Magandang Umaga po sa inyo lahat(Good morning to you all please),
Well what a big jump for me in the mission this is going to be an awesome time in this area for sure, I was not transferred to Mindoro sadly, but I'm in just as good place as any other. My new area, is in Binangonan, Morong Rizal, Philippines. So I'm definitely not in the city anymore, I'm out right in the middle of boondocks(mountains), and rice fields!!! This area is so beautiful, our house is right in the middle of a rice field so everyday I get to see it. My new companion is Elder Tipene from Northland, New Zealand, so yea another Polynesian, but hes Maori, so he's not Samoan or Tongan, the other thing with this is that this is only his 2nd transfer in the field so I'm, his follow-up trainer. Also this last transfer, was called to be a district leader for the Pahoran district, the only district in our whole zone that has sisters in it UHHH!!! Anyways for your mga tanong(questions), in a few day, I'll probably need it not right away, but in the next few days would be nice. Also we are not a ward we are a branch so that's going to be even more interesting, but with all of that I love walking on the mountains and seeing Quezon City and all that pollution I left behind, and just smile everyday when I see that sun!!! I'll probably actually tan here in this area who knows!!
Its so good to know that so many of the ward are heading out on missions and getting ready to serve the Lord!! What a great thing they are doing this and getting ready!!! I have already learned so much and with this new responsibility on my shoulders its an even bigger importance, that I always act maturely in my conduct!!! Its important to do this not just say it so I still have to work on some things, but eventually it shall be done and I will try my best, want to have that change that you feel on your mission when you have done all that you can and look back on it!! I'll be tracting a lot in this area since we don't have a lot of investigators, I really love being a missionary, and now is my time to shine and do my best to build this area!!! I'll send you guys some amazing pics this coming week since we didn't have a lot fo time to take pics this week love you all so much and wish you all the best!!!
Nagmamahal (LOVE),
Elder Thompson
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
Thursday, November 22, 2012
Magandang Umaga po sainyo lahat,
Well everybody, I have good news and I got some bad news as well. So this coming Saturday we have 3 baptisms coming this coming Saturday, that's the good news is that I'M TRANSFERRING!!!, so I wont be able to see those baptisms happen. Yea I'm pretty sad, I'm leaving this area, since I have had the biggest breakthrough in this area than any other area in my whole mission. I have grown so much a love for the people in this area and now I'll be leaving them. Yes I'm pretty sad, but I can't complain because this is what God wants me to do, where ever I go, whether it be Mindoro or another area in the city. I'll be very happy wherever I go since it is what the Lord wants me to do. With all of the other questions, is that right now I'm writing a letter to Nana and Papa as well as Aunt Kara I want to hand write to them it may take a lil longer, but it'll be easier for me, since that I only have a limited time to e-mail and I have to email all of you guys and well that's a lot of people. I'm also finished with my letter to Uncle Matt and today, ill finish up the letters for the others so that I can send them all together. Also for the pants, Elder Su'a these pants are way better, because they are made of a fabric that is very strong and he has a pair that has lasted his whole mission, none of my pants have been able to last long since they are so weak, I have only one pair that has lasted the whole mission. So I would say send about 30.00 dollars would be your best bet. Anyways this week had another great week and 3 days.
