Sowing Seeds In San Pablo

Hey Everyone... its official been a month since I've sent an Email hahaha. Officially December and it's now 15 Months as a Missionary! Hopefully this Email makes up for the last month. Been a fun filled month tbh. Full of miricales and blessings everyday. Since my last Email a new cycle has started, I got a new Companion, and we've had MLC. My last 2 weeks with Elder Haymore was a blast. We just put our head down and worked, helped all our friends build faith and get to church. Also had MLC with all the DLs. Also said goodbye to a close friend Elder Pogai, ended his 2 years. Our last sunday together we ended with the Baptism of Sister Marilyn Domanais. We had Transfer call on the 23rd and for the first time since March I didn't get Transferred!! I get to stay in this wonderful area of Gumaca for 6 more weeks. Felt so nice not having to pack everything again. I also cooked adobo for the Elders while we watched the call. I did get a new Companion, Elder Castillo. He's...

 Hey everyone! Im still alive. Feels like forever ago since I've sent a email. A long 2 weeks I guess. A ton of stuff has actually happened, been a great time.  We finally were able to take the Sacrament last week. My spirit was feeling weak with 2 weeks of no Sacrament. Also got to go on Exchanges with our DL in his area Malinao. One of the most if not Prettiest areas in the whole mission. I went with Elder Ellorin. We taught a whole bunch of Nanay's all day, super fun time. Great Elder. He tried to teach me how to cook chicken adobo, he ended up having to do it all haha. Also Halloween happened. They celebrate the day of the dead here so everyone was drunk, talking to their loved one's. This week, Basically the whole Philippines got hit by a Typhoon. It didn't hit us very bad but we did have to evacuate to Lucena which is about 3 hours from Gumaca. We had a meeting with President and the Ap's Friday telling us to pack and be ready to evacuate. Saturday before the ...

 Lopez is Crazy! Whats up everyone! How's it going? Hope its well. Been a pretty eventful 2 weeks here in Lopez.    Last week was the start of the Cycle. I'm now in my 8th area in 13 months. Been around basically the whole mission. Gumaca the area im in is amazing. We only had 2 whole days of work in our area last week with transfers and MLC so we just went around and got to know our teaching pool and did some finding.   As we were finding this Grandma came up to us and said she wanted to be taught with her family. They reffered themselves it was awesome. We also came into this area with another family referral from a member. Started the cycle off strong until we got hit by a typhoon and church got cancelled.    This week was way fun. Got to go on Exchanges with Elder Kaiser and Elder Moleli. Elder Kaiser was my Zone Leader my 4th cycle so its weird being his Zone Leader, but we are close so it's awesome. We had a great time, he's really good at teaching an...

    Hey everyone, hope all is well. Have had a pretty fun last 2 weeks    2 weeks ago was Elder Apanitans last week as a missionary. Which was crazy to both of us becuase about 7 months we were both in Lucena together. It was a fun last week together. We had Lipa Zone Conference on Tuesday, finally finished with travelling this cycle. We didnt get a lot of work in our area this week becuase we also had exchanges on Friday. Did half the day in our dls area then came back to Los Baños for our baptism interview. The Caintic Family got baptized on sunday. It was fun to see their growth this cycle, they've been on date for about 6 months now.  Elder Apanitan left me last monday and I temporary transferred area's for a week. Got Transferred to Calamba 3rd branch with Elder Galam. Hes a great Elder and it was fun to be and teach with him this week. Found a lot of new great people to this week.    We had real transfers yesterday and... I transferred again. Im ...

 Hey everyone! Sorry forgot to write this last week... but the last 3 weeks have been a great time. It also flew by.     Soo 3 weeks ago was a good week. I was kinda sick at the start of the week, spent some hours on the toilet, but it all came out eventually. On the 10th we had cycle Interviews with Pres. I asked for some advice and he told me, "Don't Hide Your Potential."      Some wise words from a wise man. Discovering our potential is key to unlocking our path forward. I came to that realisation this week. It's not always easy, as self-doubt and insecurity can block our way as satan doesn'twant that for us, but once we notice it and put effort into it, it's exciting to see where our newfound understanding will take us.      Since the start of this cycle with Elder Apanitan, I've been super excited to be his companion, because his perspective on missionary work is incredible. One of the smartest missionaries in our mission.     ...

 Not going to lie yall the last 2 weeks were a ride. I hope yall are having a great time though. Crazy its already September, Chirstmas time now!  Last week of the Cycle. Had a great time in Calamba and ended it off with 2 more Baptisms which was fun. Such a fun week fr. I taught in English for the first time to Brother Wayne. Hes a Philipino that grew up in Cali and moved back here for school. He also came to church. Also the Hunos Family that got Baptised, Mark the Father received the Preisthood and We received a text from Erna that she made it to church in Hong Kong! Yeah so I got Transferred again. Im now Here in Los Baños. This is my 7th Area. Its still pretty close to Calamba which is nice. My Companion is Elder Apanitan. He was my Zone Leader a little while back and has been a missionary I've looked up to ever since. Im really excited for this opportunity to work with him. Im also killing him off. This is his last cycle. We had a great 1st week here, met a ton of great ...