Tuesday, November 23, 2004 I wrote a two page letter to my parents today. They say that they’re really excited to send my package for Christmas and that it’s really big. I hope that they don’t’ send just a bunch…
Checking up on people after the storm
Monday, November 22, 2004 Today was a long day and I’ not sure how effective it actually was. This morning we had our two hour planning session again. No power and it was really really hot. This morning we also…
Learning to live with no power
Sunday, November 21, 2004 Today is our second day without power. We’re starting to settle into survival mode. I actually wish that we lived in a hut because at least then we would have wind. We were afraid that no…
Typhoon Mufia
Saturday, November 20, 2004 Today has been a very interesting day. When we left this morning it was raining a bit so of course we took our umbrellas. Well the rain started to get harder. We went by the church…
Baptismal Interview
Friday, November 19, 2004 We had the baptismal interview for the Manzos today and it went well. They’ll be baptized on the 27th. I’m happy for them but I really hope that they understand how big this covenant really is.…
Getting in late and baptismal interview questions
Thursday, November 18, 2004 The reason that I didn’t write last night is because we got in really late. We actually got into the apartment at 9:30, which was an hour and a half after we are supposed to get…
Writing letters home
Tuesday, November 16, 2004 We’re sleeping in San Jose again tonight because we have another zone activity tomorrow. We came in for District Meeting this morning and rode in the front seat of a Jeepney. It was a really slow…
Meeting our neighborhood “cannibal”
Monday, November 15, 2004 Well, just so you know, Brother Fernando didn’t come to church yesterday. Supposedly he had a headache or sore-eyes or something of that nature. Today we had our two hour long planning session for the week.…
A piano lesson and my Tagalog struggles
Saturday, November 13, 2004 I’ve been really tired for the last few days and I don’t really understand it. This morning we taught English at the church. We taught a lesson about pronouns and a little bit about sentence structure.…
Watching Daan Pauwi (On the way home)
Friday, November 12, 2004 Today was long. When I woke up this morning I didn’t really feel very rested and I was dreading the rest of the day. Our first appointment this morning was with Sister Pulido. We wanted to…