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| Picture from a couple of weeks ago when Morgan helped serve. It was posted on his Mission President's Blog. |
So this week is very full. First we had Family Home Evening, and there were many people but soooo much food. We were so busog (full). It was filled with a great spiritual lesson and super fun and easy game with challenges to do if you lost (I lost, so had to do their version of Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes in a pabebe(girly) way).
The next day we had community service at a members house. We cleared a field and in the process found a snake. It was super small and harmless but people here freak out like nobody I have ever seen! They were yelling and absolutely destroyed the poor guy with a hoe. It was hard work and fun, it's one of my favorite parts.
Wednesday, all the missionaries in our zone got together, and it was my first transfer (which is just the announcement of where missionaries will get sent to, or if they stay in this area or not). That same time we also separate into our districts and have a meeting to see how everyone is doing, then have a workshop. It was me this time, so speaking Taglish, I taught about the Atonement.
Later that day, on a trike ride to our house, another trike guy threatened that the president here was going to kill me because I'm white, which makes me wonder what is going on in politics. Though it's just a hotheaded guy because I talked to members about it and it doesn't seem bad, just crazy news stuff.
Later in the week we went to teach one of our investigators and got to see an interesting Chinese belief. So, they burned this herb which smells sort of like pine mixed with something and went everywhere in the house with it in the pan. It's supposed to cast out spirits, very interesting. That same family, later, their son named Aaron loves Pogs (round, cardboard cards with any design like Pokemon, streetfighter, political cartoons, etc.) and he gave me some. So now I'm starting a collection of them.
The spiritual thought: I have been thinking about the scriptures and honestly they are the best. By the scriptures we can be spiritually fed, receive answers to our prayers, and try to learn and improve ourselves. We teach every day from the scriptures and honestly we can teach all day and it won't matter. What matters is the people we teach to read for themselves, then ask the one who knows them the best, the one who wants us to know Him, so He will answer us somehow. Pray to God, truly wanting to know and having faith that he will answer your and then you will know. So, when you think about the scriptures, also think of prayer because they go together.
Well, I'll email next week. Love you all! Mahal kita and ingat po!
Elder Peterson
p.s. I'll send pictures next week because the CPU here is sooo slow!
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