I have missed you all
so much and I am sorry I didn't get to e-mail you last week. Traveling
from Cagayan to here in Laoag was such a long ride on a bus. We traveled
last Monday morning at 5:30 and got to Laoag at 12:05 at night. We
went to McDonald's that night then went to sleep in a hotel. So now I am
with Elder Andon and he is from Guam. He is super friendly and so
funny, his laugh makes me laugh and we get along so well. We are both
loving our area here in Laoag 5.
Since I have been here in Laoag 5 I have had some funny things happen to me. I had a nanay flirt with me - she
said "Americano ka at sinabi ko sa kanya, opo nanay americano ako at
sinabi nya sa akin ang gwapo naman." She asked me if I was American and I said yes to her and she told me I looked really handsome. So that was
really funny and she wanted to take a picture with me so I did. She
was flirting with me - I guess that's what I get for being so pogi
(handsome) hahaha.
Also this week me and Elder Andon were finding and we
saw a girl and she saw me and took off running and started screaming
americano! Then we were teaching a girl and she was peeking
over the wall and kept on calling me Justin Bieber and she wanted me to
sing for her. Then she asked if she could take a picture with me and
so I allowed it. So those were some of the weird things that happened
to me this last week.
I gave my first training as a district leader
about our last day here in the mission field and to go home with no
regrets. I really focused on our purpose as missionaries and how we
need to be consecrated and full time missionaries and we need to serve
the lord with our full heart, might, mind and strength. That's what I want to do with my last couple months of my mission - to do the best I can
and to enjoy the last months I have and to leave my mission with no
regrets.
I love being able to be a district leader here in Bantay
District and I really have the best district ever. And they are the funnest
district ever. But I am really loving it here in Laoag and i love
working with Elder Andon and the good example he is to me and how much
fun we are having. I am just enjoying the last couple months I have
left. One scripture that I love that I read is here in D&C 58:16-
"Behold his mission is given unto him, and it shall not be given
again." I take this every day into my mission life and into my mind, how I am a missionary for 2 years only and I will never be able to live this
two years again and I need to "live each day like it is my last", and to
go home with no regrets to do the best I can and just enjoy every day I have. I love being here on a mission and all the things I am learning - all the memories and miracles I have seen and how much my testimony
has grown. I have seen how much the gospel can change the lives of others and it
really is God's plan for us and this plan is full of happiness and joy
and when we choose to accept this plan or follow it in our lives we will
have joy and happiness in this life.
I miss you all so much and I am
happy to hear you are all safe and enjoying life. I will be skyping
you in two weeks - like wow times flies by so fast. So I love you all and
wish you all the best.
Mahal ko kayo at ingat kayo palagi.
Elder Francis
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