Hello everybody,
It
was such a fast week this week, which means it was another good week. The big
news for us is that Elder Bednar is coming to Laoag in a few weeks!!!
We are all so stoked for that.
This week every morning has been
really cold - and by really cold I mean like 60 degrees haha. But that is all
everybody was talking about "Sobrung Malamig sa labas" (editor:
something like “it is so cold outside”). Everybody was pulling out their winter
coats, it was hilarious. The weather has been awesome, not too hot not, too
cold. But it is starting to heat up again. And I hear in the springtime it just
gets brutal.
I wasn’t sure what I wanted to write
about this week, so I decided to tell you what my everyday life is like...my
routine.
So we always wake up to the sound of
someone doing karaoke. It’s ridiculous to me that the first thing some of these
people do in the morning is start up the karaoke machine. I don’t even feel
like talking at 6:30 in the morning, and these people are singing haha. And
most of the time the voices are just awful – it’s hilarious. But anyway, after
we wake up, sometimes we will run over to the market and I’ll usually buy some
bread at the bakery for breakfast. The bread is pretty good here. And the
people at the bakery all know my name. We’re good friends. Then we will head
back home and do our studies. At around 12, we head out, usually to the church
first because we have the ward to take care of. Then we will head out and work.
Most our travel is done by tric. If it’s further, by bus. We walk if it’s
close, but most our areas aren’t very close. I love walking around here though -
everybody is so friendly. It’s nothing like America. When people see us they
say "Brotheeerrrrrr!" And they love it when we give them a high five
or just say hi to them. Lately, when we have been walking, I’ll see a food that
I want to try, and we’ll just stop and eat real quick. The other day I had
chicken head and intestines. It was actually really good. The marinade was
incredible. But anyways, we work for the rest of the day, and head home around
8:30. Then we get home, and usually take another shower because we
sweat a ton, make some food, and then head to bed.
Looks like chow mien, but it isn't. haha
We had good success this week. We
had 7 investigators show up to church, and they are all from Burgos, which is about
20 minutes away from the church. Our Sacrament Meeting attendance yesterday was bigger
than it has been since I’ve been here. And the best part about that is that our
District President was there, and he saw how cramped it was in the small little
meeting house. So, we will be moving to a bigger meeting house soon.
So I’ll just leave you with a
spiritual thought for the week. I was studying Elder Ballard’s talk "To
Whom Shall We Go", and read through the story about Christ and his
apostles a few times. I have a strong testimony of the happiness that comes
from this gospel. If we did leave it, where would we go to find the same
happiness? There is nowhere else to find the joy and the blessings that come
from this gospel. And Christ is the only master that can lead us to victory and
eternal happiness.
Well time is absolutely flying. In
my next letter I will know if I am being transferred or not. Love you all, have
a great week!!!
-Elder Jenkins
Youth Activity. This is Melchi... he is in the YM presidency
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