Another week gone by! Went by super fast this week! I
want to start off the letter though by telling Lachlan happy birthday!
(I didn't forget, just waited till this week to say it.) Congratulations
to Marissa for all her singing this week. Sounds like she had a great
week at the fair!
Had another great week
here in Amulung. Started on Tuesday with zone meeting in the morning.
Sister Ferguson brought marshmallow popcorn so we ate that during the
lesson. It was super good. Also, the zone leaders brought treats. I felt
so sick after the meeting from all the sweets that I ate. So the lesson
was the same as last October. About accountability. It was pretty much
the exact same as last time. Still good though and important especially
as a missionary. After zone meeting we went and ate at Chowking. First
time I've been there since this is the first zone I've been in that has a
choice of where you can eat. It's pretty good but not the best. Rather
go back to Fatkids. But it was good time eating with the zone. Work was
pretty good. We didn't have a ton of time since zone meeting went a long
time. We got a couple lessons then went to the Abalos family for
dinner. Turns out it was one of the kids' birthdays that day so it was
good that we went by. The Abalos family is super funny and they are all
so alike. We always have a good time hanging out with them.
Wednesday
was just a normal day. Good day of work. Went out at 10 and went to one
of the furthest areas. It was alright out there. There are a few
members out there and one investigator. Good thing is we got lunch with
one of the members and then he fellow shipped with us in teaching the one
investigator. After that, we went almost to the clear opposite side of
the area to teach some of the recent converts and couple investigators
close to them. We ended up getting 8 lessons again over the whole day so
that was awesome. We've actually hit it quite a few times now but
haven't broken it yet.
Thursday we had splits
with the zone leaders. Went in to Tuguegarao on Thursday morning. I
split with Elder Olson. I don't know if you remember but we split one
time my first cycle in Roxas so it was fun to split again and see how
much we both have improved. We had an alright day. Started out at the
baptism interview. I interviewed one of their investigators for baptism.
Before the interview, he took us out and treated us at a panciteria or
noodles place. So while I'm eating, I'm thinking there's no way I can't
pass this guy, he just treated us to lunch! But the interview went well
and he is ready to be baptized. His wife is already a member and now he
is in the process of becoming one. Work started out pretty slow. We
didn't get our first lesson until like 4:30. After the first it started
to pick up though. We ended up having 5 plus a dinner appointment so
can't complain! Had goat for dinner. Actually pretty good as well. All
these weird meats that don't sound good are turning out to be pretty
good. That or I just forgot what good food tastes like.
Friday
we got back to Amulung, and started weekly planning. I hate doing
weekly planning cause it takes forever but it is helpful for the rest of
the week. The main purpose of today was to visit each one of the
investigators that were going to be baptized on Saturday to make sure
everything was going to work out. We were able to visit all three of
them and share a message with them.
Saturday
was the baptism! It was so awesome. Everyone showed up including the
speakers which almost never happens! Everyone was super happy as well. I
was able to baptize Sister Karen and Elder Gabelo baptized EdMarie and
John Mark. It was sad to see that Karen's husband wouldn't be able to
baptize her but he was still very supportive and super happy for her!
After the baptism, they all did a great job of sharing their
testimonies. Overall it was a great baptism! By the way, you know how
my pants have the elastic waste? Well the baptism pants do not and I've
gotten fat. Probably the hardest time I've ever had trying to button up
a pair of pants!
Sunday was great as well.
John Mark, Karen, and EdMarie were all there and got confirmed a member
and the gift of the Holy Ghost. Also, I got assigned to speak next week.
I thought I'd be good for a while but nope. I don't know why I'm
speaking. My companion isn't, just me. Oh well, I'll probably speak
about the Atonement. But church was good then we had a lot of fellow shippers work with us in the afternoon. That is normally how it
goes on Sunday after church. Work was pretty fun having all the other
members with us. Ended up eating dinner at Bishop's house then finally
came home.
Week went by super fast and was
pretty busy! Even with splits and the baptism, we were still able to
hasten and get 30 lessons this week. We were happy with our work this
week and we are ready to do it again this coming week! Hope you all have
a great week this week! Love you all!
Love Elder Haacke
The baptism!
Never sent a pic of the apartment so here it is.
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