Monday Nov 26
This morning we had zone
goal setting, my LEAST favorite part of being a missionary. After Email and
lunch, we had a district activity at the Philippine Carabao Center, it was so
much fun. Then E Garcia got his hair cut and I talked to some riff-raff and
invited them to learn about the Gospel, but... no dice. We had FHE this evening
at the Costales Family and brought Nanay Borre, a less active, and her son, an
investigator. Elders Bell and Mosquera also came with us because we have DL/ZLC
tomorrow, so they're sleeping here tonight. Right now we are all sleeping side
by side in our room on the floor. We're going ghost hunting later, E Bell and I
put baby powder all over Elder Keene's room because lately he's been hearing the
ghost walk around his room
Tuesday Nov 27
Well, Elder Bell and I caught
the ghost! but that's later.. Today we got up around 5:00am so we could go to
Cabanatuan for our ZL/DLC. ZL/DLC was great, we talked about the life of Jesus
Christ and how it affects us. Every time we have a meeting with President
Martino, I always leave feeling so happy. The Assistants gave a great workshop
about Christ like Attributes and told us to prepare ourselves for Christmas
Zone Conference. I tried to sleep on the way home but Elder Bell and I just
talked instead. When we got home, I found Elder Keene listening to music and
laying on my bed. I guess he was too sick to work. So we bought him medicine,
and he thinks he got robbed because his money and the utilities fund are
missing.
OK back to the ghost:
So before we went to
bed, Elder Bell and I agreed we would wake each other up if we heard or saw
anything. I laid in bed from 10:30 to 12:30, and about that time we heard a
pounding noise in the floor, but we weren't sure what it was because we didn't
know where it came from, so that scared us enough that we didn't sleep. Around
2:30, Elder Abrenilla (Elder Keene's companion) got up and walked out of the
room, and I said to Elder Bell: "Elder Abrenilla is going to die!" He
went to the bathroom, and instead of coming back and going to sleep, he walked
into the kitchen, and I knew for sure he was dead; because hey, its 2:30am and
the kitchen is close to the piano that the ghost plays sometimes. So we watched
him turn the light on and just stand there for about 10 seconds. After that, he
turned it off and walked back into the room. Then he stood in front of the
closet, opened it, and shouted "May Tao!" which means "there's
someone here!' I know I'm not crazy, because Elder Bell saw all of this as
well. I asked him about it this morning, he said he didn't remember it at all.
I think he's been sleepwalking. Case closed! And we didn't even have to use a
vacuum!
Wednesday 28
Today we had a zone
training meeting and explained all about what we learned at ZL/DLC. Afterwards,
we ate some cake (happy birthday Elder Verano!) and went to Manila Grill (a
kind of lame restaurant). I was annoyed about the cake because nobody wanted to
leave, then they forgot my order at Manila Grill, plus they forgot my order and
didn't cook it, and the jeepney on the way home played loud music while we
tried to make phone calls about the zone t-shirts. When we got home, Elder
Keene shared some JIF peanut butter, and everything that ever bothered me went
away. Then I felt bad for being annoyed about everything, and the day ended up
being really great.
Thursday 29
We had a zone CSP, it was
so much fun. We painted the Barangay Hall in San Anton, Elder Bell and Elder
Mosquera's area. We all got home late because it took so long to paint, but we
still had pretty good work. Everyone else told us they were exhausted from the
CSP so didn't work as hard as they would have if there was no CSP. Then we
taught a less active, Tatay Bustos, and he made silly jokes about me being a
short American
Friday 30
Weekly planning was so
easy, which rarely happens. Today I worked with E Abrenilla, my kabahay, in his
area. We walked through the squatters area, it was so sad. It was just a bunch
of poor people with dikit-dikit bahay. I don't know which Filipino leader let
this happen, but people here just live in cement squares. We were supposed to
eat dinner at a less actives house tonight, and when we showed up, she said she
just back from San Jose, so she wasn't able to cook. I was so tired, right
after planning I went right to sleep.
Saturday 1
Nakupo! its almost
christmas! THe elders in munoz branch 1 had a baptism today, almost nobody
showed up. Afterwards we had lunch at a members home, and they took us to this
really far area called LingLingay after lunch where we are holding a sacrament
meeting every week because there’s a lot of members but they can’t go all the
way to church every week, its way too far. President Martino said if we can
keep a steady attendance of 40 or 50 every week, he'll send a request to the
Area Presidency to build a meeting house there. I probably won't be here to see
it, but it'll happen someday. We had dinner at a really rich member’s home; it
was sort of like a catered dinner because it was so fancy. I ate until my
stomach was about to burst, I had a hard time walking home tonight.
Sunday 2
We had the special
sacrament meeting today, it was great! I was surprised at how many showed up.
There's one old lady who was baptized almost 30 years ago, she was so happy
that we had a sacrament meeting for her and her family. The Forts came with us
as well, they're going to keep track of the progress there. They made
eggs, tomatoes, and ampalaya with tuyo for dinner, and we ate by
candelight with our bare hands. It was the best dinner ever.
Anyway my time is up, I’ll
talk to you next week
Tell McKenzie to email me!
I love you!
Elder Williams
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