So like I said last week on Skype, I will be getting a new
companion this week. My new companion is Elder Dialino. I was actually
his district leader back when we were in Roxas so we knew each other
pretty well before we met up on transfer day. But before that, I'll give a
little recap on the last days with Elder Castillo.
Last Monday we had FHE with the Cordova family. It was super fun
and we did hooga booga. Remember to ask me what that is when I get home
since I don't really want to explain it through typing. I can say that
now since I'm somewhat close to coming home. But spending time with the
Cordova family is always fun. Roel Cordova was a speaker yesterday at
church and he did a great job. He is so intelligent and knowledgeable.
He spoke about humility. He is a teacher so he is really comfortable
speaking in front of groups.
Tuesday we went to Gamu in the morning for a csp. We helped a
member clear a spot of his land that was covered in weeds so that he can
plant some vegetables. There was only 6 of us that went so we ended up
doing quite a bit. We stayed focus though and didn't spend too much time
there. Everyone else had to get back to pack and get ready for transfer
day the next day as well so we tried to go as fast as we could but
still do a good job. After that we ate with the family we did the
service for then went back to get ready for the day and prepare for
transfer day. We went around during the day and said bye to a lot of the
members. Ate dinner with the Ancheta family then came home and Elder
Castillo finished packing.
Wednesday morning we took off for Cauayan and took a kaliglig with
the sisters in Caliguian. Our ride fell through the night before so we
called the sisters and they said they had some room in the kaliglig so
we decided to just go with them. We took the back roads through the rice
fields so travel was pretty long! Still got there on time though. Read
the transfer list and found out my companion was coming from Tuguegarao
so I went to KFC with some friends and ate lunch. Later in the afternoon
he got to Cauayan then we left right away to get back to the area. We
just commuted which took forever. Spent over 2 hours traveling back to
the area. If we had vans like back in the day it would have taken 30
minutes. Takes forever waiting for the jeeps to fill up before they
leave. We waited on the second jeep for what felt like a century.
Finally got back to Burgos then went out and introduced him to some of
the members and investigators. So pretty much every day since he has
been here we've had a horrible time at work. Not as in we have a problem
but as in the success that has come normally pretty easy in this area
hasn't been there. I think it will be back to normal this week as we get
back to our normal schedule. Dad's quote from Elder Jeffrey R. Holland
in this weeks letter was perfect for our week this week, "The great
thing about the gospel is we get credit for trying, even if we don’t
always succeed." So with that being said I won't give a daily update but
I will tell you about our new investigators this week. Because of our
unsuccessful appointments, we ended up doing a lot of tracting which led
to some new investigators. First one is Edwardo Passion. He's probably
like 60 yrs old but super nice. Most the time people like Tatay don't
listen very well but we kept the lesson very simple and I think he
really liked it. He said he wanted to come to church at the Mormon
church so we told him what time to go but he didn't end up going. We
taught him Wednesday evening then the other two days we went back to him
he wasn't there so he might have forgotten. After our lesson with
Edwardo, it starting pouring rain. We both had umbrellas but we were
still soaked by time we got back to the apartment. It was a good first
day in Burgos for Elder Dialino.
Our other new investigators this week are Sister Marissa and Sister
Luce. Marissa's husband is a member but I'm not sure if he is still
active. He is working in a different town and just comes home once a
month or so. Sister Luce is a member of the Espiritista church but was
very welcoming and she listened very intently to the lesson. Elder
Dialino mentioned the word prophet at the very beginning of the lesson
but we really taught about the Godhead and families. Then at the end of
the lesson she asked if we have a living prophet. I remembered the
conversion story of my ward missionary leader in Amulung and it was
because he learned we had a prophet. So next time we go visit them we
will teach about prophets and I think she'll enjoy it.
We continue to become closer with the young men here as well. Ian,
JV, and Josan were all at church yesterday. We played basketball again
with them this morning. They are also a lot more comfortable around us
missionaries than they were before. They're still a little crazy but
hopefully as they continue to come to church they'll clean up a bit.
We had two more less actives at church yesterday other than the
three young men. There was also Tatay Dannug and Sister Monique.
President Bulos noticed that there were more than usual there in
sacrament meeting which was good. He does something weird though every
week and I don't think the less actives like it very much. When he gets
up to speak every week he says he's thankful for everyone coming and
then names everyone in the congregation. It is awkward and takes time.
Then for the less actives he says glad your back or something like that.
I think it makes them feel uncomfortable and I myself think it is a
little weird. Oh well, see if we can get that changed in the next few
weeks.
So that's pretty much it for this week. We struggled some days but
still had a lot of good things happen this week. Everything will get
settled down this week and should get back to normal. Hope everyone
continues to do well back home. Love you all!
Love Elder Haacke
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