Saturday, February 5, 2005 We taught a lot of lessons today. In fact we taught more lessons today than my whole first week in the mission. It felt really good. This morning we took the long sandy walk out to…
Singing with the Andales family
Friday, February 4, 2005 Today has been a really long, hard, but also very rewarding day. I taught another lesson to Lennie Tardio on the piano. She is really improving a lot. She finally figured out how the rhythm “sixteenth-dotted…
The dental mission
Thursday, February 3, 2005 I felt like we wasted a lot of time today. I’m not sure why I’m feeling that way because our stats are good and we taught two lessons. I just feel such an energy to do…
The Church is essential
Saturday, January 8, 2005 People are so difficult. I don’t understand how people can think that they can worship God but that he doesn’t have his church here on the earth. We had a long discussion today with the R.…
First day as a Senior Companion
Wednesday, January 5, 2005 Well today is my first day as a senior companion. I guess it went well. I really was blessed today as we worked in my Tagalog and with remembering what had to be done. My new…
Teaching in church
Sunday, December 26, 2004 We only had two investigators, out of the four that we were hoping for, come to church: Bro Sergio Aldana and Bro Selso Lopez. Our meetings were good. In priesthood I taught about testimony and sharing…
Fixing records and the Sabbath day
Wednesday, December 22, 2004 Today wasn’t a normal P-Day. We decided to take our P-day on Friday because we’ll be in San Jose for Christmas. This morning we did a lot of work for the branch. We spent the whole…
The 40 day fast
Thursday, December 9, 2004 I just finished fasting as part of the 40 day mission fast. we are each, as a companionship, fasting for a day on a scheduled day, with the purpose of getting our number of baptisms back…
Trying not to debate the minister
Saturday, December 4, 2004 Well we met our friend from yesterday and, well, he’s the Minister at the Inglecia ni Cristo here in Dagupan. His name is Denis Rayes. We went back to a follow-up with Bro Santiago and we…
First lesson with the minister’s son
Thursday, December 2, 2004 Today was a good teaching day. We taught five lessons in total. Three of which were taught to new finds off of OYMs. One of the lessons was to the son of the Inglecian minister in…