A Threesome, a "Spaniard," and the Disappearing Step-son
I did not go anywhere for this transfer, but I have a new companion. His name is Elder Calixto, and he is a funny Filipino who is almost done with his mission and a really good teacher.
But I didn't lose my old companion. I still am companions with Elder Eteaki.
So yes, we are a threesome. Three missionaries, one companionship.
We are getting a little better in the new house, being more organized, mostly getting to studies on time. However, even though its previous inhabitants were sisters, they did a crummy job cleaning it. We found a random skirt and shirt in a closet with tons of other trash, garment packages (not the garments), and even a pack of those tissue things for women. I scrubbed the bathroom and took off a layer, in every sense of the word, of dirt, grime and dust. I don't think they even tried to clean it...
But that's all right.
We do have some progress right now. There's one lady who actually lived in Spain a long time and is now back in the Philippines. She's 49, and she actually has lots of pictures that are similar to Mama's. She wore the same style clothes back then, had the same haircut. It was weird. But she has been coming to church which was amazing! She has accepted a baptismal date, and I am excited to try to help her meet that goal.
We have another investigator who is absolutely eating up what we give him. He is flying through the book of Mormon, taught himself the word of wisdom from the pamphlet, and answered the questions in the pamphlets. The only problem is they haven't come to church yet. They keep saying they will, but there is nothing yet. It's tearing me apart...
By the way, did I tell you what happened to the first investigator that I actually thought had potential? Well, I guess I'll just say this:
He was the step-son of our less active, and left a long time ago because of an enigmatic argument he had with his father. We never found out what the argument was, but when he disappeared, our less active also stopped coming to church and started visiting him. Then one day, she disappeared too. We found out after that the two of them had been having some serious law of chastity problems, and are now live-ins somewhere nobody knows...
So yeah, there went that candidate.
But it seems to me that these are now progressing. Hopefully we can get Valentino, the fisherman who loves what we are teaching, to come to church. Hopefully.
Anyway, I'm out of time. I love you all
From,
Elder Streeter
But I didn't lose my old companion. I still am companions with Elder Eteaki.
So yes, we are a threesome. Three missionaries, one companionship.
We are getting a little better in the new house, being more organized, mostly getting to studies on time. However, even though its previous inhabitants were sisters, they did a crummy job cleaning it. We found a random skirt and shirt in a closet with tons of other trash, garment packages (not the garments), and even a pack of those tissue things for women. I scrubbed the bathroom and took off a layer, in every sense of the word, of dirt, grime and dust. I don't think they even tried to clean it...
But that's all right.
We do have some progress right now. There's one lady who actually lived in Spain a long time and is now back in the Philippines. She's 49, and she actually has lots of pictures that are similar to Mama's. She wore the same style clothes back then, had the same haircut. It was weird. But she has been coming to church which was amazing! She has accepted a baptismal date, and I am excited to try to help her meet that goal.
We have another investigator who is absolutely eating up what we give him. He is flying through the book of Mormon, taught himself the word of wisdom from the pamphlet, and answered the questions in the pamphlets. The only problem is they haven't come to church yet. They keep saying they will, but there is nothing yet. It's tearing me apart...
By the way, did I tell you what happened to the first investigator that I actually thought had potential? Well, I guess I'll just say this:
He was the step-son of our less active, and left a long time ago because of an enigmatic argument he had with his father. We never found out what the argument was, but when he disappeared, our less active also stopped coming to church and started visiting him. Then one day, she disappeared too. We found out after that the two of them had been having some serious law of chastity problems, and are now live-ins somewhere nobody knows...
So yeah, there went that candidate.
But it seems to me that these are now progressing. Hopefully we can get Valentino, the fisherman who loves what we are teaching, to come to church. Hopefully.
Anyway, I'm out of time. I love you all
From,
Elder Streeter
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