have ever met. They are Baptists but also said that they don't reject the word of God when someone tries to build on their knowledge. They also asked us if they could come to church. They were so excited to read what we left them and we are going back next Sunday. So this has been a great week for work. I feel like we are finding some people that are really prepared. I attached a photo of the family I just mentioned. They actually took a picture with us, each with an individual shot with us and then group shots where they did all different poses. It was so fun. There was no room on the bench and Tatay had nowhere to sit so Elder K jokingly patted his lap and said, "Right here Tatay!" He laughed and sat on his lap! It was way funny.
I'll let you know when I know about the Christmas phone call.
Love you,
Elder Dustan
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