This week has been a pretty good week. There's been lots of rain and flooded. We even saw the aftermath of a minor landslide. It's been pretty stormy. We also had two exchanges this week with the Elders in Santa Ana.
Tuesday -
We had our first exchanges of the week once we finished our district counci in Baua of which I taught. I went to Santa Ana with Elder Smith (a new trainee) to check on his progress and how he's doing. We did lots of work and we did some finding. It was a nice day and I helped give him some tips on adjustment to life here since his trainer is Filipino and he probably doesn't know what it's like. I also helped explain Tagalog concepts from an English speaking mind so he could more fully understand the language. It was some fun exchanges.
Wednesday -
We returned from our exchanges (which put a slight delay to our day of work) and then started working in this area called Santa Maria. It was going well and as we were heading home to eat a quick lunch we received a call from the Sister missionaries in Gonazaga. They were requesting an approved blessing for Sister Cumuyog who was really sick. By the time we made the trip that usually takes around 45 minutes or so the sisters told us that she had already received a blessing from a member. They actually had to teach him how to give a blessing. By the time we got there they were in the hospital because she had fainted. We then had to make the long trip back home to our area and do what little more work we could squeeze into our schedule. Sister Cumuyog is also okay. They just said she just has a viral infection or something like influenza.
2 Timothy 1:7 -
For God hath not given us the spirit of fear; but of power, and of love, and of a sound mind.
That's just a simple scripture I like about the power receive when we have the presence of the spirit with us.
Thursday -
In the morning I headed back to Santa Ana again to go on another exchange with another trainee. This time I was with Elder Garcero. It was a good day of work except for the main area we had planned to work was super flooded. We ended up just doing a lot of finding. Also during our work we stumbled upon a ton of mud on the road and asked around to hear that there was a landslide earlier. Everyone was scared of the landslide and flooding but luckily the small landslide didn't happen on any houses.
Friday -
After exchanges we came back to an apartment without electricity. We then managed to lock ourselves out of our home. We also locked all of our proselyting supplies inside. For a while we tried to get another key from our landlord/branch president but to no avail. Eventually, I remembered how poorly made one of the locks on our other door is and we managed to break in just in time for my companion Elder Rasmussen to go to the bathroom. Though the day got off to a slow start we did teach some good unexpected lessons to new people. It felt good after struggling in the morning.
Saturday -
We had a good full day of work. While walking on a road damaged by water I also stepped in a pool of mud. I was just walking normally and stepped in a spot that looked nearly identical to the rest of the road and my leg sank two feet deep or so in this wet sand. That slightly delayed our work but not too much because we found a well nearby and pumped water and quickly washed off the wet sand. I just was wet the rest of the day.
Sunday -
It was a pretty good day of work and we taught six new people. I also saw a member from the Ballesteros ward in my first area was at our church and I was able to talk to her for a bit which was nice. We actually taught her and helped reactivate her a little bit back when I was in Ballesteros. Now her older sister and dad are likely going to be baptized which is great.
Pictures -
mud, me in my coat because of rainy weather, and old picture from a sketchy bridge, etc.
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