phew..
This last week is finally over! It was a rough one for sure! Elder
Bituen and I set some pretty high goals for our numbers this last week
seeing how our numbers have gone up every single week! We were super
pumped to nail this week, and really excessive faith. It was going good
up to Wednesday, and then it just went all down hill... It started to
rain heavy storms every single day, almost all day! I don't have an
umbrella either hahah! So that made it really difficult to work, and
when it rains in the Philippines, everything just shuts down and
everybody takes a nap because its not so hot. So because it was raining
so much 3 times in a row we got punted from almost all of our
appointments for the day before we even got out of the apartment! wow,
that was discouraging! We didn't know what to do! So it was definitely a
rough week for us, and numbers wise we did okay, but mentally and
spiritually it was a roller coaster!
Its
over now and its a new week! You can't ever give up or get discouraged!
In the PMG is say that getting discouraged weakens your faith, THATS
TRUE! Just go and do and the Spirit will guide, even if you don't know
it, just like nephi!
This
next week is pretty much a week long P-day because today is P-day, and
then Tuesday, Wednesday we will be out of our area for a Zone
Conference, since we are on an island we have to travel farther, and we
get to stay in hotels again! Whoo! Hot water again, score! cant wait...
then on Saturday, and Sunday we have a District Conference so that will
take half the day. So really we only get to work on Thursday and Friday.
At first I would think thats awesome but, since I have been on my
mission I have realized the importance of time that we have in a day,
and now I think, man we have so little time this week to teach, and to
share, what a waste! It will be nice though to just relax for a little
bit and enjoy our Zone and other Zones, relieve some stress (Its been
really stressful lately) and regain that enthusiasm!
So
This transfer is going to be very interesting, President Peterson has
us do what we call Area Visions every transfer, where are companionship
sit down and set goals of what they want to accomplish in that 6 weeks.
Elder Bituen and I can see the potential here in Victoria, and we are
going to exercise some Faith this transfer that is going to take a lot
of work. We have set a goal for 9 baptism this transfer!!! Did Elder
Kikel just say 9 Baptisms!? But in his whole year on his mission he has
only gotten one Baptism!? Yup, its true, but There are names and plans
for every 9 of those baptisms, and so far this last week its not looking
so good, but we believe it can be done. So, I am nervous and excited
for this Transfer! We will see what happens, if we don't reach those
goals that is okay, The lord just has different timing for those people,
but I believe we got ourselves a few prospects that will end being
baptized!
Other
then that things are going good, Elder Bituen and I are like brothers,
we just have fun, and goof around sometimes, and other times we just
don't want to talk to each other haha... and the language is getting a
lot better, I pretty much just talk Elder Bituen in Tagalog now which is
awesome! He understands English very well, so if I have a hard time I
just speak to him in English haha... but I have a learned a lot of
Tagalog from him so its awesome to think I am almost fluent in this
language, and that I actually speak a different language!
I
am now in the war chapters of the Book of Mormon, and can't even
describe to you how excited i get when I read these chapters haha, Elder
Bituen makes fun of me, because I will be sitting in a chair, shouting
and hollering, and bouncing around as I read those chapters! They are
just so awesome, and I get way into them hahah! Moroni is the man!
Well, thats
about it this week for you all, lets hope this next week will be better!
Thank you for all your support, and everything that you do for me, I
appreciate it!
love
-Elder Kikel
-This
picture is the Halo-Halo (Mix-Mix) I was talking about. Its got corn,
beans, and all kinds of good stuff in it haha its gooood...
Sounds like things are great! No worries about them canceling appointments because of 2 things, first there so many more people to teach and second they will be available when the weather gets hot. :) 9 baptisms is an awesome Goal! Funny when you write goals down and look at them all the time the Lord helps you exercise faith and they come true! You will hit 9 baptisms!!! Keep whooping when reading Book of mormon and stories about Cap Moroni. To us here at home believe that you are Cap Moroni :) Spiritual Giant from the Utah Jazz. :)
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