Soooooooooooo........ I REALLY miss Sta. Maria. At the moment I'm way more trunky for Sta. Maria than I am for home haha :) I know it's Heavenly Father's plan for me to be here so I'll work my hardest and try to create a bond with the Malolos 2nd Ward in the 38 short days that I'll be here! :)
The new area is pretty cool as well. It's in the province but it's the provincial capitol(same as a State Capitol) of Bulacan. We live about 3 minutes from the Capitol building and State University. Now when I say that, you're gonna think it's a HUGE city like Salt Lake but it's not haha. Still mostly province but not nearly as pretty or cool as Sta. Maria ;)
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| BJ and Elder R |
My new comp is Elder R from Cagayan De Oro(same as Elder S). He's been out for almost a year now and is a great missionary. Our apartment's pretty nice and VERY clean ;) Bathroom's better (the shower has a little water pressure somtimes!:). and there's no bugs..... except for ANTS!!! hate em.
Saying goodbye to B and Elder C and the others was super hard. It was completely unexpected for all of us too, we all thought Elder C was the one leaving. Everyone had already given him goodbye letters and he even gave a talk in sacrament meeting... and then I left! Surprise! haha. Like I said I miss them a ton and wish I could have just finished my mission there but Sta. Maria will be a great place for Elder C to train his new comp, Elder J. I'm planning on sending most of my white shirts to B so he can use them on his mission.
Here in Malolos 2nd things are a little bit tougher teaching wise but so was Sta. Maria when I first got there. One exciting thing that happened was that we contacted a member referral my first day here... And gave her a Baptismal Date! :) She's been Catholic her whole life but feels that because of that she doesn't feel as close to Christ as she wants to be. We can really tell that she has a thirst and hunger for knowledge about the Savior and she wants us to teach her entire family of 7. (She has 5 kids and the oldest is a 21 yr-old boy and the next is a 19 yr-old girl. Sound familiar? haha:) Her baptismal date is August 24.... Hope they make it! :)
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| Malolos with my new companion. |
Here in Malolos 2nd things are a little bit tougher teaching wise but so was Sta. Maria when I first got there. One exciting thing that happened was that we contacted a member referral my first day here... And gave her a Baptismal Date! :) She's been Catholic her whole life but feels that because of that she doesn't feel as close to Christ as she wants to be. We can really tell that she has a thirst and hunger for knowledge about the Savior and she wants us to teach her entire family of 7. (She has 5 kids and the oldest is a 21 yr-old boy and the next is a 19 yr-old girl. Sound familiar? haha:) Her baptismal date is August 24.... Hope they make it! :)
Surprise! :) It will be a day earlier for you guys haha. I guess it'll be August 29th here in the Philippines and August 28th back home. Can't wait to see y'all. Are you trunky yet Mom? :) (We thought he wasn't arriving home until the 29th, we were wrong. YIPPEE!!)
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| BJ and Brother P |
Beej
P.S.-As training for living in America..... I ate cereal for breakfast for the first time since..... the MTC. Wow. I forgot how good it was :) I didn't like it when I first got here because I thought milk from a cardboard carton tasted weird... Not anymore, I'm Filipino! :o)
P.P.S-That's Brother P. Our Ward Mission Leader. He was born with one eye so we always say that he has his eye Single to the glory of God :)
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