how quickly time slips away

The ZONE...

Bringing him back to his childhood on grandpas farm.

hiii. Sorry about last week. nagmamadali kasi kami noon. (We were in a hurry)

Anyway we went to Philippine Carabao Center today and took a tour of the milking place, I'll send some pictures later.  haha. nakakatrunky! (frustrating trunky)  show the pictures to grandpa I think he will enjoy them

March 17

I don’t know why but today I was super nahihirapan sa fasting ko.(difficult to fast) I almost considered going home early from church because I was so hungry but I'm glad I didn’t. We went to Linglingay today and only 15 people came to church. wala nang pagasa doon. (no hope there)  After church Teody and Baldo worked with us, almost everyone said no. For dinner we ate pinakbet nang may guavano at langka

March 18

Today was the last P-day for Elder Retaga and Quilauil, nakakalungkot! (what a pity) we played basketball, went biking at CLSU, then milka krem! I saw a Joe today, it was weird. Generally I avoid them because its... awkward. Usually, they come to the PHilippines for the following reasons:

1. They're hiding from the law in their homeland

2. They met a Filipina on some sketchy social network site like MySpace or Friendster and then moved here

3. They're on a business trip (this is rare outside of Manila)

4. They’ve reached their "Golden Years" and haven't found a wife yet.

We had FHE at President Pajaritos house; we ate bangus and fried chicken.

Time goes by so fast it frightens me. Eka ni President Martino: "I quake at the thought of how quickly time slips away"

March 19

In December of 2011, Elder Nicholes became the zone leader in Camiling Zone, and only had three months left in his mission. I remember thinking: "I'm so jealous. Can't he and I trade place?" But now that I have only three months, I'd give anything to stay for another year or two. Tonight we talked to a guy who said his wife was a caterer, so I made a joke and said sometime we'd eat dinner at his house because his wife is a good cook. From the way he was acting he might have been a bit drunk, but regardless he walked into his house and when he came outside again he gave us pancit canton and an orange. sobrang weird ang bansang ito

March 20

This morning we had DDM in San Anton. I don’t ever want to leave Munoz, because Elder Bellen and I have labored for 7 weeks with little progress, but now we're finally seeing results. We met an old lady washing her car, she was 83 years old. She seemed to be about half way done and told us she'd been washing it for about 2 hours. matiyaga naman!

March 21

Tinatamad talaga kami kaninang umaga. (We had an early morning) This afternoon we tracted in a place called "Tobiasville". The first thing I thought of was Arrested Development. napakayaman ang tao doon! sana hindi ako malilipat!! (Very wealthy people there)

march 22

This morning we had a CSP in Linglingay and unexpected exchanges because of a baptismal interview we didn’t know about. Elder Illustrisimo worked with me in Munoz today. At 4:30pm we were out of appointments, so we went tracting. 

thanks for emailing him. Our time is up. I love you@!

Elder Bellen and Elder Williams

MOST handsome missionary

Elder Williams and Elder Illustrisimo

Elder Williams and Elder Weimer

YUM!

Elder Williams and Elder Weimer

Kay sarap ng buhay

Gumbia Zone

hii. 

haha I had a block on school? that's too bad. Anyway sorry we're late we had an awesome P-day today because two elders are going home next week so we tried to do a lot today

march 10

Today after church we taught Angelica again, she told us she wants to get baptized! We were supposed to pick up a family on the way to Linglingay, but when we stopped by they were on their way to Cabanatuan; I guess their cousin got in a motorcycle accident and got sent to the hospital or something. Tonight at the DeGracia Family we had tinapa with ginisang sebuyas nang may itlog. Kay sarap ng buhay!

mar 11

For our P-day this week we went to Tatay Bustos' house and nag-ihawan kami. Elder Retaga and I ate until everything was gone. I don’t know why, but both of us were still hungry. The whole zone was there; we had bangus, tilapia, & BBQ. We put it all on a banana leaf and then kanya-kanya kain. Then after a bit of email we went to Friendship (grocery store)  and went home. Our FHE tonight was at the Soriano Family, adobong pininyahan na naman, napakasarap! (marinated pininyahan again, delicious)

mar 12

 Today I noticed as we were talking to people, the farther away we were from the bayan, the nicer the people were. Elder and Sister Fort came with us to visit Lola Aniana, napaka-daldalng tatlong ian. Afterwards Elder Bellen and I met a kid named Ronel, who let us in his house almost immediately. He's so rich I was genuinely surprised. Kuya Baldo work with us and we taught this one lady with a baby.We Finally got to teach the Newingham Family today. I asked if she knew Lola Aniana and she said "Buhay pa ba 'yan?" (Is she still alive?) For dinner, Kuya Baldo made us lumpiang masagana, napaka-sobrang sarap! Ang laki ng tiyan  ko. Talagang tumataba ako sa Munoz.

mar 13

 Today was strange. we had DDM this morning, but had to start early because to the byahe of San Anton Elders. Ince we left the house (in the afternoon), it was so hot I could die.  We visited the Sunido Family, another member pala sila! I've walked past their house a bunch but never seen any people.  The day ended with a snack and lesson at the Abutin Family.

mar 14

this morning we attended a graduation ceremony at San Anton High School; we sang a few musical numbers. The AP's worked with us today, it was the best. Before we had to leave for work, we stopped at MilaKrem since Elder Cohen goes home in 10 days (also, we got to use their car so it was easier to go there). After that we went on splits, I worked with Elder Tating. It would be great if he and I could be companions,  We taught the Newingham family again, Elder Cohen was surprised at how well they spoke English. We finished at Kuya Baldos house.

mar 15

What a day. Weekly Planning was easier than ever, so we cleaned the house spotless today. After lunch, the Fort's went with us to visit Lola Darrin, which I think helped alot. Afterwards we visited Kuya Ronel, but he was asleep because tehy went bik,ing yesterday until around 4:00am. Today is graduation for High School and Elementary, kaya we got fed almost
everywhere we went. Irene Garcia graduated high school,. so we ate pancit malabon and bilo-bilo. At the Abutin Family, bili-bilo and puto. After that we stopped by Teody's house, then stopped by the Parenas Family because their daughter graduated high school. Sobrand daming pangkain! Spaghetti, fried chicken, juince, soft drinks, at may ice cream pa!! Our last appointment was at the Francisco Family, kain na naman! Adobo, tinapa, itlog na may kamatis. Mamamatay ako sa busog! The light in front of our house burned out today, so I did my laundry in the bathroom after planning.

mar 16

Kamote. What a da na naman. Tiday we taught Angelica again at the Costales Family. After lunch, tatay Ramos worked with us for about an hour. We visited the Tubeje Family and tatay shared a great lesson with them. They committed to come to church, but we'll see. When we got back to the bayan we tried the Sunido Family, but no tao. We ended up teaching the DelaCruz Family and Mae & Irene. Parang nagsasawa na ako sa kanila. Mga bata kasi, sobra sa kwentuhang walang kwenta. We also saw President Pajaritp this evening at his sister-in-law's house. we wanted to teach, but she had friends over. Then I bought some juice for tomorrow at a tindahan and we went home. Sunday na naman bukas!