October 20 email
We had another beautiful week in Meycauayan!! and we got to
go to Bustos!! which was also beautiful! it's in Baliwag which is infamous for
being a beautiful area among the missionaries so it was fun to go see it.
One super cool thing that happened in Bustos. We were teaching an investigator that is doing really well and is getting ready
for baptism and everything. he has also had a stroke so he has a lot of trouble
walking. but he still walks to church. super legit.
anyway we started just by asking if he had any
questions from his readings and he was like yeah. what's the Priesthood? does
it have a name in Tagalog?? and we were like of course!!! Pagkasaserdote!
kaya.... Priesthood na lang! we taught him all about it and then he was like,
Can i get the Priesthood?? or am i over age??
awesomeness. he recognized that all the youth
that pass the sacrament have the Priesthood so he thought you could only get it
while you're young. then we told him he could receive it and all that that
entails and he was so excited. and overwhelmed. he said he wouldn't know how to
use it properly and that it sounds like a very holy calling. awesomeness. yes
it is. and that, brother, is why you can receive it. you know how holy and
important it is!!!!
That was cool. also sister alingog made these
amazingly delicious and spicy.... thing. idk what it's called. anyway, we're
adding that to the menu :) it's a green pepper with cheese (ish) in the middle
wrapped in a wonton thing and pan fried. malinamnam. sister alingog is still
absolutely hilarious btw (we were in the same house in pangarap for three
transfers) i hope we're comps one of these days!
Back in meycauayan (i have to practice writing
that cuz it's wicked hard to spell.....) we finally met the ward! all three new
missionaries spoke in sacrament meeting. that was exciting.
the first elder is still fairly new and from
china!!! so he doesn't really speak tagalog... or english..... he's such a
champ. and he just like introduced himself and told an experience of how they
got dropped by an investigator, but then got let back in cuz he speaks japanese
and the husband is japanese!!! at least i think that's what it was
about....
then i went up and talked about some stuff,
more like a short talk than introduction cuz they're all gonna ask the same 3
questions anyway when we meet them for reals :)
then the new zone leader went up and called
them all to action/repentance. lolz so great.
seems like a really great ward though!!
anyway! life is great! exchanges was a
learning experience and the work goes on!
have a great week!
-sister jones
We asked Sarah why they use Spanish for
money and telling time instead of Tagalog...
She gave us a FUN FACT:
Before the spanish came in and colonized the Philippines
Then the Spaniards came in and were like money and time is important!!!! so they taught them about it. which is why it's counted in Spanish!
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