Friday, March 25, 2005 Well the craziness of “Holy Week” continued today with people parading down the street toward the church early in the morning and then people doing “penance” throughout the day by whipping themselves and marching around town.…
Some of the Rose family commits to Baptism
Thursday, March 24, 2005 Today has been a good day. I’ve really been trying to soak up this area because I’m now in my last week here. This morning I taught a piano lesson to Lennie Tardio. It went well.…
Rose family comes to church
Sunday, March 20, 2005 Wow, I have been really busy these last few days and haven’t found time to write. We had companionship exchanges on Friday and so I got to work with Elder Miller for a day. Even though…
Left my journal in San Jose
Thursday, March 17, 2005 Well it has been a long time since I wrote because I accidentally left my journal in San Jose after Zone Conference. Yesterday we taught a good second lesson to the Rose family. Brother doesn’t really…
Exchanges and Zone Conference
Friday, March 11, 2005 Today was Zone Conference. I’ve been trying to develop a talent or a gift of pondering and inviting the spirit into my life. I’m sleeping again tonight in San Jose because I have to play the…
Companionship Inventory
Wednesday, March 9, 2005 Today was P-Day and fairly relaxing. We visited Bro Aldana and gave him a copy of the Doctrine and Covenants that we’d asked Elder Miller to pick up in Manila. He was really happy about it.…
Companionship Trials
Monday, March 7, 2005 I’ve been doing a lot of pondering and thinking today and a lot of self-evaluation. My relationship with Elder Cox is still stretched at best. I often find myself angry or upset at him because of…
Teaching the Rose Family
Saturday, March 5, 2005 Well, as you have probably guessed, I was really tired last night and so therefore my thoughts and my writing both got really confused. Hopefully I’ll do better tonight. Today was a good day. This morning…
Starting on Another Marriage
Friday, March 4, 2005 Well there have been a lot of developments since I wrote last. Yesterday we went to teach Sister Mari Tess Malabja about chastity and the Sabbath Day. Well it all went well until the end when…
Getting dirty on the ride to San Jose
Tuesday, March 1, 2005 Tuesdays are really crazy days. We left the house this morning at 6:30 to go to San Jose. We were hoping to get some things done there early and so we left earlier than usual. The…