So this week my companion, actually had a problem to were for 2 days he wasn't able to walk since he hurt his ankle. So in those 2 days I did a half day with Elder Carpentero, then the next day his companion, stayed with my companion and we went on exchanges again, EMERGENCY EXCHANGES!!! It still was a great time we taught the first day or our half day in our area, but when we did full all day exchanges we did it in his area. Learned a lot of new things from Elder Carpentero as well as a lot of the doctrine of the church that maybe even you guys don't know about even Dad maybe, I don't know if you learned it too Dad sorry, but I have learned a lot from him as well as Elder Su'a what we do is when we have time talk to each other and actually look more or have discussions on the doctrine and let me tell you those discussions helped a lot. Learned a lot about the Bible and Book of Mormon, I'm right now reading the Book of Mormon again, but I might start reading the Bible too to get a real feel of everything so that I can teach even better. Also learned a lot from them about using the Spirit. This transfer has been a focus on me recognizing the Spirit, and when to use its power to teach, by the Spirit. It has been a big influence as well. Trying my best to bring these people unto Christ and to have them feel the Spirit. I have honestly learned so much in this area that will influence my mission and all the things that I will do to bring these people unto Christ. Being a missionary is amazing especially when I get an email that all of my batch or all the missionaries going home with me will now be going home on August 15 not August 1st so I'm extending my mission and I'll be able to spend 3 birthdays in the mission how freaking awesome is that HUH!!! Just something that you guys need to know since ill be an extra 2 weeks in the mission. So wherever I go I know that's where the Lord wants me and I'll be happy to be there and bring those people unto Christ. I love you all and next week will let you know where I'll be my next area. Love you all so much,
Nagamanthal.
Elder Thompson
Well everybody, I have good news and I got some bad news as well. So this coming Saturday we have 3 baptisms coming this coming Saturday, that's the good news is that I'M TRANSFERRING!!!, so I wont be able to see those baptisms happen. Yea I'm pretty sad, I'm leaving this area, since I have had the biggest breakthrough in this area than any other area in my whole mission. I have grown so much a love for the people in this area and now I'll be leaving them. Yes I'm pretty sad, but I can't complain because this is what God wants me to do, where ever I go, whether it be Mindoro or another area in the city. I'll be very happy wherever I go since it is what the Lord wants me to do. With all of the other questions, is that right now I'm writing a letter to Nana and Papa as well as Aunt Kara I want to hand write to them it may take a lil longer, but it'll be easier for me, since that I only have a limited time to e-mail and I have to email all of you guys and well that's a lot of people. I'm also finished with my letter to Uncle Matt and today, ill finish up the letters for the others so that I can send them all together. Also for the pants, Elder Su'a these pants are way better, because they are made of a fabric that is very strong and he has a pair that has lasted his whole mission, none of my pants have been able to last long since they are so weak, I have only one pair that has lasted the whole mission. So I would say send about 30.00 dollars would be your best bet. Anyways this week had another great week and 3 days.
So this week my companion, actually had a problem to were for 2 days he wasn't able to walk since he hurt his ankle. So in those 2 days I did a half day with Elder Carpentero, then the next day his companion, stayed with my companion and we went on exchanges again, EMERGENCY EXCHANGES!!! It still was a great time we taught the first day or our half day in our area, but when we did full all day exchanges we did it in his area. Learned a lot of new things from Elder Carpentero as well as a lot of the doctrine of the church that maybe even you guys don't know about even Dad maybe, I don't know if you learned it too Dad sorry, but I have learned a lot from him as well as Elder Su'a what we do is when we have time talk to each other and actually look more or have discussions on the doctrine and let me tell you those discussions helped a lot. Learned a lot about the Bible and Book of Mormon, I'm right now reading the Book of Mormon again, but I might start reading the Bible too to get a real feel of everything so that I can teach even better. Also learned a lot from them about using the Spirit. This transfer has been a focus on me recognizing the Spirit, and when to use its power to teach, by the Spirit. It has been a big influence as well. Trying my best to bring these people unto Christ and to have them feel the Spirit. I have honestly learned so much in this area that will influence my mission and all the things that I will do to bring these people unto Christ. Being a missionary is amazing especially when I get an email that all of my batch or all the missionaries going home with me will now be going home on August 15 not August 1st so I'm extending my mission and I'll be able to spend 3 birthdays in the mission how freaking awesome is that HUH!!! Just something that you guys need to know since ill be an extra 2 weeks in the mission. So wherever I go I know that's where the Lord wants me and I'll be happy to be there and bring those people unto Christ. I love you all and next week will let you know where I'll be my next area. Love you all so much,
Nagamanthal.
Elder Thompson
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Monday, November 12, 2012
Hey everybody, another great and fantastic week for me and Elder Su'a.
