Earthquakes and Terrorism
Okay, so we went to the temple.
That explains why this is a day late.
It was good.
No, it was great.
No, it was excellent.
No, it was amazing.
No, it was...
Yup, that's the one. You just can't express it...
Thanks so much for the family pictures and stories. They are all great!
I'll get what I can, but my day is kind of whacked because of the temple trip. It takes a lot of time out of the day...
Anyways...
Life is good...
There is not much to say. It's the same thing every day every week.
Which isn't a bad thing! Miracles are still miracles, no matter how many times they happen.
A member referred an entire family to us, and they are all the definition of shy... but also really nice! They seem like they are really potentially interested in our message. We're going to show them the restoration video this Saturday, and see how they enjoy it. We'll see what happens.
As far as the rest of life goes:
Kids run around naked.
Some make fun of you, others call you pogi.
The girls giggle when they see my companion.
The guys say, "What's up," and, "Hey, nigga!" when they see us... I don't really think they understand the second one. They just think it's what cool people say. We don't say it back.
We usually respond with a couple of sentences in Tagalog and it knocks them off their feet.
Either that, or they start running away...
Speaking of which, one of our investigators, who struggles hard with the word of wisdom, totally walked away from us the other night, without saying anything. We called after him, seeing as how we were hoping to share with him, but he didn't turn around or anything. He seemed really upset. It wasn't so great... we'll see how he's doing, but he might not want our lessons anymore.
There have been some earthquakes too, recently. We didn't feel them, but some of the other elders did. Nothing has been on top of us, but it still seems somewhat worrisome. We'll see what happens. I'm not too worried.
Also, it seems that Palawan is getting tighter on what missionaries can be sent there. The upper half of the island still has foreigners, but the lower half is starting to be only Filipinos. I believe there have been some dangers of terrorism, and white people are easy targets here in the Philippines. That being said, I'm nowhere near Palawan, so I should be fine.
That's all I've got right now... maybe specific questions would help. I don't know. The reason it's so hard to come up with stuff to write is because it's all just normal life to me now... unless something crazy happens, but even some crazy things come and go and I just forget about them because they aren't so ridiculous anymore.
I love seeing butterflies though. Every time I do it lifts my mood, even when sweat is literally dripping off my head from how hot it is...
We're coming close to rainy season now (hopefully...) and it might cool down.
From,
Elder Streeter
That explains why this is a day late.
It was good.
No, it was great.
No, it was excellent.
No, it was amazing.
No, it was...
Yup, that's the one. You just can't express it...
Thanks so much for the family pictures and stories. They are all great!
I'll get what I can, but my day is kind of whacked because of the temple trip. It takes a lot of time out of the day...
Anyways...
Life is good...
There is not much to say. It's the same thing every day every week.
Which isn't a bad thing! Miracles are still miracles, no matter how many times they happen.
A member referred an entire family to us, and they are all the definition of shy... but also really nice! They seem like they are really potentially interested in our message. We're going to show them the restoration video this Saturday, and see how they enjoy it. We'll see what happens.
As far as the rest of life goes:
Kids run around naked.
Some make fun of you, others call you pogi.
The girls giggle when they see my companion.
The guys say, "What's up," and, "Hey, nigga!" when they see us... I don't really think they understand the second one. They just think it's what cool people say. We don't say it back.
We usually respond with a couple of sentences in Tagalog and it knocks them off their feet.
Either that, or they start running away...
Speaking of which, one of our investigators, who struggles hard with the word of wisdom, totally walked away from us the other night, without saying anything. We called after him, seeing as how we were hoping to share with him, but he didn't turn around or anything. He seemed really upset. It wasn't so great... we'll see how he's doing, but he might not want our lessons anymore.
There have been some earthquakes too, recently. We didn't feel them, but some of the other elders did. Nothing has been on top of us, but it still seems somewhat worrisome. We'll see what happens. I'm not too worried.
Also, it seems that Palawan is getting tighter on what missionaries can be sent there. The upper half of the island still has foreigners, but the lower half is starting to be only Filipinos. I believe there have been some dangers of terrorism, and white people are easy targets here in the Philippines. That being said, I'm nowhere near Palawan, so I should be fine.
That's all I've got right now... maybe specific questions would help. I don't know. The reason it's so hard to come up with stuff to write is because it's all just normal life to me now... unless something crazy happens, but even some crazy things come and go and I just forget about them because they aren't so ridiculous anymore.
I love seeing butterflies though. Every time I do it lifts my mood, even when sweat is literally dripping off my head from how hot it is...
We're coming close to rainy season now (hopefully...) and it might cool down.
From,
Elder Streeter
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