September 22, 2014
Hello family! This week is the end of our transfer and the last 6 weeks have gone by wayyy fast. I'll know either today or tomorrow whether or not I'm transferring, exciting stuff, haha. Also, one of the Elder's in our apartment, Elder Sison, is going home today! He's been such a freaking stud. It's weird because a lot of the missionaries I knew in the beginning of my mission are starting to go home, including my trainer, Elder Wilson.
The Luzon family finally came to church as a couple this Sunday! I know they'll be baptized! Although, it may not be with me in the area. I believe in them to be able to find the truth for themselves. Please pray for them, especially Brother Luzon!
I love you all!
Ingat!
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
NEVER KNEW LIGHTENING COULD BE THAT BRIGHT AND CLOSE, THUNDER COULD SHAKE YOUR BONES, AND THE WIND COULD BLOW SO HARD YOU ACTUALLY GET SCARED
September 14, 2014
Not much has changed since the last letter, but I suppose these are the highlights:
-We had a typhoon last night which was pretty fun. We had to go home early from proselyting. It knocked out the power for most of the night as well. Super fun. I never knew lightening could be that bright and close, thunder could shake your bones, and the wind could blow so hard you actually get scared. But it's over now, no biggie, haha.
-There are 4 of us in our apartment. One of us, Elder Sison, was the assistant to the president for quite a while, but his mission is basically over. His companion will be joining me and my companion in a tripanionship for about a week.
That's about all this time :P I love you all. Please write me! Ingat!
Not much has changed since the last letter, but I suppose these are the highlights:
-We had a typhoon last night which was pretty fun. We had to go home early from proselyting. It knocked out the power for most of the night as well. Super fun. I never knew lightening could be that bright and close, thunder could shake your bones, and the wind could blow so hard you actually get scared. But it's over now, no biggie, haha.
-There are 4 of us in our apartment. One of us, Elder Sison, was the assistant to the president for quite a while, but his mission is basically over. His companion will be joining me and my companion in a tripanionship for about a week.
That's about all this time :P I love you all. Please write me! Ingat!
ARINGAY - THE SMALL FISHING CITY WITHOUT A GROCERY STORE WHERE I CAN GET REGULAR PEANUT BUTTER
September 8, 2014
So, Aringay is the small fishing city I work in. It's between the ocean and the mountains of Baguio. The town itself isn't too rural, but it's small enough to not have a post office or grocery store where I can get regular peanut butter. The people here are VERY nice, and half the time are surprised to see a white person and almost all the time surprised that the white person in question can speak Tagalog. The Tagalog has gotten a lot better. I've been able to speak well for quite a while, but understanding what other people are saying has been very difficult. I'm finally getting it. It's really good to have a Filipino companion, as well, to help me. Elder Tolentino is from Quezon City, which is next to Manila, the capital of the Philippines. He speaks fluent English, and he's actually a lot more like me than both of the American companions I've had in the past. He did dancing and choir before his mission, and his whole family are members.
The family we need you to pray for right now is the Luzon family. All my other investigators haven't been keeping their commitments, so unfortunately, their baptisms have been postponed. The Luzon family's mother is actually the daughter of our last convert :) The father doesn't have a job right now, but he's looking. They have one son, very good people. Although, Brother Luzon is very quiet, it's hard to tell what he thinks sometimes. Sister Luzon is very prepared and has been coming to church for quite a while!
Love you all! Ingat!
So, Aringay is the small fishing city I work in. It's between the ocean and the mountains of Baguio. The town itself isn't too rural, but it's small enough to not have a post office or grocery store where I can get regular peanut butter. The people here are VERY nice, and half the time are surprised to see a white person and almost all the time surprised that the white person in question can speak Tagalog. The Tagalog has gotten a lot better. I've been able to speak well for quite a while, but understanding what other people are saying has been very difficult. I'm finally getting it. It's really good to have a Filipino companion, as well, to help me. Elder Tolentino is from Quezon City, which is next to Manila, the capital of the Philippines. He speaks fluent English, and he's actually a lot more like me than both of the American companions I've had in the past. He did dancing and choir before his mission, and his whole family are members.
The family we need you to pray for right now is the Luzon family. All my other investigators haven't been keeping their commitments, so unfortunately, their baptisms have been postponed. The Luzon family's mother is actually the daughter of our last convert :) The father doesn't have a job right now, but he's looking. They have one son, very good people. Although, Brother Luzon is very quiet, it's hard to tell what he thinks sometimes. Sister Luzon is very prepared and has been coming to church for quite a while!
Love you all! Ingat!
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| Puppiesssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss |
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| The best place to baptize ever, no clean up, haha! |
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| A wig we found looking for slacks on p-day, my silly companion. |
Tuesday, September 2, 2014
I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS COUNTRY AND WILL DIE HERE!
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| My District! |
I haven't updated everyone in far too long, for which I apologize, haha.
This week was extremely rewarding! Sister Mabait was baptized just this last Saturday! She lives in a very humble home and her husband works overseas. All of her children, except for her oldest, have been baptized, and her oldest son JUST left on his mission about two days before we arrived in Aringay. Her family is crazy, but we love it!
I've decided that there are only two kinds of weather in the Philippines: dry and hot OR wet and hot and occasionally typhoon force winds. I have also decided that I am in love with this country and will die here. I have some investigators you can pray for! Their name is the Matapat family. They live in a bahay kubo, or bamboo house with no power. They were visited by missionaries before, but they were too shy at the time. One of the counselors came to my companionship and told us that they wanted to be visited again because of tragedies that had happened in their family since then. Sister Matapat, the mother of the family, has been widowed three times now, and she's only in her forties. Their entire family accepted the invitation to be baptized in the first lesson and they all came to church! They have a lot of challenges, so please keep them in your prayers.
That's all this week! I love you all! Feed your fire!
Elder Mikesell III
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| The sister missionaries convert, John |
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| Happiness |
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| This is a fruit called rambutan. You don't eat the outside, but the inside has kind of a citrus flavored jelly... it's wayyy good! |
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| My companion was sleepy, haha |
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