Dear Mother,
HOLY CRAP!!! Its already happened hahahahaah oopsy :) I have already forgot birthdays wow looks like I'm just losing it. Ive been so busy I'm sorry hahaha. So its going so great I have another new companion yep I'm keeping the streak going hahahah a new companion every transfer yea its been working out so far hahahaah. So my new companion is Elder Braind, so whats so cool is that he has been out for a while and guess what hes from somewhere else other than America and Philippines hahaahah weird huh. My new companion is from the Marshall Islands haahahahahah yea how cool huh? Hes a really good missionary and hes kinda of just like Elder Acera so I'm pretty happy cause those are the kind of comps that I want.
So this week we had a lot of stuff go down, first of all we got to see our new companions, I got to see all of my old district from the MTC: Elder McDonald, Elder Stallings, and Elder Brown. It looks like they are all doing so very good and they are loving the life of the missionary like I am. Hey sounds like you guys are having a good time going to Cafe Rio without me:( I miss that food SO MUCH!!!, but the food here is pretty freaking good so I'm pretty happy. So now its time to go and do work again with another new companion, hes very cool and is pretty good at English, along with Tagalog and lets not forget his native language, Marshallese, which by the way I tried trying to understand, yea I think my head was about to explode, it was so confusing, that's why I'm glad I'm just learning Tagalog, which by the way is coming very well slowly, but surely. Slow and steady wins the race. I had a very good week, no one in my district in the MTC has still not gone out to Mindoro, but everyone in my district are district leaders, and trainers. I'm happy I haven't done it yet, I don't want power until I get chosen, but I still had to mess with the district from the MTC and say since they have all trained and are DL's I said ill be the chosen one from the district to go to Mindoro. Yea they didn't like that hahaha, but it was funny, and will be even more if I actually do go. By the way Elder Butler that was my housemate in my first 2 transfers, just came off Mindoro, and I remember how white he was when he went there, and now I seriously say hes gone Filipino, hes so tan. Tell everyone from back home I love them and miss them all its so great to able to hear from them. Just like them I love you mother and miss you so much I hope that you guys are happy from the sound of things you are, so keep going. I love you guys and miss you all tons.
Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson
Monday, April 30, 2012
Saturday, April 28, 2012
Dear Mother,
This week wasssss ssssoooo awessssooommmee!!!! I loved this week so much I had another baptism. So first of all our mission's mailing address has changed so that's the first thing that I will tell you. New mail address: C/O Philippines Quezon City, Aurora Blvd. Corner JP Rizal St. Project 4, Cubao, Quezon City Metro Manila, Philippines. So if you can tell everyone that this is the new address and if they want to send anything that's what they are going to need to to send anything to me.
So this week was so awesome, I love my companion so much you really cant say how much I love this guy. This transfer has probably been the hardest transfer in my whole mission, along with my first mission transfer in the field. I have had so many changes this transfer it has been the hardest, but along with those challenges comes those blessings if we continue in our challenges and overcome them. This transfer has probably been the transfer that changes my whole mission and Elder Acera is the companion that changes my mission, yes may say they don't have a big impact on us as Americans many elders here say, but I have evidence they are just like us just different backgrounds. They just have a different culture that's so different from ours, but this transfer I have learned that if I just adopt their culture it will be so much easier if we just do it. One of my new most favorite quotes here in the mission "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS" I love this quote it has a been a big eye opener. With these actions come the blessings "After so much tribulation then comes the blessings" D&C 58:4-5. One of my blessings a opportunity to bring another one of his children to the gospel. The baptism was so awesome we had so many people there we also had another baptism in our ward along with him, the other Elders Elder Esteves and Wilde, such a great day. I was able to speak at the baptism about well baptism, it was weird I actually spoke in good Tagalog with the Spirit you really can do anything. Then the next day on Sunday we were able to see Rowel be confirmed and they gave us the opportunity to be part of the circle to give him the Holy Ghost, me and Elder Acera, when we took our hands off he had the biggest smile on his face and his face glowed so much it really made me so happy. Like all leaders of our church say the greatest joy you can really feel is bring one of those of his children to the gospel. ITS SO TRUE!! These feeling you really cannot express they are so powerful. I also got to speak in church with Elder Wilde, and Elder Acera, on guess what? The Holy Ghost weird huh? When Rowel was baptized I spoke on baptism and when he is confirmed I speak on the Holy Ghost. Great week and I look forward to the rest. So along with your questions I'm not transferring so I will be able to stay, but sad news though my time with Elder Acera is going to be cut short he going to be transferred, I'm pretty freaking sad, but it is what the Lord wants. So tomorrow I get another new companion wow this is going to be number 6 for me in the field and my streak is still going. New companion every transfer streak still going strong uhhh!!!
