Wednesday- This day was my temple trip day. Preparation day (emailing day) is always monday. i forget to tell you guys when preparation day changes so i will do better at that. but we went to the temple in manila. That took up a lot of our P-Day so by the time we got back we emailed, did laundry and what not. Later that night we went back to our [] investigator Ryyose. We talked about the restoration of the gospel of jesus christ and about joseph smith. She LOVES to talk and always has so many questions. it's awesome. she is definitely a good one and she is hilarious, [] so we always have fun. After that Ryyose fed us Misaw. its a chinese noodle dish that was pretty good. After Ryyose we went home and that was the end of our day...so far the week is normal and good.
Thursday- We have two sellers on our street Txxatay and tyyina, (tyyina is my favorite because she is awesome and makes awesome lugaw) so i dont buy from Txxatay much and he always points it out. so i felt bad and finally gave in to buying txxatay's lugaw...it was a sad day. :( i spent five more pesos then i would have at tina...i shouldve been stronger. But its okay i got over it hahaha. Later i went to tyyinas and bought this one dish of food or ulam (anything that you put over rice) and then i went and also got this other dish that was literally all lungs and some veggies...WHY ON EARTH DID I BUY IT! i had some, a little more and was just like alright im done! so i took it and cheese grated that crap! cheese grating is when we throw out something past this metal gate that covers an opening in our patio and opens out to a bunch of trees. so i dumped out the lungs three stories (where are apartment is). After that we went to the Sxxabado family (they are less actives) but it looks like we got the daughter to come back. she told us she is busy and also she jogs so i told her that our spirit is like our body. it needs to be exercised and then i related it to i think going to church adn then told her i will see her next sunday and she has come since. but anyway we got referrals from them and talked. We finally got Gxxlen's sister, Ayyrlene, a bap date!!!
Friday- We went to Myyarisel but she wasnt there. We then went over to Jxxoelle this guy who owns a junk shop and taught/talked with him as he smoked three cigarettes. He is cool, he gave me a license plate which was a sweet souvenir. Went to ayyrlene's house and Eyylleanor was also there and she just probably wont ever get baptized, [] it's sad.
Saturday- This day was ABSOLUTELY LOCO! it started off with us going to the place called Tibagan riding on the back of a truck for a bit. we got there this kid [] was calling me mom. we sat adn talked with this crazy old guy and elder belnap sat on this bench and the leg just came out so he fell. it was awesome! the whole time we were sitting there i had kids just talking with me and all over me and what not so i didnt really know what was going on. It then as we were walking around started raining pretty hard so Elder and i had to find shelter. his pants were soaked, even with an umbrella it was awesome. I thought today was gonna be good, i got out and was getting a bunvh of high fives from kids when i first got out and it felt sweet. and everything was still good until []. we headed out away from Santa Monica, we went there r tibagan in the bed of someones truck. it was sweet like everyone was looking at us as we rode through. [] I wish i could write more about it but the whole story would have to be later. [] Glen's sister is really good and she is really doing good things.
Sunday- We wetnt to this luncheon to see our investigator Ryyose. it was sweet the food was good. and we got some new investigators and found someone who really is looking for guidance and help. we think he could be good. Oh and miss otter pops left us...she dropped us because of family problems. that was sad. On better news i gave a talk in church on obedience! it was good Elder Belnap said i did good and the spirit was there and thats what i wanted especially speaking in tagalog. Also the lady who always has a resting frowny face told me it was inspiring so that made me feel happy knowing that my message was able to be received as i spoke tagalog. i know the Lord helped me with that talk to know what to write and to say. and i really hope that we can really help the ward.
so i like to end with saying some things from week or something that i learned and i think i will tie in a little something from my talk. my talk was really simple about obedience. i talked about the Why, what and how of obedience.
The Why's-first: God commanded us to be obedient
second: We made a covenant to keep his commandments when we were baptized and renew them as we take the sacrament
third:
Being obedient is how we show our love to God and in return he will show us love as we show him we love, NEVERTHELESS he always loves us. we just need to do our part so he can bless us.
Fourth: he will bless us as we our obedient. i.e. he will give us his spirit as our constant companion
The "what" of obedience is simple try your very best and keep the commandments. that is obedience. you dont need to be perfect. but you need to try your best.
the "How" or how to be obedient is dont be like Laman and lemuel and complain when God commands something. be as Nephi of old and say to God, "I will go and do the things the Lord commands..."
I'm sure we can all find ways to be more obedient. Especially we need to remember the importance of praying and reading the scriptures as families and doing Family home evening. and dont worry i will strive to be more obedient with you all.
I love you all. you are great people and i hope you all have wonderful weeks!
Love,
Elder Wright
bird house
otter pops
catholic church
before elder english left
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