Rain, Rain, Rain

Well... as you may guess, we got a lot of rain this week. But, rain does not stop proselyting from happening. We still bike to the far ends of our area in the pouring rain. We have a few investigators that are in the far end of our area. We had to go out there most days this week. Biking one way takes about 35 minutes. We came home after dark 3 times this week in the pouring rain. The roads have up to a foot and a half of water on them in some places. We could have jumped in the ocean and we probably would have dried off a little bit haha. We get home and just throw all of our clothes in our little tiny dryer. But, I love it. We taught some awesome lessons this week.

We have a baptism on Saturday, so that is super exciting. He is a 9 year old who just recently started taking the discussions. Then we have 4 really promising investigators with baptismal dates. (all on Oct 4). They are all at different stages, and I can't add a lot to the lessons because of my limited Tagalog, but the spirit is still the same. The people are all so receptive to the message that we have to share. 

One problem that we actually have here is that people are a little bit too nice. We ask to share a message with people and no one will tell us no. We teach then for like 20 minutes and they act like they are interested the whole time. But, then after our lesson, they basically just tell us that they were born catholic and they will die catholic. It is kind of hard to find people that are actually interested. But, we are working on it.

Life here is just always crazy. I wake up every morning to a nice cold, bucket shower. Then I sweat all day as I bike. Then, It rains all evening and I get soaked. But, I love every second of it. I love sharing the restored gospel with the people here. The members here are so faithful and love the missionaries. People here are all very catholic, but once they really feel the spirit, many of them want to change. 

I have been out for 2 months as of tomorrow. I think about you guys all the time and send plenty of prayers your way from the Philippines. 

-Elder Thomas

pictures: The crazy sunsets near the shipwreck

Some of the cute kids that run around while we teach

Elder Christensen