Wednesday, October 27, 2004 Today has been a very long day. We slept in the San Jose apartment last night and got eaten alive by mosquitos! First thing this morning we went and emailed. That is always good. I love…
Blessings
Tuesday, October 26, 2004 We spent all day today down in San Jose because we’re having a zone activity tomorrow morning. This morning right after we got up, Eva Tardio came by the house and told us that they had…
Got the maps
Monday, October 25, 2004 Today was a fairly ineffective day. We did manage to get the municipal to give us the maps of Calintaan so that we can copy it. We’ve gone in about five times and never been successful…
Unpredictable church meetings and piano
Sunday, October 24, 2004 Today was another crazy and unpredictable day out here in Calintaan. First we had church this morning. I taught the lesson in Priesthood meeting about sacrament and sacrament meeting. Then Elder Cox taught in Sunday school…
Lightning lessons and struggling to understand the culture
Saturday, October 23, 2004 Today was a strange day. We had a total of four lessons today, more than I’ve ever had before, but I still feel like this was a fairly ineffective day. We tried a new way of…
Some photos
Thursday, October 22, 2004
Sorrow for a brother
Thursday, October 21, 2004 Tonight I had a really sad experience. We’ve been trying to follow up with Bro A. for a long time to see if he still has problems with the word of wisdom. He’s always been in…
Lazy P-Day and a Long Walk
Wednesday, October 20, 2004 Today was the laziest preparation day I”ve had yet. We do our shopping and email on Tuesday so there’s really not much to do on Wednesdays. I got some good studies in and read a lot…
5 month mark, pizza, and pants
Tuesday, October 19, 2004 Today is my 5 month mark out on the mission. Time goes so fast. It really doesn’t seem like I’ve been out here in the Philippines for three months. We had district meeting this morning. Elder…
Companion “issues”
Monday, October 18, 2004 I had a really good study today at lunch time. I finished reading Jesus the Christ and it was really good. It was talking about the second coming and how we need to be ready for…