So along with that that's whats been going on this week I love you mother and mga kapatid ko mahal ko kayo at namiss ko kayo. ( my siblings, I love and miss you)
Mahal kita
Elder Jordan Thompson
This week wasssss ssssoooo awessssooommmee!!!! I loved this week so much I had another baptism. So first of all our mission's mailing address has changed so that's the first thing that I will tell you. New mail address: C/O Philippines Quezon City, Aurora Blvd. Corner JP Rizal St. Project 4, Cubao, Quezon City Metro Manila, Philippines. So if you can tell everyone that this is the new address and if they want to send anything that's what they are going to need to to send anything to me.
So this week was so awesome, I love my companion so much you really cant say how much I love this guy. This transfer has probably been the hardest transfer in my whole mission, along with my first mission transfer in the field. I have had so many changes this transfer it has been the hardest, but along with those challenges comes those blessings if we continue in our challenges and overcome them. This transfer has probably been the transfer that changes my whole mission and Elder Acera is the companion that changes my mission, yes may say they don't have a big impact on us as Americans many elders here say, but I have evidence they are just like us just different backgrounds. They just have a different culture that's so different from ours, but this transfer I have learned that if I just adopt their culture it will be so much easier if we just do it. One of my new most favorite quotes here in the mission "ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS" I love this quote it has a been a big eye opener. With these actions come the blessings "After so much tribulation then comes the blessings" D&C 58:4-5. One of my blessings a opportunity to bring another one of his children to the gospel. The baptism was so awesome we had so many people there we also had another baptism in our ward along with him, the other Elders Elder Esteves and Wilde, such a great day. I was able to speak at the baptism about well baptism, it was weird I actually spoke in good Tagalog with the Spirit you really can do anything. Then the next day on Sunday we were able to see Rowel be confirmed and they gave us the opportunity to be part of the circle to give him the Holy Ghost, me and Elder Acera, when we took our hands off he had the biggest smile on his face and his face glowed so much it really made me so happy. Like all leaders of our church say the greatest joy you can really feel is bring one of those of his children to the gospel. ITS SO TRUE!! These feeling you really cannot express they are so powerful. I also got to speak in church with Elder Wilde, and Elder Acera, on guess what? The Holy Ghost weird huh? When Rowel was baptized I spoke on baptism and when he is confirmed I speak on the Holy Ghost. Great week and I look forward to the rest. So along with your questions I'm not transferring so I will be able to stay, but sad news though my time with Elder Acera is going to be cut short he going to be transferred, I'm pretty freaking sad, but it is what the Lord wants. So tomorrow I get another new companion wow this is going to be number 6 for me in the field and my streak is still going. New companion every transfer streak still going strong uhhh!!!