So everybody this was another great week, the interviews with President DeLaMare were definitely something that we needed this week it was an amazing experience for me and my companion, Elder Su'a, we found out that one of our less-actives in the area, Sister Rivera, the person that has been giving us all the referrals and helping us teach all of our investigators. We got the go through to have her receive her endowment in the temple, she just needs to attend the temple prep class, as well as get interviewed by the bishop as well as the stake president. I'm really excited for that since we had a lot of great things happen this last Sunday. We had 10 investigators at church as well as 10 less-actives at church!!! It was amazing the attendance at church yesterday was 221 which is the biggest that has ever happened here in this area. Usually its 170-180, but last Sunday it was 221 it was amazing!!!! I love being a missionary for the Lord here in the Philippines!!! Asked President the question if I was going or not? He told me that there is one of us that is going to transfer this coming transfer, really hoping its not me, funny thing is I really want to go to the province, but I really love this area. So many struggles, so many trials, but the whole reason is all of the families that I have taught here especially the ones I have been teaching since I first arrived in this area. We will see though here really soon, I really don't want to, but its up to the Lord, not me!!! We will see!! Also with me being skinny is I work out everyday so I have been losing a lot of weight, its amazing, but don't worry I don't have anything I eat a lot its normal that I get this skinny, you guys will just be very surprised how skinny I have gotten really!!!
This week had a lot of good experiences this week, we had a sort of crazy week, what we did this week was we went on exchanges with our kabahays, Elder Carpentero and Elder Usher, I went with Elder Carpentero our district leader. It was an amazing exchange, what we did me and him, was we went into the kind of more richer part of our area, Philcoa and Teacher's Village, first what our plan was to first visit the less-actives in the Philcoa area, in less than one hour kid you not, we had gone to all of them and none of them wanted to listen or were busy with things they were doing. So yea it pretty bad so what we did since, that part of our is really far from our chapel. We went for 2 hours tracting in the area and only knocking on the doors that had a car in the garage, hoping to get in, NOTHING FOR 2 HOURS!!! So what I felt was that we needed to go to another part of our area right across from Philcoa, called Old Capital Site, where only 5 members live there one of them is Romela, and the family we found her through the Muyano family. While walking we started talking to a couple of people, but we went in the direction of the Muyanos house and while there we were asked by a couple of girls "Hey Where You Going". We started talking to them and actually asked if we could visit them after going to the Muyano family. They agreed, after we taught an amazing lesson with the Muyano family, we walked back and they were still there then we were allowed in and the great thing we had from this was all of the girls were each married and all of them had families and wanted to listen to us and so we got 3 new families through that!!! I love the Spirit guiding us as missionaries, now we need to go back and reteach all of them. During that time as well we got a text from a member saying Obama won I was so mad, but BASTA everything happens for a reason!!! The exchanges were so amazing, I love working with Elder Carpentero, because he talks with everyone, and when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE!!!! He's a great missionary and is my district leader, as well as my batch so when we go home he will be there and man the times we will talk about. Another great experience, for me on my mission. I love being a missionary!
So like I said I have been having an amazing time as a missionary!!! I'm really excited to see what continues to happens to me as a missionary. You never know what the future hold for you as a person only God knows!!! President's interview this week was an amazing talk with him. Whenever I get to talk to that man. I feel the Spirit especially after that man's powerful blessings that he gives to me!! I always will accept a blessing from that man. He is the best mission president ever. I will be under his direction for the whole mission except for only one transfer, the transfer when I go home. We get a new mission president the transfer before we go home. Its going to be so weird, but honestly I love President DeLaMare, you can always rely on that man. Simply I love being a missionary, and would not rather be any other place, than here on my mission, no matter what people say, The Philippines Quezon City Mission, is and always will be the best mission in the whole world, sorry!!! I love you all and miss you tons, but there is no other place I would rather be!!!
Nagmamahal.
