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| Hitchin' a ride |
Yep...Elder Timbas is
now gone. He left for Angeles this
morning. We had to wake up 3:30 am today
to go wait by the highway for a bus to come and pick him up. He'll be in Angeles today with his batch,
then to the temple in Manila, and then they go home on Wednesday. Waking up that early is just too much for
me. Especially since we had to wait for
at least a half hour before a bus with available seats came by. Can you believe that? All of the buses that passed by were
full. Who gets up that early!? That's just crazy. Elder Timbas got on the bus and I said my
goodbye by pretending to shoot him (because he is now almost dead as a
missionary). He only has two days left
before he goes home. The bad news this
week was that after I emailed you guys last week, we came home to find that all
of Elder Shaffer's stuff was gone. All
of it. Including him, and Elder Ilayat
(former AP) was in our house with his stuff.
I guess before we left for the computer shop, Elder Shaffer packed up
all of his stuff and went home (early).
It was a really sad moment for all of us that day. We don't really know why he went home. I guess it was just homesickness. Elder Ilayat is a great guy, though. Since he was in the office for two transfers,
he really didn't get to work, so he pretty much made up for it this week. They taught over 50 lessons this week! We're not really sure if this is a for-sure
thing, but I guess we'll find out on Wednesday if he's going to stay with us
(transfer announcements).
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| Jordan with his district (Elder Declario left of Jordan, Elder Timbas to the right) |
So during the week, we mostly just went to the different areas for Elder Timbas to say good-bye to the members, investigators, and less actives. He gave a lot of his stuff to them that he wasn't going to use anymore like his sheets, towel, umbrella, shirts, and other gifts. I thought that was pretty cool, because they were very grateful for his gifts, even if they were simple. He served in Mamonit for six months, so he got to be close with a lot of the people. Yesterday was his last Sunday as a missionary. Last night, the ward kinda threw a party for him, where the members went around individually and thanked him and his work with them and throughout his mission. We had a fun two transfers together. I'm really interested to see who my next companion is going to be.
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| Jordan and Elder Timbas with Sis. Josepin |
I read all of the talks from this past April General
Conference for the first time in my life.
I guess that might not the best thing to admit, but at least I read them
all. I would usually just read a couple
and then just stop, but I had a lot of prayers answered these past two weeks
because of reading all of them. I forgot
already, but one of talks referenced Elder M. Russel Ballard's book “Our
Search for Happiness” and how touched people were reading it. I decided to borrow Elder Ilayat's copy and
started reading it Friday. I read the
entire book in just one day. It's such a
good book! Especially for
nonmembers. I would strongly recommend
that book to start sharing the Gospel with someone. It's simple and an easy read. Read it!
:)
I'm glad that my life sized cut-out is providing comfort
and entertainment for the house.
Although, I am a little sad that Kambria threatened to cut off my head
on the ceiling fan if Dad hides life sized Jordan in her closet again. Ha. Is
that true Kambria???? haha. Also, Kelli
punched life sized Jordan in the chest and David pushed me down the
stairs? Man. I wonder if I'll survive there? haha.
Well. I think
that's about it for me this week. I will
be sure to tell you all about my new companion next week. Mahal ko kayo. Ingat!
Keep the Faith.
Elder Jordan "loving my mission” Royal
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