Wow, so much to tell today, I don't know where to begin!
umm...
lets see... traveling was a pain in the butt! When you white, and have
big expensive looking luggage, you just get ripped off the whole way... i
probably got charged double everywhere I went, and no matter how much I
would fight (knowing the real prices) there little Filipino friends
will gather together and force me to pay.. ugh.. we call this in the
mission the "American Discount" haha.
after traveling most
of the day we finally arrived in Siniloan! and when I saw WE i mean
Elder Pepa and I. Elder Pepa is the man! He is my first poly companion,
and he is from Tonga! He is huge! I always looked forward to having a
Poly companion, because they are always so nice, and so loving, and
always likable haha. Elder Pepa and I get a long pretty well, and I
would say a good companionship match. He is about 10 months in the
mission, and is super humble, super nice, and pretty funny. he is all
ready teaching me how to speak in Tongan, and we have a fun time all
ready. He is so nice he iron'd my clothes yesterday before church, and
he actually cleans!!! yESS!! and is just down to do whatever. I think we
will have a great companionship, and honestly something I have been
praying for for a while... He is willing to work hard, and to do
missionary work, and that is what I need!
I found out the
we actually are not the new Zone Leaders.. and I even got demoted...
haha I am now again, back in the mud workin haha just plantin those
seeds like a boss! I am no longer the District Leader. Its okay, just
means I can focus more on our area, and work. and thats really all I
wanted to do these last 3 months, so I guess I could so its a promotion!
haha. The reason we are not the Zone Leaders is because the zone got
dissolved for some reason I don't know why, but we are still in the
previous Zone leaders area, and it wasn't set up very well. They have no
investigators, and the area book isn't updated... no coordination
meetings, and yeah... stories... so here we are again in the mud trying
to build another foundation, well as of now I am no stranger of this
mud, and just gladly jump right in haha
The odd thing that
happen in this area, is something I wasn't hoping for honestly, and you
will probably find it pretty funny. Recently, I have been getting so
girl crazy! hahahaha flip! every time I go to church and see families
with little kids walking in I just think, " freak, I just need to go
home and get married all ready!" haha so every time I see a pretty girl,
I just think to myself " man! cmon keaks you got this, 3 more months,
focus!" haha and the worst part is... that this branch is "notorious"
for the many beautiful sisters that attend, and I can testify to that
notoriety hahahahahah dang! yeah, lets just keep it in missionary terms
and say they are very beautiful daughters of god haha. The other thing
is there are no priesthood, and they are all old! how are we suppose to
work with the ward! haha, we are going to be forced to work with those
sisters to try and get referrals. I now activate the "Flirt to Convert"
initiative! hahaha nah... but in a serious note, i hope we will be able
to find a way to find and baptize some young men, and potential
priesthood holders.
I have had some people ask me about
what is the Easter holiday like in the Philippines, I will now continue
to blow your minds! In the philippines its know more as "Holy Week" and
people celebrate differently according to their location. I have been
told here in Siniloan it is crazy different and I am actually scared
haha so here is the scoop. Apparently next week, on wednesday and people
will walk into the streets, and parade around the city, crucified to
crosses, and being whipped like Jesus was! or just whipping themselves
with real whips and sharp things in them, to point where they actually
bleed a good amount of blood, and they believe that this will relieve
them of their sins they have committed in life... members have told me
after this day, you will see blood all over the streets, and walls,
houses, and stuff like that. They say there is so much blood form so
many people doing it, people collect their blood as evidence of their
remission of sins! This is insane!!! The members and people act like its
just a normal thing. and how sad is it to know that these people have
know idea that what there doing is worthless, it may give them give them
greater faith in Jesus Christ in the end persay but, it does not
relieve them of their burdens and sins. so I will give you an update of
how that goes next week haha, I am pretty sure we won't be allowed to go
outside that day.
I am looking forward to working a nice
full week in Siniloan, and seeing what Elder Pepa and I can do! I love
you all and may the Lord be with you always!
--
Elder Kikel
-on the Lord's errand-
San Pablo Philippines Mission
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