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…
Meeting the Calintaan Branch
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…