Chris Mark Daquiwag
Good week here with the Lasamites. So there was a bit of a surprise
this week. There are 2 new missionaries in Lasam, so there are 4 of us
again, which means my area got cut in half and we lost half of our
investigators, all of our focus areas which is where we planned to do
finding, and 1 of our baptisms to the other area. (It is really
flipping annoying cause this is the 4th time this kinda thing has
happened to me here in Lasam). It is like I have opened 4 areas 4 cycles
in a row. IT SUCKS.
My first cycle in Lasam, I was
assigned in Lasam B with Elder Camero. When Elder Camero was transferred, I got transferred to Lasam A or the other half of Lasam, so I lost all of my
investigators to the 2 new Elders in Lasam B, in my old area. Then me and Elder Roberto opened Lasam A and we had to build the area from the
ground up from where the other 2 Elders that got transferred left it. So at the end of that transfer,
those 2 elders also got transferred and President gave all of Lasam to me
and Elder Roberto, but I didn't have much to work with cause all my old investigators from Lasam B weren't taken care of and by now were no
longer interested. So then me and my comp rebuilt that area last
transfer while still maintaining our area, only for President to place 2
more elders in Lasam B this week, meaning all the rebuilding we did
goes now to them. HAHA. Pretty annoying but its all good. I think
President just doesn't want me to get comfortable haha!
It
is not that I don't trust other missionaries with my
investigators...but I kinda don't haha. So it is kinda hard for
me to leave my precious investigators to other missionaries because of
the lame experiences I have had so far. But I know these 2 new Elders
are different and won't do that (at least I hope and pray that they
won't), so that is good.
But anyway the 2 new
elders are cool. Elder Sivo from Fiji who is training Elder Ramiso from
Quezon City Philippines. Haha all the filipinos call Elder Sivo
Lebron James cause they kinda look alike I guess.
Also
we had a baptism! My boss investigator whose name is Chrismark Daquiwag
(Dah-kee-wahg). He is 9 years old and is super smart and mature. He
acts and talks like he is 16 or something. He is visiting his
grandparents here in Lasam and after a couple Sundays of going to church
in April, told his grandma that he wanted to be taught by us. So we
started teaching him a while back and he is such a BEAST! He keeps his
commitments by reading 2 to 3 verses a night from the Book of Mormon
and he prays at the end of every single lesson and asks God if the Book
of Mormon is true haha. HE ALREADY KNOWS IT'S TRUE he just keeps
forgetting that the Spirit already told him and we keep reminding him
almost every lesson haha! Oh and plus he loves coming to church but he
doesn't like being with the little kids during the classes. He is loves
me and asked me to baptize him which made me want to cry :,) His
parents live in another part of the Philippines and they are Jehovah's
Witness' but they said it is fine that he is baptized in our church if
that is what he wants. The sad part is that he might be going home to
live with them again soon so it might be hard for him to go to church if
he is only 9 years old. But I made him promise that he would talk to
his neighbors who are Mormon and to go to church with them every Sunday. Chris Mark is such a boss and he said he wants to go on a mission when
he is older just like Elder Andersen :')
Me and
Elder Roberto have 2 baptisms coming up this week as well but after
that our work is gonna die so we need to really step up the finding this
week. We made goals to set 10 baptismal dates for July 9th at the end of the transfer so we have lots of people to find :)
I
love being a missionary even though it can be hard and frustrating
sometimes, but I learn so much every week and I wouldn't trade this
experience for the world.
I love you all and I know the Book of Mormon is blue (and true) :D
-Elder Andersen
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