So this week from Tuesday to Thursday I was in Manila. It's crazy that I'm training. I feel like it was just yesterday when I met my trainer at the mission home, but training is going to be fun.
I met my new companion on Wednesday. He's a Filipino and his name is Elder Dumanjug. He's 19 years old and he's from Mindanao Misamis Occidental Ozamiz City Philippines. The language he usually speaks is Visayan (another dialect here) or English. Luckily he's really good at Tagalog so that helps a lot. His family converted when his Dad was 16 so he is born and raised in the church.
He's really cool and being his trainer, we learn a lot from each other every day. The first day we were together he kept telling me how excited he is to go do missionary work. I think it's really funny he always says he loves English and he really likes my American accent and wants to get one like mine haha. He says he's learning a lot and he's really enjoying the work so far.
Because we didn't get back to our area until Thursday we only got a couple days of work in. And those days were just me showing him around the area so he could get more familiar with the members and the people we're teaching.
We had one experience yesterday which I thought was pretty cool. We were working with the ward missionaries. We went to a girl that hasn't been to church in a long time. So we shared a scripture with her and invited her back to church. It was kinda quiet for a sec and she then just started crying. She told us she really wants to go to church but she has no one to go with. The ward missionaries were so loving and they said they are willing to pick her up on Sundays so they all can go to church together.
A lot of people think that no one is there for them, but it's our job as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints to invite others to come closer to Christ and really understand who He is. And as members we need to be welcoming to anyone who is coming back or that is new. We can't be judgmental but be willing to love everyone that comes into our church.
I was really impressed with the ward missionaries willingness to offer help to this young girl. I've gotten pretty close with a lot of the ward missionaries here and they all are awesome and I'm super grateful for them and their willingness to work. I wish I was more like them before my mission.
It was a good week and I'm doing good out here in the Philippines. I'm still loving it. Merry Christmas again to everyone!
-Elder Espiritu
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| My new companion (Elder Dumanjug) and I at the airport |
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| Some pics from the flight back to Palawan from Manila |
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| Elder Derder and I with some of the new missionaries |
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| Elder Derder and I |
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| Elder Cabrera and I. Everyone says we look alike but I don't see it |
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| just mobbing |
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| Working with the ward missionaries |
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