- Mar 5
But
anyways, other than that! I'm doing fine :) It's so awesome that y'all
got to hear about the different Filipino foods and stuff... in case you
wanted to know, those chicken intestines on a stick are called "Isaw"
and are SUPER GOOD--They have got to be one of my favorites here in the
Philippines! And also, that article was SO AWESOME--that guy is so cool
:) I can't believe he's been doing that for 6 months!! It's a good thing
though you guys gave some stuff in return for such kindness!
Anyways
though, my week has been pretty good! I think the absolute biggest news
is the fact that I got transferred this last Tuesday! So welcome to my
fourth area, Bugallon!!! It's a lot like my first area with a LOT of
fields and not a ton of people (what a contrast from Dagupan, the
biggest city here in Pangasinan)- but do you want to know something
super awesome that made me happy?
So
hopefully y'all remember how I was assigned in Tayug almost 6 months
ago and had a baptism where I baptized this girl named D... so it
turns out that she's actually FROM Bugallon (where I am now) and the
FIRST day that I got here, we went and taught her family along with
siblings who were also baptized by the missionaries here before me! So
that was really sweet... and then on Sunday we go to church and during
the testimony meeting she gets up and bears her testimony. Which made me
so happy because what I see is that there is a soul who is on the right
path in this life and even though it's only 6 months in the long
picture... I feel like it was just a testimony to me that this work IS
true and I'm actually doing a little bit of good to this crazy world!
Other
than that, maybe I should share some of my new companion- His name is
Elder J and he's from Washington state, he's 20 months into his
mission and is really funny! I feel like him and I have kind of similar
senses of humor, which is going to be really fuN! However, I think he
should be transferring in about 2 weeks considering the fact that he's
been here for some 6 months now---it;s going to be kind of a rough
transition, but I feel like I"m going to have a TON of fun!
I'll have to tell more about it next week, as I don't have too much time left now to email!
But I love you guys so much, see ya in about 8 months or something like that! :)P
Elder Morris
- Feb 27
Haha,
thanks so much Dad for that update! (I just feel like it was taking
forever, so it was good to have that update-haha!) But anyway I'll go
ahead and send this to Mommy as well, so this is totally just my weekly
email :D It's so funny that that turned into a missionary moment phone
call! A missionary moment while on the phone with the bank-that's pretty
awesome! Who knows? Maybe that call is going to have some sort of
change on him and turn out to be a really awesome thing for him--
Dad,
it actually really impresses me how much you've been changed and
converted by the gospel of Jesus Christ and I just want to let you know
that it's really an inspiration to me to keep working hard because I
know that the seeds I plant in peoples hearts may one day grow and
sprout (even if it takes over 10 years hehe ;) But really, it's so
awesome!
That rice
"soup" that is my favorite is called Lugaw- it's way delicious! It
actually surprises me because there are so many ways to eat rice!
There's sticky rice (which is a desert), rice "soup", fried rice, normal
rice, and many many other ways! xD But the food here is actually really
good! There hasn't really been any weird foods recently--we actually
eat a lot of Chop Suey that we buy from a member nearby and eat that
with rice- #supa delicious!
Anyways though, my week was super
duper awesome! Elder A and I busted our butts in the work and
managed to pull out 50 total lessons- which really was a lot, but it was
so much fun! We've just been teaching and teaching in trying to help
people accept this message and help them to come unto Christ :D
That
family we were teaching (the one with like 12 people) weren't able to
come to church yesterday because of Stake Conference, which was kind of
far from our chapel... but I feel like they will come next week
considering I don't transfer or something!
Anyways
though, we had a baptism this last Friday for our investigator A
m! It was super awesome because a lot of the members came and were
super supportive of her and of her mother (Her mother decided not to get baptized yet because she wants to wait for her husband, so in the
coming weeks we will be focusing a lot on her husband-) I feel like it
was just so awesome because the spirit was there and it was such a
special experience!
It interests me to ponder on the subject on baptism and how it's a
covenant between us and our Heavenly Father, and I learned that we
promise so much in baptism and the gift of the Holy Ghost is the big
promise that he gives to us---so we promise that we will follow him
through our life, that we'll remember His son, Jesus Christ, and follow
his example---and we are promised the Holy Ghost to always be with us, I
think that I take for granted sometimes the promise of a constant guide
through this difficult life!
But
anyway, it was such an awesome week! I really am looking forward to
this coming week- I don't think that I'm going to be transferring
because the work is really speeding up here in Dagupan!
Love you guys so much, keep being the best! :D
~Elder Morris
Haha,
feels like it's been forever since I've heard from you guys! Just
kidding- it's so awesome to hear about all that's been happening back
home! :) Thanks so much for keeping me updated on all that's been going
on- it's going to be so fun to hear about the new lambs coming soon, so
are the goats going to be having babies as well too or what?
It's
so fun as well to hear about Hannah and Dexter about being able to go
to the YSA ward and stuff- that sounds like it's way fun! That would
certainly be an awesome place to meet new people and make new friends!
It's
so weird to think that everyone is getting home from their missions,
like I remember back when I hung out with Jacob I. for the last time
before he left! Time has been flying by WAY to fast, and before we all
know it-- I'll be... home... *shudder*.
As much as I'm homesick and miss you guys... I love being out here on a
mission so much! Meeting people every single day and focusing 100% on
them has actually been helping me find myself... which is weird. I would
never have thought that I would learn so much about myself by focusing
on others!
Anyways, We had a really awesome week this week!
So
the first thing that i want to talk about is the day that our district
went and worked in the area where the elders have to take a boat every
single day that they work out in their area... our in Carael! We all got
on this big boat as a group and traveled to the area, it was a ton of
fun! (hence the picture of all the missionaries on a boat)
Elder A and I also had a really awesome experience this week
that resulted in us finding 12 new investigators in one day! So on
Tuesday we walk by this table where a small group of them were sitting
and we just decide to talk to them- one of the guys there told us to
come back on Saturday at 6pm to teach him and his family... in all
honesty I thought that we would go back and he would either not be there
or we would only teach him- so Saturday rolls around and we start to
walk out to where we were going to meet him and his family, so it turns
out that It
wasn't just him who was waiting for us, but his mother, and his
siblings, and his nieces and nephews! So there were 12 or so people
there who were over 8 and willing to listen... so probably like 20
people overall! I wish that I could express the joy that we felt (and
the mild surprise at that)-- so what Elder A and I are really
going to be trying to do is helping them to progress and come to church
as a family! They seemed so very nice :)
Also, A M passed her interview so we will be having her baptism
this coming Friday afternoon! Expect some pictures next week! I'm super
excited for her baptism and then the others who we are trying to work
with and help to progress to baptism!
I'm kind of worried though because next week is also transfer week,
I've already been here for about 4 months so it may be coming time for
me to be transferred, or I'll just be here for 6 months like I was in
Tayug! :)P But I'm sure that you guys will hear about all of that one of
these coming weeks! But for now, enjoy the pictures :D
Love you guys,
Elder Morris
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