Tuesday
we had district meeting over in Roxas, ate lunch at the popular place
called Chicboy, then went back to San Pedro and went to work! Learned a
pretty interesting statistic at district meeting also. In the Cauayan
Mission, there are 22,000 members. Of those 22,000, 18,000 are less
active. Pretty crazy huh? In my branch right now there are said to be
like 4 or 5 hundred members but there are only 70 to 80 people at church
each week. Pretty crazy number huh?
So we had a
pretty cool lesson on Tuesday. We taught about prophets, apostasy, then
the restoration. We weren't going to go all the way through the
restoration but all his questions just led right into the next
principles so we just went with it! We were at this lesson for just
under 2 hours. It was so awesome though to have the discussion we had.
Definitely strengthened my testimony that everything we teach is so
true. We never debated once and just had a nice discussion. In the end
he told himself he knew our church is the true church and wanted to
continue to learn more. Even then though he still didn't come to church
this week and he wasn't there every time we went back to his house
throughout the rest of the week. It was a really enjoyable lesson though
and made my day!
Wednesday had a normal day of
work. Good day though. We were able to get a few lessons. They weren't'
ones we planned for though. Most of the plans fell through that we had
made so we just went from house to house. Ended the day good though with
dinner at the branch president's house. He made some good food and a
lot of it which was awesome! Oh also, met a little kid and went to give
him a high-5 and I realized he had 6 fingers! Craziest thing ever. I
tried not to point it out since I didn't know if he was self-conscious
about it or not but it was crazy!
Thursday was a punted day.
Only got one lesson all day and it made the day super long! Still were
able to meet a few new people but the day overall was pretty long. We
went to one member's house and he brought us over to a pool table and
since it had been a bad day we thought, hey why not. So we played a game
of pool which was super fun! Then the lesson finally came later that
night.
Friday was great. Made myself some
pancakes for breakfast and I think that's what made the day go well!
Just made me in an all around better mood to start the day and it stayed
with me for the rest of the day! Normal day of work and we had dinner
with the Ramos family then they gave us a free ride back to the
apartment. All in all a good day!
The highlight of
Saturday was we had FHE with a less active family that night. The Lajo
family is a pretty cool family. Tatay is super funny and always says the
most random things. Played some games, taught about the restoration,
then had dinner. Also with the dinner they made popcorn! Tasted pretty
good too! Haven't eaten that since I left home! Got a picture with them
at the end, not quite sure what Tatay and Nanay are doing in the picture
haha but they are a pretty cool family!
Sunday
was good as always. Almost had to give a talk in church then the speaker
showed up in time. I guess it happens quite often in this branch that
the missionaries talk so I guess I should always be ready! No
investigators at church but there are 2 less actives that are considered
active now since they've came 4 times in a row. Also the Tatay, Nanay,
and one of the daughters of the Lajo family came but I don't know what
happened to the rest of the family. Good week over all! Companionship is
doing really good. We get along well and have a good time with just us
two in the apartment! Hope everyone is doing well and love you all!
All the cows here are white and really small. Tried preaching to a cow on the punted day.
The amazing pancakes I made.
The Lajo family we had FHE with.
This is Elder Corcuera, my new companion.
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