Hi Everyone!
Sorry, it's so late for me
getting this week’s letter out. I've
been running around with my new companion and a few zone mates at the mall
trying to figure out where to get everything. The worst thing is transportation! I have to wait now to get to where I need to
go and pay money! I miss the truck T_T Haha!!!
Anyway, transfering is so hard. And
by that I mean packing. In my 6 months
in the office I’ve collected a lot of stuff.
I think I am now sobra on shirts and I’ve put my giant bed cover in the
attic of the mission home to collect later.
Don’t let me forget it. Anyway, I
had to leave a lot of things behind that I’ll have Elder Peralta send me at
mail run. Haha! Anyway, other than that, people still text me
about support even though I’m not in the office anymore.
Anyway I'm doing great! I'm loving the field! I've transferred to Taguig City. We've been out working really well and getting
things done here. I even got sunburned
from being out in the sun too much on my first day, and I’m tanning pretty
fast. Haha! So, that's what sun feels like! Gosh, it's so hot here! I'm glad our apartment is on the 3rd floor and
is windy at night. Anyway, I was really
surprised to go to Taguig, of all places. To be honest, Taguig was probably, at
least, in the bottom 3 of zones I wanted to transfer to because of the endless
hours I’ve spent in traffic over there. Haha!
But I’ve come to love the area; I feel like I am a lot more patient with
people and with getting punted and schedules not working out since I came from
the office. Because really in comparison
to what I had to do before, regular missionary problems feel like nothing to
worry about. I just shrug them off and
move to the next thing I need to do, and taking time to appreciate the good
things in the area. Like how, when the
sun starts going down, the people fly kites everywhere and it looks wonderful! Or, when there is a nice breeze coming down
the street. I have definitely learned to
appreciate things more and not worry so much on the bad things.
My companion is really good,
Elder Lim; he’s from Cebu and he's a hard worker and wants to do much good for
the area. We communicate well and are
both willing to do what it takes for the Lord. I've come to love him and we've had some good
times already. It's still going to take
me a while longer to get the area down, so I’ll do what I can with the
knowledge that I have. Public transportation
is so hard to get used to again! I know
how to get places while having a car, but now taking trikes and jeepneys…it's
killing me! I don't know how to get to
places that way anymore. Haha! I’ll just have to adjust then. Oh, by the way, I am a District Leader here.
I can't believe how much I’ve
missed being a missionary; talking to people and teaching people and meeting
new people all of the time. It’s so much
fun! My Tagalog is slowly coming back,
thanks to Elder Peralta, and I feel like I’m still communicating well with the
natives.
General conference was awesome
as always, I really like President Monson's talk about obedience and his experience
as a boy! Haha! But it's true that you learn so much from mistakes.
I feel like I’ve learned the most on my mission
when I’ve made the biggest mistakes. And
it's totally true with the language too. Anyway, the obedience is such a powerful thing
as a missionary and is the difference between success and getting a full day of
getting punted. Haha! I also enjoyed Enrique Falabela's talk, as
well. I'll bring my notes next week so I
can share with you some of my impressions that I’ve gotten. But one really good
one was from the Priesthood Session about Ministering by David L. Beck.
"To minister means to love and care for others. It means to attend to
their physical and spiritual needs. Put simply, it means to do what the Savior
would do if He were here." As a
missionary I am called to minister unto these people in the Philippines. As Christ’s representative, I need to show
people his love for them by loving them. It is the most fulfilling joy I have ever
experienced, to minister unto others.
Other than that I am so proud of
my brother Ryan for being able to finish up his mission papers this week and I
am waiting anxiously to hear that he'll be serving in a mission especially
prepared for him. Ryan, don't let anything stop you from doing what's right,
YOU GOT THAT?!?! Haha!!! I'm not worried about him. He knows how to make the right choices and
knows how to give more to the Lord. He'll be a great missionary and I’m excited
to serve with him in the field.
Yes, I got President Thomas'
letter… it was really nice. Anton also
wrote me. ^_^ I need to write him
back. Haha! Have a
great week! I love you all!!!
Doing you Proud,
Elder Froude ^_^
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