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| Sister Anderson, dad, Janeth & Sister Young 12/17/10 |
We went grocery shopping and dad knows how that goes. The mall can be a very busy place and to get home we don't have cars we ride in triks which can be very small for Americans and especially for Americans that are 5'6 feet tall. Went over to Bishops house and ate dinner. There were about 20 lizards on the wall. And I am not lying!!!! The walls are made out of cement but then a lot of times the ceiling are just what ever they can find to put up there, so there are holes and gaps. It was pretty cool. It reminded me of when mom opened the jockey box and the lizards that Kyle put in there came out. Good times.
Had District meeting and talked a lot about agency and how it effects us as missionaries and our investigators. We had a really good lesson with some of our investigators and we could really feel the spirit. It is going to take some time with the mother but we are willing to wait because we want to baptize them as a family. Baguio Mission is really trying to stay away from individuals and focus on families.
We were teaching or visiting with a recently converted family and here in the Philippines they do some things differently then we do in the states. We were talking and there little one year old girl squats, pulls down pants, and starts...We were outside though, but different. This family lives in a bamboo tree house and so they don't have a "real" bathroom, most don't here and they don't use TP either. We are trying to contact some of the less actives in the Ward which is hard because the houses here sometimes don't make any sense.
Went to Baguio. And it was fun to see the batch of missionaries that we came in with. We had a new missionary training day which did not take that long. But we had fun. And ate PIZZA!!!as close to American as I was going to get. I was nervous that I would not be able to get back in time for Janeth's baptism, but we did. She is very cute and her non-member dad was there too. He would be a member but he is in the army and is never home long enough to get the discussions, but he reads the Book of Mormon.
I have had my good days and even my really bad days. When I have my bad days Heavenly Father is kind of funny because on those days all the signs that I see and the scriptures that I read have to do with prayer and your never alone or "I never said it would be easy, I only said that it would be worth it". I could not do this without prayer.
I love you all and hope that all the missionaries in our Ward are doing well. This gospel is so true and I am grateful for the opportunity to serve. My journal is a great thing and it has everything in it all from my feelings to what we did. Love you all so much and pray for you everyday. Love your missionary Sister Anderson xoxoxoxoxox
