Let's start with Monday. aight nothing really exciting happened on monday,
Let's move to Tuesday.
Tuesday we went to teach tatay nick!! (the one who has had a really hard time quitting smoking.) and we had a great lesson!!!! we gave him a calendar plan thing of what he needs to do to stop smoking on Christmas!!!!! and he was so excited about it! he was like, i can do this! and we were like that's good cuz you're going to. :) and we had lola asuro with us who was a friend of his wife's! so they talked about back in the day when both of their spouses were still alive and how great they were. and he was just talking about how much he loves his wife and how long he took care of her and one day she looked at him and was like nick, when i get better, if you ever get sick, i'll take care of you. and he was like siempre!! asawa kita!!! lolz (of course!! i'm your husband!!) and then he just laughed and laughed. it was super cute. he looks like the old man in up... at least his face does :)
Then! we went to teach our golden investigator, ruby. who, even though we came a day earlier than she expected, was all ready and had read her assignment and taken notes and everything. she's literally amazing. and we found out that her mom used to be an investigator!!! and is also friends with lola asuro :)
ps. we had lola with us for a solid couple of hours and it was awesome. she walks super slow but she knows EVERYONE and we looks waaaay more approachable with her with us so people straight up came up to us asking for pamphlets and for us to come teach them. awesomeeeeeee. totes going back.
problem. we're trying really hard to find future leaders for the ward but more often than not..... they are turning out to be kinda creepy old dudes... instead of future leaders..... like just wanting to text/call us all the time... but not wanting to be taught. laaaaaame. dropped.
Also! the madaldal english speaking kinda rude dude invited us over for christmas day... "as people, not as missionaries" lolz. nope. we're always missionaries, sorry bro. so i wrote him a letter. thanking him for his invitation but explaining that we would be spending Christmas as we spend every other day, as missionaries. inviting people to come unto Christ. Remembering the true meaning of Christmas. immabehonest with you... it was way fun to write. and i told him we're not coming back till he's ready to listen with an open heart. the punk. hopefully he does!!! cuz he said he read the whole Book of Mormon...
Where we at now... wed! we had zone interviews over in valenzuela! during which we received many a distressed call/text from our lovely sisters..... so we went to malolos again that night!!!! got our trust circle on again.. these ones wouldn't even look at each other. that was fun. so we made them look each other in the eye and say things they're grateful for about the other person lolz so painful. but it worked! they're doing good now. The power of gratitude
Thursday! exchanges... and the eve of the storm for the mother of all colds.....
friday!! exchanges again! after sleeping for the second night on a lil couch mattress with no fan.... i died a lil bit. actually a lot a bit. good news, this sister doesn't know me very well, and therefore saw no difference!!! cuz she didn't know what to expect..... she said when i speak it's very... malambing. lolz (affectionate) pretty sure that was from my cold/lack of sleep but hopefully she felt the love ;)
saturday! i got to sleep in my own bed!!! i love my bed!!! and meycauayan!!! we went to the ward christmas party and taught a bunch of our investigators there :) like ruby! who had been there since like noon setting up and cutting snowflakes for decorations. she's not even a member yet!! what a champ. also, our ward is great. they love the missionaries so much! we left the party for a few mins to teach someone else and they like chased us down cuz they though we were going home before we ate!! lolz don't worry, we ate before we left :)
sunday!! needed sooo badly to go on splits cuz we've been in our area like one full day all week. too bad allll the members were like next week na lang!! lame. whatevs, we got one sister to work with us :) and we went to this dude's neighborhood Christmas party thing that he put on for all the munchkins that live there. it was soooo cute. i swear none of them had seen a white person before, and here were two!! in the prayer they thanked God for the " magagandang dalaga na dumalo sa amin" the beautiful single ladies that came to visit us) so great. hard to keep a straight face in that prayer.
AND they all dressed up and preformed dances for us that they had rehearsed! and took a bazillion of awkward pictures of/with us... lolz. and we told them all to remember the true spirit of Christmas and wash the dishes before their parents ask them lolz and met a former investigator that wants us to come back! ftw.
then! we got to watch the first presidency Christmas devotional!!!!! better late than never! so stoked. we found out they were broadcasting it like a few hours before it happened. totes worth two hours in a jeepney while fasting. :)
Don't worry the fun has just begun! this week we're having testimony meetings with all our mabibinyagan (people getting baptized) and their fellowshipper families! super excited about that. and we have two days of exchanges again in baliwag!! and christmas conference with half the mission!!! and the stake baptism!!! and then it's sunday and then it's Christmas!!! time flies when you're...... man. i got nothing. sorry, next time na lang! ;)
have a wonderful Christmas!!!! we're gonna try caroling as a tracting.... thing .... lolz in our spare time this week :) we'll let you know how it goes.
love, sister jones
ps. i was just informed that tomorrow i have to go to the mission office to fill out some immigration paperwork.... so i can go home on time in may!!!! weird.
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