This has been one hectic week and super crazy! One, it's transfer announcements here in Mindoro,
which means P-day is Wednesday. We just had a district conference for all of
the members in Occidental Mindoro and then Zone Conference the day after. Let
me outline the days so you can know what's been going on.
7/10/12
Tuesday night: Exchanges today with Elder Quinton from Canada. The Whitings were able to take us to
Vicente's house and the car got stuck in the mud because it has just
rained...again. So, we called the
neighbors and we were able to push it out after a great lesson with Vicente
about keeping the Sabbath day holy.
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| Elder Quinton |
Wednesday: My first time leading the area and it has given
me much confidence in my abilities. I feel like I've been kind of riding on
Elder O's. knowledge of the area, but I have proven myself capable and able
to communicate with the people we teach. I was so scared at first but “If ye
are prepared, ye shall not fear." It doesn't say, you might not fear, but that
you shall not fear. All the fears that I had disappeared and I was able to
teach more comfortably than I have all transfer. ^_^ I felt the Spirit much teaching with Elder
Quinton.
Thursday: Elder
Furner broke his foot and so he's staying at our apartment to find out if his
foot is broken from the doctor on Friday.
Friday: Weekly
planning and missionary coordination meeting. At weekly planning I brought up
my concerns again but I think Elder O. has finally started to warm up to me. We
talked about our companionship and he said we just had a late start... haha,
yeah. I guess you can say it like that. We
cleaned the house all morning; it looks the best it's ever been!!!! Still no word on Furner's foot.
Saturday: District Conference. Let me share a little bit
about what Elder Perez said (Area 70)…
650,000 members in the Philippines.
December 2011: 115,000 active
Since the start of the focus of Less Active
program this year…
May 2012: 135,000 active = +20,000 active members
in 6 months throughout the whole Philippines!!!
(Many more things I want to share but maybe next Monday
na lang.) He was a great teacher!
The Assistants to the President are staying at our
house now till Tuesday morning.
Furner's foot is broken and he's going back to Quezon
City to heal.
Sunday: We had 13 less
actives come to conference!!! That's great news!!! The conference was great and
many people did attend. We had Sablayan missionaries come down (3 hours away)
to stay until after zone conference = 10 people sleeping in our apartment. It
got messy again.... >.<
I went on splits and taught some people in my area
with 2 elders from Sablayan, my old Zone leader, Elder Dante. He told me how
much growth he's seen in me since my first transfer and It gave me much more
confidence. I've had the best lessons this day than I've had all transfer
because I had the opportunity to lead and the time to pause and let the Spirit
work. ^_^
President told Elder O. that he'll be going to
Calintaan (Elder Furner's district)to cover his area and I'll tripanionship
with the Zone leaders until Elder Furner heals daw.
Monday: Zone Conference
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| Missionaries with President DelaMare, his counselors, and spouses |
Few impressions:
"The Lord uses the unlikely to do the Impossible.” And it's so true!
Who would send 19 year old young men to
establish the church on an island like Mindoro? Only the Lord who can use us as
a testimony to His power and His love for His Children by making miracles
happen through us. ^_^
President said that in the 2 years he's been
coming in and out of Mindoro, this transfer he's seen the biggest change in the
leadership and in the reception of the people. ^_^ Great news!
Today I worked with Elder Frost and President Whiting
to teach the Domingo family and Senosa family.
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| Elder Frost |
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| President Whiting |
Tuesday: Worked with the Zone leaders in both my area and
their area. It was interesting. We met a few new people in my area and they
want us to come back! We seemed to have gained
their trust.
I have a golden investigator in my area, Sister
Noemi Alforte. She has two beautiful
kids and has a strong testimony. By strong testimony I mean she’s finished the
Book of Mormon and the gospel principles book since we started teaching her in
March. She says she just wants to do all the Lord wants from her. But, we found out she can't get baptized until
she gets married. And the mayor charges money and the Catholic Priest is like
the only one on the island with a marriage license besides the mayor. But now, we have a senior couple as the District
Executive Secretary, Elder Candland, and he's working on getting all the branch
presidents a marriage license. If it
works well it should take about a month after the papers are submitted, so, we hope it should be
done soon:) Noemi is the closest to
baptism; she's basically a member already.
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| Our Zone leader, Elder Herr |
7/18/12
Wednesday: I'm not transferring. Elder O. may stay in
Calintaan and I may get a new companion. I don't know what's going to happen. I might
be on splits with the ZL's till next transfer…I don't know. President said, “Till Elder Furner heals.” So, we'll see what happens tomorrow.
Thoughts for
the day:
Knowledge
is something you know.
Wisdom
is something you know from experience.
Power
is turning experience into action.
Oh,
the ocean baptism was a baptism for the sister missionaries in San Jose. We
didn't have anything to do with it but the investigator requested Elder O. to baptize
her, that's why. :) I had absolutely nothing to do with it but it
was fun. ^_^
Btw,
Mom, who is John Lloyd Cruz? Some people
say I look like him. An old Nanay (mother, woman) said to me, “Elder John Lloyd Cruz! Kamusta!!!!” Hahaha!
Send me a pic of him, ok?
Love
you all, bye!!!
Doing
you Proud,
Elder
Froude ^_^
More pictures of Mindoro
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| This is how we look like when it floods |
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| Cute little kitten! I guess I'm not allergic anymore. |
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| So, this is that Filipino actor dude that they say looks like Ian. What do you guys think? |
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