So it looks like we a got a forecast of it's hot, it's burning hot and you might as well call yourself bacon because you're fried! but we will get about an hour of rain on Thursday and a little on Tuesday.
So that was the weather folks! but seriously i am just waiting for more rain to come because it is getting hotter here! Yesterday during church we had a black out or what they call brown and no fans or a/c was on during sacrament. and also none of the speakers too! it was a pretty quiet meeting.
We usually work in this area called Pabahay which is a large relocation home complex because the people there are usually more open and willing but we also did work in other areas and tried working on some more less active work.
On Monday we went over to the Rxxxxxx family house. they live in a nicer area called Verde Heights and we had a family home evening lesson over there! Brother Rxxxxxxx is this really goofy short member but loves the missionary work. he was the old ward mission leader. he had brought some neighbors over for the FHE and we tried to share an object lesson about the Atonement and one of the people he brought over really opened up to us on the first visit and we didnt really get to teach our lesson and had to stop the lesson. But it was a good lesson still. We got to know her and her life. Sister Rxxxxxx had cooked but almost everything she made was mushroom stuff, different kind of mushroom and i am not super into that hahaha im glad there was other stuff!
Speaking of gross food. i got forced to try a sour mango (not ripe mango) dipped in a salty shrimp paste...can i just ask...why would you do that food??
We have been working with this less active family the Arxxxxxx family and this was one of the few times the mom was there and we felt like we had some progress with the father of the family but we taught them and none of them really listened and at the end, after everything we said they werent interested. My heart broke for that family and for their children that have such sweet spirits. Sometimes this work can really brake your heart, but its only a little bit of what our Father in Heaven and Jesus Christ feel when someone doesnt follow. But whenever there are hard times there are always good things that happen and later that day we talked with the kid Felipe who is having family problems and i ask him if he feels lonely and he opened up to us. it was a good moment. i cant wait to help him and share with him how the restored gospel has blessed my family.
In the philippines you get a lot of people that just sit around and do nothing and so i decided to try to something when they started saying something to hopefully get a potential investigator and gain some trust. so i started acting like one of their "homies" and joking around with them which is always fun to do when you can actually speak that language and it worked one of the kids Bxxxxxie said we can come by. so we will see how that goes.
We are really trying to change the way we do things because we have noticed there isnt much progression when there are no members helping the investigators, so we are hoping to get more members involved this week.
Sometimes it's hard to gain good trust because you have to really find ways to joke with people or make them feel good about themselves because that is just the culture here! but we are working on our skills and gaining trust.
We had a very successful day on friday but found out that one of our investigators Clxxxxx is not going to be able to be baptized because of her parents but we talked with her about not giving up hope and on continuing despite trials. her cousins who live right next to her (jxxxx, JxxxRxxxx, and kxxxx) still are able to get baptized but they all dont have testimonies yet of the Book of Mormon but are willing to continue so we are still trying to help them. they are such great kids though i love them so much and we are trying to help them gain this testimony that will strengthen them for the rest of their lives
or investigator Jxxxxna is still making slow progression but is willing to continue. she was supposed to be baptized on April 14. hopefully things will keep going strong.
Really sometimes progression of investigators is slow and sometimes its fast but it is so important to not rush things and wait for them to come to know the truth. The Lord has a plan for them and they are in His hands and if they will continue to follow them and strengthen their faith in Him, they will come closer and closer unto Him and come to know the truth and this even applies to all of us in our efforts to improve and come unto Him, it takes time and dedication. I love you all so much and i say these things in the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
Elder Wright
Riding in the back of a truck to home from a family home evening
Riding in the back of a truck to home from a family home evening
i made fettucini alfredo and they loved it
just a pic of me and trash
i made sweet and sour chicken
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