I was very safe in my house, we
heard fireworks from 9:00 to 1:00 it was loud and crazy and hard to
sleep, but I was excited for the new year to come around and to set new
goals for this week. How was your guys New Year party? what did you do? Send some Pictures of the T-shirts I sent you and the other stuff,
Walang Anuman (you're welcome), for the gifts, and late Merry Christmas
present.
My Companion is great - I love Elder
Aagard. He is masipag, makulit, and loves to help others. He is such a
good guy, he is the one with red hair in the pictures. It was cool to
see that you got some pictures of me and the branch I am serving in. I
love the Santo Domingo branch. Everyone is super friendly and they love
to laugh and to take lots of pictures as you can tell. I do know Joy and
Chris they are both in my branch, they are very mabait (kind/nice)
people and they love to take pictures of me. This week I have to give my
talk in Church I am a little nervous but also excited, because I hope
they can understand my Tagalog and won't laugh at me. I will try my best
and I will have fun. I know God and the holy ghost will help me with
the language.
This week was great - we had 34
lessons, and really worked hard. We found a lot of new people
to teach. We had a meeting yesterday with the branch president because
now there are only 4 missionaries in Santo Domingo. So me and Elder
Aagard have 18 brngys to teach in now. So more finding and more lessons
for us YYYYYEEEEEAAAA!!! Emerson did not come to church, none of our
investigators did it was sad, and disappointing but we will not give up
on them. We will keep pushing and the Lord and the spirit will do the
work and everything will work out fine. All we need to do is just Smile,
say Hi and just be masaya (happy) and people will want to hear our
message. Like yesterday we taught one lesson but it was such a powerful
and amazing lesson because the spirit was touching the hearts, we taught
the Gallardo family there is a kid named Joshua and Christian and
Angela, they are investigators and makulit and hard to teach being
teenagers. But something about yesterdays lesson, something touched them
and got them thinking. The spirit was there and witnessing to them that
what we were teaching was true. They were very happy after the lesson,
it's cool to see that Miracles are all around us, and things the Lord
does to help others.
That's great to hear you
guys had a good week, and a fun New Years Eve, and Christmas. I hope
everything is going well for you, all the new stuff that you guys got
for Christmas and that the dogs will treat you well, because here in the
Philippines dogs are mean and I kick them in the head when they chase
us. I Stand my Ground against them, and they are scared. But take
care of the dogs, and I hope Emily has a fun time going back to school,
it will go by really fast, and soon she will be heading off to High
School. I hope everything goes well for you in School mom, and dad's
work everything will go well for you too.
I
love it here in Santo Domingo, I love my Branch, and all the people how
they are so mabait, full of pag-asa and they are always smiling and
happy and the food is masarap, and I am getting used to the weather and
the culture. The language is still really hard and I feel like I'm
struggling a lot but I will keep trying my best and it will come some
day, all that matters is that I can bear my testimony that what we teach
is true.
Thank you guys for all the prayers,
and boxes, mail, everything (lahat), Mahal Kita. Thank the ward for
everything and the Family for everything. Tell everybody salamat and I
miss them, but I am Buhay Pa, and "It's more fun the in the
Philippines".
I hope to talk to you guys next week and to see pictures from you guys and how you guys are doing.
Mahal kita Elder FRANCIS
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