So along with that that's whats been going on this week I love you mother and mga kapatid ko mahal ko kayo at namiss ko kayo. ( my siblings, I love and miss you)
Mahal kita
Elder Jordan Thompson
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| Elder Thompson and Elder A with their pizza at zone conference |
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| Elder Thompson with newly baptized Rowel. The L sign he is making is a sign for guapo. |
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| Elder Thompson and Elder A with new convert. |
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| Elder Thompson and Elder A with family that introduced Rowel to the gospel. |
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| Elder Thompson, Elder A, Elder Estevez and Elder Wilde with newly baptized Rowel. |
Tuesday, April 17, 2012
Dear Mother,
This week I cant describe the feelings that I have had been able to feel this week it really is one of the best weeks of my mission. I can honestly say. It also looks like that it was an awesome week for you guys as well. DAD GOT A JOB!!!!! WAHOO :). I love this week it really couldn't get any better. Also Addy is sounding like she also is doing great, as well as Ed and NG wow this week was really great for all of us I had some really great experiences this week one them probably being the best on my mission so far. I loved this week so much. With the questions we have a baptism on Saturday and I will talk to you about that later. I'm good on my finances really they gave us a card with our support and only when we have money we can draw out, only when the mission office's financial secretary sends it to us every 15 days. So really I'm good with money. I love you guys so much by the WAY :D
So this week we had a great experience our stake president of the stake I'm in right now was called to be a Area Seventy so this last Sunday we were able to see a new stake president called it was so awesome. President DeLaMare as well as Ian S. Ardern from the Seventy was there presiding. Elder Ian S. Ardern was able to talk to us and he gave a great message. He's from New Zealand so he had a very cool accent so it was awesome to hear him. He taught about temptation and he used a word to talk about the excuses we make up to make ourselves feel better. ONE O- One time this one time wont hurt it'll be OK to do it this one time. N-Nobody is watching it'll be OK nobodies around, nope 3 people know you, Jesus Christ, and our Heavenly Father. Finally, E- Everybody is doing it so its OK for you to do it since everyone is doing it its fine for us. I loved it and you can tell it really touched those that were there. We had 4 of our investigators there it really was something that I wanted them to hear you can always count on the servants of the Lord. As well as my less-actives they loved it and you can tell that the Spirit was there and was testifying through Elder Ardern. I loved it and I hope you guys look at this it also helps everywhere not just here in the Philippines.
So now with what we had this week was we had one of our investigators, Rowel Escatoto come to the stake conference we had this week he loved it he is really doing so great we found him through a less-active family and he is so good he will be baptized this Saturday I'm so excited to see it. My experience taught me that the Spirit or the hand of the Lord can change anyone even those that did something so bad that they will be forgiven and fix those things and feel free from those sins. So the experience was so strong it really changed me as well as my companion. Rowel was interviewed by our district leader, Elder Taurabakai, and was found worthy to be baptized on Saturday. When we have been teaching Rowel we have asked him many times that we need to meet his parents so that he has permission to be baptized since hes only 15. He has been really reluctant with this now that we needed his parents permission he consented. We have always taught him at a member's house so it was lil different we still had his 2 fellow shippers for him and went to his family's house. We were told by him like I said before was he did alot of things that hew regrets one of them being not telling his parents were he is and they get really worried. What he said to Elder Acera was he had the biggest doubt that his parents will not let him cause of what he has done, but like I said with the Spirit anything is possible. We arrived and before we started we asked if we could say a prayer. We asked Rowel to say the prayer and he started, but halfway he just started crying as well as his stepmother. You could feel the Spirit come in and work his hand in this lesson. One of the ward missionaries we were with said he will pray and then we started. The Spirit was so strong in there and not a doubt he helped us continue to have Rowel be baptized. They seemed very against it, but the greatest part of it was Rowel came forward and with is tears in his eyes apologized and said that he wanted to do this. I loved his testimony he said with this gospel he has been changed a better person, and that he will do all that he can to fix everything. I learned that through the gospel we can do anything even fix a family that has been split apart for a long time. By this time everyone in the room is in tears (yes even me yes I admit it I cried). His parents said its OK to proceed with I'm being baptized, along with that we are going to start teaching them it really is great how the Lord's hand can change anything even something as serious as this. I loved it and I will send you guys some pictures of the baptism on Saturday.