Elder Thompson
So everybody this was another great week, the interviews with President DeLaMare were definitely something that we needed this week it was an amazing experience for me and my companion, Elder Su'a, we found out that one of our less-actives in the area, Sister Rivera, the person that has been giving us all the referrals and helping us teach all of our investigators. We got the go through to have her receive her endowment in the temple, she just needs to attend the temple prep class, as well as get interviewed by the bishop as well as the stake president. I'm really excited for that since we had a lot of great things happen this last Sunday. We had 10 investigators at church as well as 10 less-actives at church!!! It was amazing the attendance at church yesterday was 221 which is the biggest that has ever happened here in this area. Usually its 170-180, but last Sunday it was 221 it was amazing!!!! I love being a missionary for the Lord here in the Philippines!!! Asked President the question if I was going or not? He told me that there is one of us that is going to transfer this coming transfer, really hoping its not me, funny thing is I really want to go to the province, but I really love this area. So many struggles, so many trials, but the whole reason is all of the families that I have taught here especially the ones I have been teaching since I first arrived in this area. We will see though here really soon, I really don't want to, but its up to the Lord, not me!!! We will see!! Also with me being skinny is I work out everyday so I have been losing a lot of weight, its amazing, but don't worry I don't have anything I eat a lot its normal that I get this skinny, you guys will just be very surprised how skinny I have gotten really!!!
This week had a lot of good experiences this week, we had a sort of crazy week, what we did this week was we went on exchanges with our kabahays, Elder Carpentero and Elder Usher, I went with Elder Carpentero our district leader. It was an amazing exchange, what we did me and him, was we went into the kind of more richer part of our area, Philcoa and Teacher's Village, first what our plan was to first visit the less-actives in the Philcoa area, in less than one hour kid you not, we had gone to all of them and none of them wanted to listen or were busy with things they were doing. So yea it pretty bad so what we did since, that part of our is really far from our chapel. We went for 2 hours tracting in the area and only knocking on the doors that had a car in the garage, hoping to get in, NOTHING FOR 2 HOURS!!! So what I felt was that we needed to go to another part of our area right across from Philcoa, called Old Capital Site, where only 5 members live there one of them is Romela, and the family we found her through the Muyano family. While walking we started talking to a couple of people, but we went in the direction of the Muyanos house and while there we were asked by a couple of girls "Hey Where You Going". We started talking to them and actually asked if we could visit them after going to the Muyano family. They agreed, after we taught an amazing lesson with the Muyano family, we walked back and they were still there then we were allowed in and the great thing we had from this was all of the girls were each married and all of them had families and wanted to listen to us and so we got 3 new families through that!!! I love the Spirit guiding us as missionaries, now we need to go back and reteach all of them. During that time as well we got a text from a member saying Obama won I was so mad, but BASTA everything happens for a reason!!! The exchanges were so amazing, I love working with Elder Carpentero, because he talks with everyone, and when I say everyone I mean EVERYONE!!!! He's a great missionary and is my district leader, as well as my batch so when we go home he will be there and man the times we will talk about. Another great experience, for me on my mission. I love being a missionary!
So like I said I have been having an amazing time as a missionary!!! I'm really excited to see what continues to happens to me as a missionary. You never know what the future hold for you as a person only God knows!!! President's interview this week was an amazing talk with him. Whenever I get to talk to that man. I feel the Spirit especially after that man's powerful blessings that he gives to me!! I always will accept a blessing from that man. He is the best mission president ever. I will be under his direction for the whole mission except for only one transfer, the transfer when I go home. We get a new mission president the transfer before we go home. Its going to be so weird, but honestly I love President DeLaMare, you can always rely on that man. Simply I love being a missionary, and would not rather be any other place, than here on my mission, no matter what people say, The Philippines Quezon City Mission, is and always will be the best mission in the whole world, sorry!!! I love you all and miss you tons, but there is no other place I would rather be!!!
Nagmamahal.
Elder Thompson
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| Jordan didnt give me any captions for these pics!!! |
Monday, November 5, 2012
Magandang Umaga po sa inyo lahat!!!
