I now have 4
people that will be at my house. They added another set of Elders to our
area. I am a little bit sad because the area that the other Elders will
take has 3 of our next 4 baptisms. But, the area that I am in has a lot
of progressing investigators, so I am super excited. The work is all
the same regardless of who does it.
One of the funnest things
that we did this week was ride a water buffalo. We found out that one
of the members in our ward had a water buffalo and so we asked if we
could ride it. It was super fun.
We also went to another
members house this week for dinner. We got there and they told us that
if we want to eat, we had to catch one of their ducks. In our white
shirts and ties, we ran around for like 20 minutes trying to catch a
duck. We finally did. And then they told us that we were not really
Filipinos unless we killed it. So, we held it while they killed it. It
was wild. But, it was one of the best meals that I have had here.
This
week, I really thought about the temple a lot. Addie and Caitlin are
going through the temple for the first time which is super exciting. The
youth in our ward are planning a temple trip in a few months. It is
awesome to see how excited they are. They are all working to raise money
so that they can make the 7 hour bus ride down to Manila to the temple.
I always took for granted the fact that I could get to like 5 or 6
temples within an hour drive. It is awesome.
I love the
gospel and the chance that I have to share it here in the Philippines. I
am grateful for all of you and I send lots of prayers your way.
Love Elder Thomas
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