I love you guys so much and like I said as we continue "to proceed even into the very jaws of hell we can do anything with our foundation built upon Christ" 3 Nephi 18:14. I love you guys and always remember this scripture it has helped me so much on my mission "After much tribulation comes the blessings" D&C 5:4-5 I love you all and continue all that you do and always to remember to pray. Like it says in the hymn Did You Think To Pray "Did You Think To Pray". Always remember that and do all you can to represent the Lord in all you do everyday.
Mahal kita
Elder Thompson
This week I cant describe the feelings that I have had been able to feel this week it really is one of the best weeks of my mission. I can honestly say. It also looks like that it was an awesome week for you guys as well. DAD GOT A JOB!!!!! WAHOO :). I love this week it really couldn't get any better. Also Addy is sounding like she also is doing great, as well as Ed and NG wow this week was really great for all of us I had some really great experiences this week one them probably being the best on my mission so far. I loved this week so much. With the questions we have a baptism on Saturday and I will talk to you about that later. I'm good on my finances really they gave us a card with our support and only when we have money we can draw out, only when the mission office's financial secretary sends it to us every 15 days. So really I'm good with money. I love you guys so much by the WAY :D
So this week we had a great experience our stake president of the stake I'm in right now was called to be a Area Seventy so this last Sunday we were able to see a new stake president called it was so awesome. President DeLaMare as well as Ian S. Ardern from the Seventy was there presiding. Elder Ian S. Ardern was able to talk to us and he gave a great message. He's from New Zealand so he had a very cool accent so it was awesome to hear him. He taught about temptation and he used a word to talk about the excuses we make up to make ourselves feel better. ONE O- One time this one time wont hurt it'll be OK to do it this one time. N-Nobody is watching it'll be OK nobodies around, nope 3 people know you, Jesus Christ, and our Heavenly Father. Finally, E- Everybody is doing it so its OK for you to do it since everyone is doing it its fine for us. I loved it and you can tell it really touched those that were there. We had 4 of our investigators there it really was something that I wanted them to hear you can always count on the servants of the Lord. As well as my less-actives they loved it and you can tell that the Spirit was there and was testifying through Elder Ardern. I loved it and I hope you guys look at this it also helps everywhere not just here in the Philippines.
So now with what we had this week was we had one of our investigators, Rowel Escatoto come to the stake conference we had this week he loved it he is really doing so great we found him through a less-active family and he is so good he will be baptized this Saturday I'm so excited to see it. My experience taught me that the Spirit or the hand of the Lord can change anyone even those that did something so bad that they will be forgiven and fix those things and feel free from those sins. So the experience was so strong it really changed me as well as my companion. Rowel was interviewed by our district leader, Elder Taurabakai, and was found worthy to be baptized on Saturday. When we have been teaching Rowel we have asked him many times that we need to meet his parents so that he has permission to be baptized since hes only 15. He has been really reluctant with this now that we needed his parents permission he consented. We have always taught him at a member's house so it was lil different we still had his 2 fellow shippers for him and went to his family's house. We were told by him like I said before was he did alot of things that hew regrets one of them being not telling his parents were he is and they get really worried. What he said to Elder Acera was he had the biggest doubt that his parents will not let him cause of what he has done, but like I said with the Spirit anything is possible. We arrived and before we started we asked if we could say a prayer. We asked Rowel to say the prayer and he started, but halfway he just started crying as well as his stepmother. You could feel the Spirit come in and work his hand in this lesson. One of the ward missionaries we were with said he will pray and then we started. The Spirit was so strong in there and not a doubt he helped us continue to have Rowel be baptized. They seemed very against it, but the greatest part of it was Rowel came forward and with is tears in his eyes apologized and said that he wanted to do this. I loved his testimony he said with this gospel he has been changed a better person, and that he will do all that he can to fix everything. I learned that through the gospel we can do anything even fix a family that has been split apart for a long time. By this time everyone in the room is in tears (yes even me yes I admit it I cried). His parents said its OK to proceed with I'm being baptized, along with that we are going to start teaching them it really is great how the Lord's hand can change anything even something as serious as this. I loved it and I will send you guys some pictures of the baptism on Saturday.
