Magandang
Hapon po!
Kamusta!
I can't even imagine having a "high" of 5 degrees and
that much snow. Its a good thing I am going home in the middle of summer
because I would probably turn into an ice cube if I went home to that. Although
it has been rather chilly here the last couple of days. It rained for almost a
day straight and luckily it didn't flood the little bridge going to the city so
we didn't have to spend twice as much time and money going to church by going
the long way. I feel like if it were to rain a couple more drops it would be
enough to flood the bridge because it is only a couple feet away from it. Makes
it pretty intense crossing it because there is no guardrails or anything to
stop you from tumbling off, just a tiny curb. Yesterday it was super cool and
windy, which made for a real awesome night sleep and reminded me of the canyon
winds back home.
Last Saturday was a pretty fun day because we were so busy
traveling and conducting baptism interviews. We happened to interview 3 kids-
one year old and two 10 year olds. In general, we try to avoid
baptizing kids that young unless they have obvious support from family/friends
so they won't become inactive immediately. During all their interviews, it was
exciting to see how much they knew and how strong their faith was for being
such a young age. Their strong desire to become a member was evident because
they were obviously nervous about being able to pass the interview, not knowing
that there really is no wrong answer to any of the questions. We were told that
one of the girls we interviewed even had a hard time sleeping the night before,
anticipating the interview. She was a super cute girl and after the interview,
I gave her one of the CTR rings you sent and put it on her and her face beamed.
We are also excited because when there are baptism interviews, there are
baptisms the next week! The last baptism we attended of a little girl was a
super awesome experience because after her baptism she bore her testimony and
could barely talk because of how emotional she was, bearing a very powerful testimony
that she knew the church was true and she had been wanting to be baptized for
sometime now.
After the busy day of interviews, we attended the Philippines
Area Broadcast and they released the goals for 2013. They are keeping all the
same as last year, but tweaking a few different approaches to accomplish them.
The main focus is still on rescuing those who have fallen away from activity,
and missionaries and wards/branches have to coordinate even better to bring
better results. It is a great privilege to be part of the search and rescue
team.
I also gave the stake president his mini PMG and oil vial and he
was thrilled and said thank you. So thank you! We have also been having fun
seeing how many of the nerf darts we can get to stick to our ceiling. :)
Well, try not to freeze to death over there. Ingat!
Mahal ko kayo,
Elder Nay
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