Monday, October November 1, 2004 Time is so fast! I thought that it was still October! Today is all saints day and so everyone was all over at the cemetery all day. We actually spent about 2.5 hours there talking…
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…
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…
The power of members
Saturday, October 2, 2004 Well last night we fell asleep while we were planning so I obviously was really tired and forgot to write. Today was an okay day. We tried to go to visit Brother W.R. this morning but…
Finding and Power Naps
Thursday, September 16, 2004 This morning we left at 8:30 to go and follow-up with the sisters. We usually do follow-ups at the MIR but it’s really far away and so we just had them at the sister’s chapel. They…
Lots of lessons
Tuesday, August 24, 2004 Well today was a really good day. This morning we left at 7:30 because we realized that we had forgotten to give Sis Bautista her book of remembrance yesterday. She left for Hong Kong today and…
My first OYM (Open Your Mouth)
Wednesday, August 11, 2004 I’ve officially been here for three weeks now. It sometimes feels like it’s been an eternity. I’ve been sick again today with a high temperature. I hate this sickness thing. It’s really hard to work and…
Service at the Elementary School
Friday, August 6, 2004 Well today has been really long. We had to leave really early, 7:00, for our service project with the zone. We’ve left early every day this week and I haven’t gotten any studying in at all.…
Feeling Sick . . . and no TP
Monday, August 2, 2004 Well I only have 12 minutes to write do I’ll be brief. Yesterday I rested almost the entire day with Elder Sangco. We both have an LBM problem and mine was especially bad yesterday. I could…
Judy’s Baptism
Saturday, July 31, 2004 Well I got to see my first baptism today. It actually wasn’t as spiritual as I thought it might be but it was really powerful. Her name is Judy Santiago and she was really excited. After…