This last week was pretty good. We finally got Gina and Jay-R baptized! It was really cool how excited they were when getting baptized. I could really see how big of a difference the gospel has made in their lives.
I'm transferring! I'm going to Toledo! I'm follow-up training and I'm District Leader now. I forgot the name of my new companion but I think he's filipino. It should be fun though. I heard I have other roommates as well so that'll be cool.
I'm honestly just really exhausted right now so this won't be a super detailed email, but ya I had a lot of cool experiences this past transfer. If you look at all my pics that I just uploaded there's some pics from when a RM came back and visited Zambo, there's pics from a Family home evening, there's pics from when we went on splits and I worked with all the priests, the "marathon" box is for a Sepak Takraw ball (basically it's volleyball but you can't use your hands, don't worry we haven't actually tried playing it), and the baptismal service as well. I honestly love it so much in Zambo, but I think it's for the best that I'm transferring now. Hopefully my next area will be awesome as well but I honestly think Zambo might be my favorite area. It wasn't a very progressing area, there were plenty of people we had a lot of hope for that we had to quit visiting, there was a lot of hard times, but it was the area that I felt like I really became a missionary. I wasn't restricted by not knowing the language, I knew how to do the work, and I had companions willing to work with me to do all we could for the people of Zamboanguita. I only got to see 2 baptisms, but this next transfer they'll be having another 3 baptisms in Zambo and I'm really excited for those people who are progressing to their baptisms and their desire to really come unto Christ. I'll definitely go back there some day, Zamboanguita branch really started to feel like home for me.
But ya probably kana ra para karon. Love ya!
Elder Shirley
Tuesday May 21, 2019
Alright I'll write a small email so that you can't complain but I'll write a better email next week I swear. But ya this last week we had fiesta in zambo so work was kinda limited. Everyone was at home but everyone was also partying so kinda hard to visit people. We had zone con though so that was fun. They just spent the whole zone con talking about smart phones so that was exciting. We also had interviews, basically I have no clue what to expect for transfers so that's fun. We actually have Baptisms happening this week though so that's awesome. But ya probably just that for the week. I'll write more next week.
Love,
Elder Shirley
Alright I'll write a small email so that you can't complain but I'll write a better email next week I swear. But ya this last week we had fiesta in zambo so work was kinda limited. Everyone was at home but everyone was also partying so kinda hard to visit people. We had zone con though so that was fun. They just spent the whole zone con talking about smart phones so that was exciting. We also had interviews, basically I have no clue what to expect for transfers so that's fun. We actually have Baptisms happening this week though so that's awesome. But ya probably just that for the week. I'll write more next week.
Love,
Elder Shirley