I love you guys so much and like I said as we continue "to proceed even into the very jaws of hell we can do anything with our foundation built upon Christ" 3 Nephi 18:14. I love you guys and always remember this scripture it has helped me so much on my mission "After much tribulation comes the blessings" D&C 5:4-5 I love you all and continue all that you do and always to remember to pray. Like it says in the hymn Did You Think To Pray "Did You Think To Pray". Always remember that and do all you can to represent the Lord in all you do everyday.
Mahal kita
Elder Thompson
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| A fruit he says gets as big as a watermelon but grows on trees |
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| Area where he serves |
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| Elder A and ElderThompson with Elder Ardern of the seventy with new investigator |
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| Elder Thompson eating isaw (chicken intestines) |
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| Elder Thompson with his zone!! |
Monday, April 9, 2012
to me Hey it does sound like you guys did have a very busy week I hope you guys really enjoyed it. So hey Nates home wow it really feels like just yesterday we were saying bye to him to go to the mission field. Now hes home and hopefully hes really doing so good. Time really flies by when you are doing the Lord's work here in the Philippines. It has gone by so quickly im already at 7 months here in the field and 9 months on the mission. IT FLIES!!! I have enjoyed every moment of it so far and I know that I will continue to love it as I continue on and become an even greater missionary than I am now. We always have for room for improvement siempre!!! I know that im definitly not a perfect missionary, but one thing I have learned is we cannot do this alone so one thing I do if I need anything I get on my knees and offer up my soul to him. It really does work I promise you it really works. I have been struggling trying to get down this language its hard it really is. Especially for the foreigners its harder for us to get this language down, but now im really getting it and have been improving daily especially from the help of my native speaker companion. Hes been a big hep in improving my skills, and now im not afraid to mess up and now the people actually understand me which is such a big relief to me. I continue to press on and continue t try my hardest to get this stuff down and its really helping with prayer. So this week we had a very good week we are really looking good me and Elder Acera. Hes an amazing companion yes its a lil hard trying to change to a totally different culture and companion from all the other companions that I have had, but it has been so rewarding to have him as well I have learned so much from him and hope to really progress in this area with him im really happy in how much success we have had this area is going we continue to find many less actives and continue to progress in this area and many investigator that we have are really progressing it really is great to see how much the Lord really helps you when your willing to do his work daily. So at conference we had the opportunity to see all of them and it really was a great expericence to have and we actually had many less actives and we actually had one of our investigators come and he loved it. All of our other investigators were out for Holy Week and Easter in the province cause thats were the real fun is. So yep I didnt see anybody get crucified, but I got to see another great thing on the side of the road. So this week we were leaving a members house which was in a squatter area (really poor area), and we got to expericence the craziness of the Philippines. We heard a dog barking so we thought something was going on. We turn the corner and we see two guys one with a knife and the other one is holding something on the table. ITS A FREAKING DOG!!! Next thing I see is this guy going at the dog's neck with his knife and I can just hear this dog screeching and let me tell it wasnt a happy howl its sent chills down my spine so bad. Next thing is the dog is just gushing blood out if its neck and the guys get a bucket for the blood from the dog for what reason I dont know, but I got out of there quickly and then I puked my freaking guts it was so nasty. My comp and the ward missionary that was with us was like hey your FIRST EXPERIENCE!! YAY so it means ill definitly see some of that again :( Anyways I loved conference so much though really my favorite talk was defintily from Elder Holland he always has good talks you can always feel the Spirit when he talks. It really spoke to me his talk though I really loved it along with Elder Uchtdorf's talk with STOP IT!! It really is the best thing that you can do is STOP IT!! I loved his talk so much. So with you questions I really eat alot of rice and one thing me and my companion do is cook chicken alot and hotdog yea hotdog!!! Finances really are going good I havent had any problems with them I just use it very wisely. We didnt really celebrate other than eating a peanut butter choclate bunny yesterday given to one of my housemates in a package. Elder Wilde. So really this is what we did this week really was an exciting week let me tell you. I love you guys alot and send love to Nana, Papa, Aunt Pat and Joyces way. Miss you all tons . Mahal Kita Jordan Thompson
