Wow....it was awesome being able to SKYPE with you guys
today. Thanks for keeping me updated and
everything. You guys are the best. Well, this email me be short, because I don't
feel like writing down everything that I just said to you, but I guess that I will
tell you a little bit more about what happened to us this week with the work. We've been making progress with one of our
knew investigators, Sheila, which is pretty awesome. The only bad part about that is that we
haven't met her father yet, because he's always working in the bukids. Saya.
Hopefully we'll be able to meet him this week, so that we can maybe
teach him, too. She's friends with the
less actives that we're teaching right now, so that's how she got
interested. She's gone to church twice
in a row, so hopefully her dad knows that by now. Since we've taught Jarome all of the lessons,
we're just reading with him from the Book of Mormon and going over the lessons
with him. He's a pretty sharp kid. It's fun to read the Book of Mormon with our
investigators, because then we can explain to them concepts that might be hard
for them to understand. Elder Timbas
gave our investigators and less actives one of those coloring things that you
usually get in Primary that says, "I've Read the Book of Mormon"
so that they could keep track of their reading.
It actually got them pretty excited to start reading, because it helps
them accomplish a goal of coloring in the paper so that it is proof that
they've read the Book of Mormon. I
remember getting those back in the day.
Good times. We started teaching
Juner about the Plan of Salvation, and he's a smart kid, too. I was surprised by the questions he would
ask, because they're usually questions that only older people would ask. He hasn't really been coming to church,
though, because he doesn't have a friend to go with. He tried to go to church yesterday with his
neighbor, who is also from a part-member family, but she didn't want to, so he
didn't come. It was sad, but we still
had three investigators at church yesterday.
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| Jordan's life sized cut out was a tad taller than life, but still very cool |
It's mostly half rainy half hot season right now. We've had mini typhoons that usually last
about ten minutes, and then other days when it's just incredibly hot. It's simple really. If there's sunshine, it's hot. If it's cloudy and rainy, it's not. So, a little bit of halo-halo, but it's
alright. Well, I guess that's about it
for the boring weather report. Now for
some stories....if I had one.
Oh yeah. The
frogs. I told this story to David, but
since Mom didn't hear it, here we go. We
went to one our less actives yesterday to teach them, and we saw Tatay with a
bag full of live frogs. He was sitting
down and just chopping off their heads one by one. Then he would rip the skin off (like a sock),
chop off the legs, and then put the body in a bowl. He did this all in about 10 seconds with each
frog. It was pretty gross, but hey as
long as it feeds their family I guess it’s great.
Wow. Well, now I
can't really think of anything that happened this week. Transfer announcements are tomorrow and I
can't believe how fast this transfer has gone by! I'll probably be here with Elder Timbas for
his last transfer, or I might train.
Those are the possibilities that I'm seeing right now. I guess we'll just have to find out tomorrow.
O yeah, another thing.
I started doing these stretching exercises this week, because I saw a
manual on Elder Timbas's desk entitled, "How You Can Still Grow, Even
After You're 25." I figured, "Hey
I'm not tall enough yet. I better give
it a try." It's all stretching
exercises and it was pretty rough when I first started, because I have the
flexibility of a wooden board, but I'm improving. Even if I don't get taller, at least I'll be
flexible. It says that I should expect
to grow an inch after six straight weeks of doing the exercises every
night. You may laugh and think that this
is impossible, but don't be too surprised when you get an email with the
subject, "I've grown an inch!" ;)
I'm sad that I missed the wedding. It sure sounded a lot of fun. Welcome Kambria Royal into our family! :) Our
family's just getting bigger and bigger now.
It was so great seeing baby Royal on Skype. He is so cute!! I love you all very, very much!
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| Skyping with Jordan made for a great Mother's Day all around |
Well, that about wraps it up for me. Mahal ko kayo. You'll see if I have a new companion next
week. Ingat.
Elder Jordan "6'5 Hopeful" Royal
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