This Tuesday after district meeting we headed back to our area and were able to attend a birthday of a 95 year old woman here. She was the mom of one of the other Elders’ investigators Elsie, who is a 58 year old very sweet woman. This last Saturday I was also able to interview her. It is possible that she'll be able to be baptized at the next stake baptism on the 18th of November!
Wednesday morning we headed over to Laoag for our exchanges. The zone leaders live in a compound with 15 missionaries (including them) with the senior couple next door. Elder Trinidad wanted to check his weight and the senior couple had a scale so we went and talked to them. We ended talking to them for an hour and then checked our weight (turns out I still weigh 165, which is how much I weighed in the MTC) and then they gave us American candy and cookies from a Halloween party.
For the exchanges I went with a 6’5’ Elder from Canada named Elder Willoughby. We went to a slightly far area and went to work. We first taught a big group of investigators with one member present, which went well except they're really young and one of them was taking pictures of me the whole time.
We next taught a couple of girls close to getting baptized, then a big family of investigators. The spirit we felt was so strong during the whole lesson. We taught about Alma talking to his son Shiblon. After the lesson they fed us Mountain Dew and ham sandwiches and we talked a little. I got a compliment on my Tagalog which made me happy.
Before we got home we took a Greenwich pizza flier and decided to order some at home. So we did. Right after eating we had an exchange with Vintar B and I went with Elder Bottema from St. George Utah. We went to 4 different areas and walked for most of it. My knees hurt by the end but it was good. We taught a lot of lessons to some less actives and their progressing investigator. We walked an hour home after work which wasn't bad.
We weren't able to teach as many lessons this week due to all the things we had to do, but we were still happy to see our investigator Karen Melchor come to church again! The attendance was 36 this week, 28 coming from Vintar. If Karen comes to church next week, there is a possibility she can also be baptized on the 18th at the stake baptism. We have taught every lesson and she has been to church a lot. We just want to make sure she's ready.
This week was full of good moments like working in other areas and eating french toast every day. Plus funny moments, like less actives seeing us and pretending like we're not there, and buying an empanada with meat and receiving one that didn't have any.
Yet life goes on and the mission’s still great. The scriptures are still great, and the district is still great. I love everything that happened. I know this church is true and all things happen for a reason. Hope everyone had a good week! Love you all!
Elder Espiritu
**you can email Elder Espiritu at joseph.espiritu@myldsmail.net
A 5'11" Filipino on top of a 6'4" American, trying to reach a branch of the tree. I imagine this is how David would look at Goliath.
A random group of girls from the zone leaders' area that we taught.
Notice I still have a whole pizza cause I was still doing laundry and they didn't wait for me
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