A Missionary's Work: Accomplishments

11/14/2016

So this week was good though we were, as we call it "punted" a lot. Which just means we walked a whole lot more than we got to teach people. So, if any of you come here to the Philippines, you have to go to a very common restaurant here called Mang Inasal. It's pretty much a main dish of chicken and unlimited rice. That's how I can tell I'm turning to Filipino, I ate 6 cups of rice (that's a loooot!). My kasama and I also got colds (sipon) and it really sucks to walk over 9 miles a day and be burning up then also have a cold, but it's finally going away I think.

Another popular snack here is ice candy. To make, simply mix any drink flavor in water and freeze. It's pretty good actually and we made a lot. Also, I am glad I bought a safety picture card because I allowed one of the kids here to take a picture and moments later, all my pics were deleted, frustrating and relieving. Anyway, we have an awesome/super fidgety investigator, his name is Aaron, he's 9. He loves to be distracted with anything other than what you want, but he's great because even when something doesn't seem to get through, it does! He actually ahs read some of the Book of Mormon and he likes to ask questions and we love to answer. His family is awesome too, they like to feed us and I have had some interesting food there like budal - thin of rice going bad then put it on rice, it kind of reminds me of mangoo (a Dominican Republic dish made of plantains, not to be mixed up with Mango).

I also have been thinking of how when something seems easier, then all of a sudden it's harder...why? Well, I think it's because we progress. When we progress, we need to do something harder to keep on progressing. So as soon as we feel like, "wow, I was doing so good, now I'm not, Why?", it's because we hit the "next level"/ So as long as we don't get too discouraged and give up, we can keep imporivng until one day we will look back and say, "Wow, I'm glad I went thorugh that crappy time because now I'm so much of a better person, or better at this". Honestly, that's how a lot of us progress and a lot of us give up too, when all we needed to do was "hold out a little longer or suck it up a little longer". So see every challenge as your next level to master and grow in, because we can learn in all hard things, be we need to choose to.

Well, here are some pics and I'll see you all next week!

Love you all,
Elder Peterson