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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