Magandang hapon po!
Kamusta pos a inyong lahat!
Thanks for your emails and updates! It is always great to hear
from everyone. Sounds like fun time is now a thing of the past as school and
homework starts in full force. Good luck with all of that. I can laugh at you
now because I don't have to worry about it, but don't worry, you can laugh at
me next year when I am in the same situation.
This week was interesting because it was my first time going on
exchanges with a newbie American, and was suddenly the one expected to know the
language and be a trainer for a day. Training a new American is a lot different
than training a new Fillipino, because at least they can speak and understand
the language! Haha it brought back great memories of where I must have been
just one year ago. It made me realize how far I have come with everything just
from being out here 1 year. He even asked an onslaught of questions about
culture, missionary life etc. that I must have had too at one point. I think my
favorite was after our baptism on Saturday and he asked if all
baptisms are that unorganized and different from baptisms back home. It made me
realize how grateful I am for how well established the Church is back home.
But, that is one of the reasons we are here-not only work with investigators
and less actives, but the church leaders too.
Saturday was busy attending baptisms, and it was fun to see the
changes people have made in their lives to make their first covenants to God.
It is always a bittersweet feeling to officially hand them over from under our
authority as being the missionaries, to becoming an official member and under
the authority of the bishop.
We also started teaching what started out as a referral to a
college student, then once we got there, she went around the entire building to
find everyone else that was there to bring them in on the lesson too. In the
end, we ended up teaching 6 of them, all asking the simple questions of,
"Why are there so many religions if we are supposed to have one
faith?" and "What do I do in order to answer my questions and feel
peace?" Those are always fun lessons to teach.
Well, we are running short on time so I'm going to have to cut
this a little short. Thanks for your support and emails. Keep up the good work
on your end of the world.
Mahal Kita,
Elder Nay
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