November
18, 2015
This
was a very long week... they all are - haha! Started out with getting a nice
care package from home last Thursday! It contained a lot of toys to give out to
the kids here and a few small things for me ;) (like a first edition BOM and a
new tie clip!). We had two baptisms on Saturday! I baptized kang Brother
Gabriel ug kang Brother Ernesto! These guys show what a true investigator is
like! Gabriel walks several kilometers to get to church each Sunday, totaling 3
hours of walking one way. And Ernesto changed from a diehard Catholic to
someone who truly sees the light of Christ! I was super happy!
(Baptism day!! Me, Gabriel, Ernesto, and Elder Germaine.)
Brother
Gabriel showed up 1 1/2 hours late to his baptism and I just about died when he
didn’t show up but alas he did! I got to confirm Ernesto a member the following
Sunday (I had to say the prayer twice cuz I suck) and another person confirmed
Gabriel (cuz I suck at giving prayers in Cebuano). I was also asked to give a
talk 5 minutes before church started.... that went well. Ernesto went up to the
pulpit halfway through sacrament meeting and just started bearing his
testimony. It honestly was kind of funny, but his testimony was good!
We
have a bunch of "Tokos" living in the jungle and the houses. A Toko
is a big lizard that sounds weird. Well we have one in our house named Mikey
Gecko and we came home one day to find him on our wall just chillin’. I've
lived here for about 4 months and this is the first time I have seen Mikey
Gecko. So what did four 19-22 year old boys do? Shempre! We caught it! He was
MAD! I got a video of him in our basket – haha he is funny! We ended up letting
him go because, let’s face it, life wouldn't be the same without his annoying
mating calls at 2 in the morning! Plus he is endangered.
(Mikey Gecko!)
A
mouse caused Elder Germaine to squeal like a frightened little girl :D. That
was funny cuz he is 6'3", 240 lbs
and a high pitched noise came out.
The
crazy lady came back again! I told Elder about her and he wanted to meet her.
We were eating barbeque one night and just like that she popped up behind Elder
Germaine and in mid sentence I said "Do you remember that crazy lady I
told you about?" He was like "Uh oh!". I said "She's standing right behind
you!" She chased us! I got to run again – haha!
Other
than that, all is quiet on the western front. We have 3 baptisms coming up on
the 5th of December which I am excited for! So far, I have had 5 baptisms since
I've been here and am looking at having 9 before I leave to a new area on Dec
17th! Things are good!
I
still love my little fishing town of Toboso and the people are great! The youth
on the other hand are being too casual with the missionary which frankly needs
to stop. We have a missionary leaving tomorrow for his mission in San Paulo
Philippines so that is good! Toboso is sending their own into the mission
field!
All
is well here! I wish the best for you all back at home!
-Elder
Morris
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