March 16, 2016
Oh my, this has been a
very eventful week so far! I love my new area so much! So previously this area
was a sister’s area so of course we have a TON of people to visit and a TON of
investigators! A lot of peeps are ready for baptism too so it looks like this
transfer we will be harvesting! Planting in Argao and harvesting in
Pardo!
Our neighbors are
Indians from India. They play the Hindu music all... the... time... It is
rather quite funny actually-haha! They have a shih-tzu sa gawas (outside) and
this big dog too (idk the breed). The little one loves us but the big one hates
us! They always cook, and to not be offensive to my Indian friends out
there.... it smells really bad!!!
The first night we were
here we didn’t have our beds, tables, and area book so we kind of had to wing
it- haha. We slept on the floor the first night. Once we got our area book and
a few members to kuyog with us, we met a lot of other peeps and me and my new
companion, si Elder Beretara, have got this area down now.
Here in the area we have
this one road called White Road. White Road isn’t white. It IS literally the
dump here in this area. Even Canada exports their trash here too. We have a lot
of families that we teach here in the White Road dump side. They are all
fantastic! Simple sila and they love us Elders. We have this long road we have
to trek to get to the dump side and so we sakay (like... ride sort of) this
pedi-cab. A pedi-cab is where you have a bike and a side wagon and you pay the
biker to peddle you to where you want to go. Well being that I am a 170 lb dude
and my companion is (not kidding) 300 lbs and we have this 50 year old 100
pound tatay biking us, I decided to have him and my companion in the wagon and
I bike. I always get the most funny looks and hoots haha!
Last Monday I almost
died.... I was driving this pedi-cab home at like 9 pm and I had to overtake
this parked car. Well, right as I went to overtake it, another car came up from
my left and me trying not to get hit or hit anything took it a little too close
to the parked car. I scraped the crap out of the side. Well, turned out that
the car I hit was a 15 day old 2016 Suzuki! The owner was furious at first but I was like
"Dude I'll get everything! This was my fault and we will take care of
it!" thinking I would have to add
onto the already large bill I owe my parents (kay I would ask them for the
money to fix it :D). The next day, being yesterday, we went to the car dealership,
which conveniently is in our area! It was 5 minutes away and minimum fare on
the jeepneys to get an estimate and they just decided to fix it right then and
there. The best part is they didn’t charge us a thing!!! I was like
"Pastilan! basin 10,000 pisos sa repair!" but no. I swear through the
grace of our Lord I was spared from having to pay a huge amount to fix my
damage. All I wanted to do was not kill the tatays from driving us around
everywhere so I guess it must have been good karma coming my way :)
(Here is part of the car I dinged. The scrape was on
the whole side of the car btw)
Last night I was walking
back in this pitch black alley way and I all of a sudden sunk deep to my right
knee in this tiny stream of black sludge that runs by. My shoe filled with
human.... yeah and all sorts of other stuff. Oh it was so disgusting!
This morning we got to
transfer all of our stuff to the sister’s old apartment. They figured that if
we were the only ones here we should at least have the nicer house! So we spent
all morning taking down the beds, desks, packing, and moving everything to the
sister’s old house. It smells like a flower in there...
We got invited by this
member to this dinner they were having. Well it turned out they had this huge
party set up with clothed tables and catering and about 60-70 people there. It
was this Nay's birthday. It was the first time in 9 months (not counting the
MTC) in which I actually ate beef! Like legit beef, not the corned beef they
have here. It made my heart happy once more:).
(Our fancy dinner with beef!)
It’s been interesting so
far. With great kabalay (house mates) things have been great here in opening
this place. I admit it is going a bit slower that I want it to due to me not
being the senior but that is ok.
A scripture that has
been meaningful to me this past week is D&C 1:38. The part that reads
"...whether by mine own voice or the voice of my servants it is the
same." I now phrase it as "...whether by mine own voice or the voice
of my fellow servants it is the same." All missionaries have their own
teaching style and methods, their own thoughts and impressions. We all know
that revelation is subjective and is interpreted individually gihapon. As much
as I want to do things my way (for I have found that it works) it only creates
arguments. I do have my thoughts and ideas of how to take this new assignment
but alas my plan doesn’t get executed kay I cannot make others do what I want
(as in get up on time, leave the house on time, teach how I feel things should
be taught and handled, etc) so whether by mine own voice or the voice of my
fellow servants it is the same! Maybe there is something there to learn. Who
knows yet?
All I do know is that
this assignment is a blessing! Went from 3 months of not even 1 progressing
investigator to this place that has so many people to visit we are fumbling
around with what to do! It is great here and I love it so much!
It is also VERY city
here; my most city area so far and far bigger than my past individual zones
meeting area (as in Escelante and Carcar). My favorite place so far is the White
Road. You just can't help but love those there living in the actual dump itself
- haha! The kids are so cute with their dirty faces and missing teeth:) The
people are also very simple and simple is good!
(One of the families on White Road. They have 7
children so 9 members in the family. Mama is the only member of the church
being that she is 3 months a member.)
So far I'm loving it
here in this new area, I hope to make it my favorite so far! I hope you
all are doing great! I wish the best for you all!
The following picture is
of White Road. You may think it just ends there but no! It goes on for about
2-3 kilometers in every direction!
(White Road)
(Elder Beretara sa White Road)
Amping moha! -Elder Morris
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