This week was so freaking good:) We had transfer day on Wednesday so I am here in Navotas now. I had to say bye to all my members in Caloocan second which was kinda sad, but we will see each other at stake activities anyway haha. So the last night I was there we went to Zarks Burgers and got some good food. The burgers there taste somewhat American! It's one of the missionaries fav restaurants, but that isn't the best part. We walked in and the Jazz game was on!! HAHAHA I was so freaking high on happiness! I knew it was bawal to watch, which was kinda sad... so we asked the waiter to turn it off. Lol jk I repented instead, I had to see my boy Donavan go off!! Hahah that was my first time seeing Korver in a Jazz uniform again:)
Anyway on to the real good mission stuff. I got to meet sooo many dope members this week! This ward is close to my old one, but super different. I am technically serving on an island right now so that is dope:) I mean the water isn't crystal clear... but it is surrounded completely by water. Nakita ko ang dagat which was sick.
Oh yeah, my comps name is Elder Findlay. He is from Murray, Utah and I am his follow up trainer. It is my first time having a companion that doesn't speak any Tagalog better than me. So even though this is a new area for me, I have been leading in a lot of the conversations and lessons. Elder Findlay is super spiritual and I have already learned a lot from him. It is fun to have studies in English again because we can talk about deeper things we are learning. We are getting along great.
I had a few high lights of my week. Number 1 was going back to my old ward and watching Brother Francisco and Nekkie Salvador get baptized! It was so awesome hearing their testimonies again about the church. They gave us missionaries a big shout out too which always makes us feel good about the work.
Then yesterday we had another baptism for Sister April. We actually woke up at 5 am to go prepare for it because we had it before sacrament meeting. It was successful though, and a lot of members showed up to support her because it was right before sacrament. She started crying in her testimony which was kinda a Jen Reber type thing to do;) she was super super cool, we taught her about temples and family history work after church and got her excited for her next goal.
Our Bishop here is the most humble man I have ever met in my life. He didn't serve a mission bc he is a convert, so he doesn't know as much about the gospel as he wishes he did as a bishop. Sometimes he doesn't know how he should teach lessons at church, give talks on the spot, or teach less actives. He asks us questions all the time. We have a ministering activity every Saturday with the bishopric where we eat lunch at the church, then we give them a missionary workshop, practice teach with them, and then go out and teach investigators and less actives with them. We taught a workshop about finding concerns. We taught them how to BRT, ask questions, and overall just told them to be friends with them before they even mention the church. Bishop was taking notes the whole time and they LOVED our practice teaching. Haha I am excited to give them a workshop each week. It is good practice for me now that I am a DL haha.
We had a meeting with the bishopric and set some goals to finish mapping the 220 unmapped houses in our area to find investigators and clean up their CMIS lists. It will be a good opportunity for us to find part members and re-activate less actives. This ward has some of the coolest members ever, and there is a ton of opportunity for growth I think. I am excited to work super hard this transfer! Anyway that's about all from me. Hope you guys are doing aight back home:)
-Elder Reber
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| Elder Findlay from Murray, Utah :) |
Man, was he happy!! :)
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