Friday, November 26, 2004 Today was a really effective day. This morning we went to try to help Bro Romell start building his house. We got to his lot at about 8:15 and just waited. He apparently doesn’t know how…
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…
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…
An effective day
Thursday, November 11, 2004 Today was a really effective day. We got to visit almost all of our investigators today and so that was good. We first visited Bro Freddie Pacheco out in Panay. We were planning on teaching him…
A visit from President and Sister Beck
Sunday, November 7, 2004 President and Sister Beck along with two APs came to church today with us here in Calintaan. It was a good meeting even if we did have some problems. Bro Oreta taught Priesthood. He did a…
Teaching about the family in the cemetery
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…
Perceiving a lack of desire
Thursday, October 28, 2004 Today was a difficult day for me. Part of the problem is that we haven’t taught a discussion in four days and I feel that what little work we do isn’t really effective. For example, today we…
Lightning lessons and struggling to understand the culture
Saturday, October 23, 2004 Today was a strange day. We had a total of four lessons today, more than I’ve ever had before, but I still feel like this was a fairly ineffective day. We tried a new way of…
Last day in San Juan and Greenhills
Monday, October 11, 2004 Well today was my last full day in San Juan district. I’m almost all packed and ready to leave tomorrow. I’m not sure if I’m happy and excited about transferring or if I’m sad really to…
The Law of Chastity
Friday, October 8, 2004 You could call today “law of chastity day” if you wanted to. We found out today that Bro A. has a problem with the law of chastity but what really is awful about it is that…