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Monday, April 2, 2012
Hey wonderful family,
So this week we get to see conference this week so I'm really excited for this from what you guys have said it sounds like that its going to be so good like it always is. I'm really excited for this week cause we are going to have such a great week this week first of all its cause we have conference. Hey thanks for telling me that I'm really excited to hear from Andrew when hes able to go and do the same thing that I'm doing he is going to have so much fun. Its so cool to also hear that others are also going on their missions Jon Huber's going to Mexico WOW!!! that's so cool that he gets to go there. Like Elder Jeffrey Holland said " We need every worthy man to prepare for a mission we need as many missionaries that we can possibly get to bring this gospel to every nation, kindred, and tongue". Speaking of tongues I'm really loving Tagalog its hard definitely especially when you cant understand sometimes, but now I have a Filipino I can learn from hes so good at English too so it makes it more better for me. I'm learning so much from him and he says that he learning more English from me inside we made a decision to speak only English and outside we speak only Tagalog. It has been a big help I'm now not afraid to speak to people on the street i usually was a lil timid with it, but now I'm not afraid to speak to people i feel that I can talk to people, but i still cant understand some things so that's what my companion is for. So this transfer is really looking so good we have 2 baptisms set for April 14th. Ill tell you a lil bit more about them.
So first we have a investigator whose name is Rowel Iskatoto. So Rowel probably the coolest kid that I have taught here in the Philippines so far many kids that I have taught here in the Philippines you know that sometimes that when you go to church or when the missionaries come over you get a lil bored or you just totally zonk out. Well Rowel doesn't do that, hes only 14 years old, but is probably the most focused person I have ever met. Many kids his age usually get kinda bored he doesn't. HES TOTAL GOLD!!! He lives with members in our ward and he has many friends in the ward so really hes pure GOLD!! He does everything that we give him he reads the Book of Mormon he prays and its all from his free will not because the members he lives with force him cause he wants to know. This kid has a big desire to follow Christ and hes doing so good me and Elder Acera are doing all we can to have him baptized by April 14th we will see hes come to church twice now, understands all we say to him he really is a great kid I'm really excited to see how he does we are going to him tonight and then we are going to have a FHE at the members house so more time with him.
Also we have Grace Gwenevente. She is actually the sister and daughter of two of the less actives we also teach with her. So it pretty much is double great time going there to teach them. She is very good as well. Sure she is a lil older she is 24 years old and has 2 kids one of which is 5. The problem we only see in the future is that she is living in with her boyfriend. That's all we see holding her back from getting baptized, she has a big desire to be baptized and like Rowel she keeps all of the commitments we give her. She read when we ask her to, she prays , and she comes to church, she didn't come this week, but she has come once so we will see how that goes. She is really great and I love being able to teach her as well as Rowel. I LOVE IT!!!
So yea that's just a lil something that will be coming up soon with us. yes I'm considered a senior comp, but I make sure that I don't make it known, cause I make it more sound like we are co-seniors cause then they feel more important it really makes the companionship better if you really have your companion more involved than just you doing it. Other food that I have been used to also here is pretty much really good food I have eaten dugo ng baboy, or in English pigs blood alot here. If its prepared by members its ok to eat that, but if its just off the street that's a hindi pwede or a no can do. It can have some bad stuff in them so I don't eat it unless its prepared by a member. I am good with money my comp pays his part as well as me so don't worry about that. I wouldn't let anyone get away with that. Tell everyone that I love them and miss all of my friends a ton its hard to be away, but there is no other thing that I would rather be doing. I love you guys too miss you guys so much I'm am praying for you guys as well as you pray for me.
Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson
So this week we get to see conference this week so I'm really excited for this from what you guys have said it sounds like that its going to be so good like it always is. I'm really excited for this week cause we are going to have such a great week this week first of all its cause we have conference. Hey thanks for telling me that I'm really excited to hear from Andrew when hes able to go and do the same thing that I'm doing he is going to have so much fun. Its so cool to also hear that others are also going on their missions Jon Huber's going to Mexico WOW!!! that's so cool that he gets to go there. Like Elder Jeffrey Holland said " We need every worthy man to prepare for a mission we need as many missionaries that we can possibly get to bring this gospel to every nation, kindred, and tongue". Speaking of tongues I'm really loving Tagalog its hard definitely especially when you cant understand sometimes, but now I have a Filipino I can learn from hes so good at English too so it makes it more better for me. I'm learning so much from him and he says that he learning more English from me inside we made a decision to speak only English and outside we speak only Tagalog. It has been a big help I'm now not afraid to speak to people on the street i usually was a lil timid with it, but now I'm not afraid to speak to people i feel that I can talk to people, but i still cant understand some things so that's what my companion is for. So this transfer is really looking so good we have 2 baptisms set for April 14th. Ill tell you a lil bit more about them.
So first we have a investigator whose name is Rowel Iskatoto. So Rowel probably the coolest kid that I have taught here in the Philippines so far many kids that I have taught here in the Philippines you know that sometimes that when you go to church or when the missionaries come over you get a lil bored or you just totally zonk out. Well Rowel doesn't do that, hes only 14 years old, but is probably the most focused person I have ever met. Many kids his age usually get kinda bored he doesn't. HES TOTAL GOLD!!! He lives with members in our ward and he has many friends in the ward so really hes pure GOLD!! He does everything that we give him he reads the Book of Mormon he prays and its all from his free will not because the members he lives with force him cause he wants to know. This kid has a big desire to follow Christ and hes doing so good me and Elder Acera are doing all we can to have him baptized by April 14th we will see hes come to church twice now, understands all we say to him he really is a great kid I'm really excited to see how he does we are going to him tonight and then we are going to have a FHE at the members house so more time with him.
Also we have Grace Gwenevente. She is actually the sister and daughter of two of the less actives we also teach with her. So it pretty much is double great time going there to teach them. She is very good as well. Sure she is a lil older she is 24 years old and has 2 kids one of which is 5. The problem we only see in the future is that she is living in with her boyfriend. That's all we see holding her back from getting baptized, she has a big desire to be baptized and like Rowel she keeps all of the commitments we give her. She read when we ask her to, she prays , and she comes to church, she didn't come this week, but she has come once so we will see how that goes. She is really great and I love being able to teach her as well as Rowel. I LOVE IT!!!
So yea that's just a lil something that will be coming up soon with us. yes I'm considered a senior comp, but I make sure that I don't make it known, cause I make it more sound like we are co-seniors cause then they feel more important it really makes the companionship better if you really have your companion more involved than just you doing it. Other food that I have been used to also here is pretty much really good food I have eaten dugo ng baboy, or in English pigs blood alot here. If its prepared by members its ok to eat that, but if its just off the street that's a hindi pwede or a no can do. It can have some bad stuff in them so I don't eat it unless its prepared by a member. I am good with money my comp pays his part as well as me so don't worry about that. I wouldn't let anyone get away with that. Tell everyone that I love them and miss all of my friends a ton its hard to be away, but there is no other thing that I would rather be doing. I love you guys too miss you guys so much I'm am praying for you guys as well as you pray for me.
Mahal kita,
Elder Thompson
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| Elder Thompson and Elder A with new investigator. |
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| They sell pineapple and mango on the street!! Elder Thompson says the pineapple is the best:) |
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| Part of his mission an area called Sitio Militar |
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