(Good morning please you all)
So everybody another amazing week of missionary work is down and I'm still loving my life as a missionary. Honestly if I couldn't tell you all the things I have learned here I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you all of them this has definitely been a week of learning for me. I love doing the Lord's work here in the Quezon City 1st Ward this is honestly the area where I have grown up so much in this area. Even though I really want to go to the province parts of the mission I really do not want to leave this area. The 3 companions I have had in this area have all been such a great impact on my mission and love them all so dearly, Elder McCoy, Elder Basalo, and Elder Su'a they all have been such a big impact on my mission. I want to tell the story, but by the time I do this letter would be freaking huge!!! Basta the work is amazing and we had 2 baptisms this last Saturday, Elsa Dayie Sajorda Denosta and Julie Ann Gullim Doctolero. So yes I'm a very happy missionary for sure since they are so special to me. Tell you more about it this week. Just a little heads up we have temple tour this coming Saturday as well as interviews with President DeLaMare on Thursday, so I'm really excited for this coming week I will be finding out what the future hold for Elder Thompson this coming week. By the way for your question this the 2 baptisms were number 9 and 10 so yea even though it is not many I still feel i'm doing my best. Just a couple of tanong?? So what you guys planning on doing during Christmas, all I know is I do not know if ill be here in this area for Christmas or not, but basta ill be happy wherever ill be. how is all of my friends doing on the missions? I found out from my mission president, President DeLaMare that its not pwede to look at blogs of ourselves as well as our friends on missions. Christiaan, Preston, Tanner, Holden, Andrew, Indy I WANNA KNOW, I can't email them so I really want to know even if you could send their addresses to write them and find out more. Also let Uncle Matt know that his handwritten letter is coming soon, just needed to fix something for him as well as print some pictures!!! As well as for Becca. Have been really busy, but have been making time to do it!!
Well one thing I'm going to say is get used to seeing really young people go on missions I mean come on I was 18 when I left and well that wasn't to hard diba(diva??)? I'm really excited to see a lot of people come to our mission in these coming months!!! Maybe even someone from our ward or stake can come and be assigned in the Philippines Quezon City Mission, just like what happened to Preston and Holden!!! Maybe Addy?? HAHAHA!!! Jokelang depende sa kanya!!! (Joking depends on him)Anyways so I was able to baptize both Elsa as well as Julie Ann, the funny things was I didn't know that she was even going to be baptized, I walked into the chapel to get ready and she was already there in the white overcoat and said to myself "Ano Ba Yan??" (What does Yan?)I had no idea she was being baptized too, but I was happy to be able to baptize her since, I have been teaching her and her family for months, they are a less-active family that I have grown to love in this area, her mom even came to church on Sunday, was pretty happy I tell ya!!! Its going really well in bring the less-actives to church, as well as finding new investigators to teach me and Elder Su'a have focused on all of the family investigators as well as part member families. We have had so much success as missionaries we have been experiencing its been amazing!!! Tell people to write me I have had a lot of great great things I have learned from the letters I got from Grandpa Ray, I have actually used them in my personal study and I have learned a lot more about the doctrine!!!
