Sunday, October 17, 2004 Church here is a bit different from back in the city. We have church at 9:00 in the morning in a little house that we’re renting. We play the piano on a little electric keyboard. The…
Introducing “Preach My Gospel”
Friday, October 15, 2004 Today was another good day. This morning for my studying I worked on the new “Preach my Gospel” program. It really is a lot different from the old way and I’m not sure how to work…
“True Tagalog”
Thursday, October 14, 2004 Today was a good day I guess. We didn’t reach any lessons and we had no findings. We did get to spend a little bit of time with a sister in reading the Book of Mormon.…
Onto the Isand
Wednesday, October 13, 2004 Well, talk about a change of scenery! I’m here on Mindoro. I feel kind of like a foreigner here and I feel more and more inadequate at Tagalog. Elder Cox is my new companion. He’s from…
Last day in San Juan and Greenhills
Monday, October 11, 2004 Well today was my last full day in San Juan district. I’m almost all packed and ready to leave tomorrow. I’m not sure if I’m happy and excited about transferring or if I’m sad really to…
Conference and some good lessons
Sunday, October 10, 2004 We got to go again this morning to the Sta Cruz chapel to watch conference. It was really good as always. They seemed to mention the Philippines a lot but I’m not sure if that’s really…
Priesthood Session
Saturday, October 9, 2004 We got to watch the priesthood session of general conference this morning. It was really good. I didn’t realize how much I miss hearing from apostles and the Prophet on a regular basis. President Hinckley talked…
The Law of Chastity
Friday, October 8, 2004 You could call today “law of chastity day” if you wanted to. We found out today that Bro A. has a problem with the law of chastity but what really is awful about it is that…
Self reliance
Thursday, October 7, 2004 We usually have follow-ups with the sisters on Thursday but today we just called them on the phone to do follow-ups. It was a lot more effective use of time. We left this morning at about…
The temple and branch training
Wednesday, October 6, 2004 I got to go to the temple again today. Of course it was awesome and I loved it. I could really just spend all day every day there and not get tired of it. After our…