This
last week was another rough week! phew! We spent most of the week just
tracting because we still don't have any progressing investigators! We
are still trying to find new investigators, especially through the
members, but we are really struggling, we are still not able to work
with the members. Because of recent events between missionaries, and
members. The trust between the members and the missionary is gone... so
yeah, now Elder Pepa and I are here to fix that, and hopefully we can do
some good in these last few weeks of the transfer!
I
will give one example: every Monday since we have been here we have fun
punted from every single Family Home Evening appointment we have set
with the members, every single one! ahhhhH! why!!! hahah its so
frustrating, we are trying to teach, and help these members, and build a
trust with them and they keep punting us. sigh... and we still haven't
had a meeting with our Branch President, he is just so busy! so at times
things get really frustrating, and after tracting all day everyday for a
couple weeks, its starts to really test your Faith, and thats when the
testimonies come into play.
This
has really been effecting me this last week because I only have 2
months until I get home, and with this difficulty and magnitude of work,
satan just likes to keep throwing the thoughts in my mind " its okay,
relax.. work here a little bit, work there a little bit, and just enjoy
the last little bit of your mission stop trying to so hard!" NO! its not
going to happen, this is my time to shine, and use all the skills that I
have acquired before I go home! I could go on and on with this subject,
and my thoughts and feelings about it, but it would take to long, lets
just say Im still striving to sprint till the end!
So
nothing super interesting has happened work wise, we are trying to
follow up with those we have talked too, and trying to get member
cooperation in our work, help, love, and support them in everyway.
So
fun little fact, last night while Elder Pepa and I were walking, some
guys drove by on a motorcycle and threw a flippin softball sized rock at
me! It hit me square in the chest and almost knocked me over! I didn't
really feel anything at first because my adrenaline was going, and
frankly i was quite angry, and Elder Pepa and I both almost sprinting
after them to get them back, but then I thought that we are missionaries
and we can't be like that so we didn't. hahah I got over it pretty
quick because I am not really one to fight anways, but Elder Pepa on the
other hand could not just get over it, its in his polynesian culture
haha he kept wanting to hunt them down and beat them up, he had the same
rock in his hand too hahah I had to keep forcing him not too. He was so
angry. It feels kind of nice that when you have a huge poly that has
your back haha Those guys really got some nerve considering the fact the
just threw the rock at the two biggest guys in Siniloan haha but we
aren't looking for any trouble we tried finding that guys house today to
talk to him, or who ever knows him, and why he did what he did, but he
hid, and we were told he was drunk and under the influence of other
drugs. My companion says if he sees him again at night he is going to
scare him hahah so hopefully we don't see them again!
Elder Kikel
-on the Lord's errand-
San Pablo Philippines Mission
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