All I'm going to say now is that I love being a missionary for the Lord we have been teaching a lot me and Elder Su'a we have back to back lessons no breaks I love it, also I have learned to not be scared in my teaching and just be bold and straight in my teaching, I can honestly tell you in this transfer, I have learned so much of the doctrine, Tagalog grammar, and teaching skills in this transfer then in any other transfer, from 2 of my batch going home. Elder Su'a and Elder Carpentero. I honestly can say now without a doubt that IM NOT AFRAID!!! So many experiences have come with that. I love being a missionary and I love serving the Lord here in this area!! I love all the things I have learned!!! I love you all and I love all the members I have come in contact with here and back home. I love being ELDER THOMPSON!!! Ill let you guys know how things go this week! Mahal kita (LOVE)
Nagmamahal, (LOVE)
Elder Thompson
(Good morning please you all)
So everybody another amazing week of missionary work is down and I'm still loving my life as a missionary. Honestly if I couldn't tell you all the things I have learned here I honestly wouldn't be able to tell you all of them this has definitely been a week of learning for me. I love doing the Lord's work here in the Quezon City 1st Ward this is honestly the area where I have grown up so much in this area. Even though I really want to go to the province parts of the mission I really do not want to leave this area. The 3 companions I have had in this area have all been such a great impact on my mission and love them all so dearly, Elder McCoy, Elder Basalo, and Elder Su'a they all have been such a big impact on my mission. I want to tell the story, but by the time I do this letter would be freaking huge!!! Basta the work is amazing and we had 2 baptisms this last Saturday, Elsa Dayie Sajorda Denosta and Julie Ann Gullim Doctolero. So yes I'm a very happy missionary for sure since they are so special to me. Tell you more about it this week. Just a little heads up we have temple tour this coming Saturday as well as interviews with President DeLaMare on Thursday, so I'm really excited for this coming week I will be finding out what the future hold for Elder Thompson this coming week. By the way for your question this the 2 baptisms were number 9 and 10 so yea even though it is not many I still feel i'm doing my best. Just a couple of tanong?? So what you guys planning on doing during Christmas, all I know is I do not know if ill be here in this area for Christmas or not, but basta ill be happy wherever ill be. how is all of my friends doing on the missions? I found out from my mission president, President DeLaMare that its not pwede to look at blogs of ourselves as well as our friends on missions. Christiaan, Preston, Tanner, Holden, Andrew, Indy I WANNA KNOW, I can't email them so I really want to know even if you could send their addresses to write them and find out more. Also let Uncle Matt know that his handwritten letter is coming soon, just needed to fix something for him as well as print some pictures!!! As well as for Becca. Have been really busy, but have been making time to do it!!
Well one thing I'm going to say is get used to seeing really young people go on missions I mean come on I was 18 when I left and well that wasn't to hard diba(diva??)? I'm really excited to see a lot of people come to our mission in these coming months!!! Maybe even someone from our ward or stake can come and be assigned in the Philippines Quezon City Mission, just like what happened to Preston and Holden!!! Maybe Addy?? HAHAHA!!! Jokelang depende sa kanya!!! (Joking depends on him)Anyways so I was able to baptize both Elsa as well as Julie Ann, the funny things was I didn't know that she was even going to be baptized, I walked into the chapel to get ready and she was already there in the white overcoat and said to myself "Ano Ba Yan??" (What does Yan?)I had no idea she was being baptized too, but I was happy to be able to baptize her since, I have been teaching her and her family for months, they are a less-active family that I have grown to love in this area, her mom even came to church on Sunday, was pretty happy I tell ya!!! Its going really well in bring the less-actives to church, as well as finding new investigators to teach me and Elder Su'a have focused on all of the family investigators as well as part member families. We have had so much success as missionaries we have been experiencing its been amazing!!! Tell people to write me I have had a lot of great great things I have learned from the letters I got from Grandpa Ray, I have actually used them in my personal study and I have learned a lot more about the doctrine!!!
All I'm going to say now is that I love being a missionary for the Lord we have been teaching a lot me and Elder Su'a we have back to back lessons no breaks I love it, also I have learned to not be scared in my teaching and just be bold and straight in my teaching, I can honestly tell you in this transfer, I have learned so much of the doctrine, Tagalog grammar, and teaching skills in this transfer then in any other transfer, from 2 of my batch going home. Elder Su'a and Elder Carpentero. I honestly can say now without a doubt that IM NOT AFRAID!!! So many experiences have come with that. I love being a missionary and I love serving the Lord here in this area!! I love all the things I have learned!!! I love you all and I love all the members I have come in contact with here and back home. I love being ELDER THOMPSON!!! Ill let you guys know how things go this week! Mahal kita (LOVE)
Nagmamahal, (LOVE)
Elder Thompson
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| 2 young ladies got baptized from Elder Thompson and Elder Su'a |
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| Family at baptism! |
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| Elder Thompson found the right comp to make faces with!!! |
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