HELLO!
So,
I might as well start with the biggest news. Yes, I did get transferred,
and my new area is.... drum roll please.... . ... .. ... Tiolas!!!
Whoo!! So, we have a branch with 4 missionaries. The Branch is called
Tiolas, but the area is really San Joaquin. I guess when the church first
started here, it started in a little barangay called Tiolas, but when they got
a building, it was in San Joaquin. Anyways, I guess it's been a branch
for about 20 years now but averages about 40-50 attendance every week.
The missionary work is really struggling right now here, so all that means is
we've got a lot of work to do. I was super excited to transfer this week,
but I had no idea where. In transfer meeting, my name got read off in
Tiolas, and I had no idea where that was because I had never really heard of
it, I think mostly because the missionary work here is so slow. My
companion is Elder Gomez. I had met him before once, briefly. I
actually thought he was from America or something because he is so good at
English. He even has an American accent, but apparently he's from Manila.
They just spoke English in their house back home. He's a funny guy
though. When we first got to the apartment he sat down and interviewed me
about my philosophies on obedience. I think that he was just so sick of
having disobedient companions or something, but we've started out great.
He's a great guy and really wants to work hard and do things the right way.
The
day before I transferred though, I got sick with something. I don't
really now what's wrong with me, I think I have the flu or something, but that
was just terrible timing, because I was all ready to get my new area and I was
preparing myself to give a great first impression to my companion and to the branch,
and then I got sick, but I've been able to work through it. It just
hasn't been very fun haha. I'm feeling a little bit better today though.
Elder
Gomez was telling me about how in our area, in the closer areas, it's almost
impossible to tract. So, I said ok, let's try it out, and wow, he was so
right. I don't know what has happened or if the people have been put off
by the missionaries or something but wow, they do not want to talk to us
haha. I thought New Washington was bad haha. Our area is really big
so we can go tracting out in further areas where the people don't know the
missionaries in the meantime, while we are really trying our best to help this
branch become more missionary oriented.
Oh
and as far as the language goes here, it's a dialect of Karay-a but almost
everybody speaks Ilonggo as well. But most people will speak Karay-a, but
the thing is. I just realized this week that I really have forgot
everything in Karay-a, so it's like starting from zero again, but it's ok. I can
understand everyone fine and if all else fails, I can speak Tagalog, the
universal language.
Sorry
about the pictures last week too, the computer wasn't working. I'll try
and send some today.
The
weather here is still blazing hot but it rains at least once a day, but not all
day. We still haven't got any major typhoons either.
That's all I got for today. I'll try and send some pictures
Love you all!
Elder
Robertson
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| A massive bread fruit! |
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| Bamboo Soup |
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| The bathroom in his new apartment in Tiolas. |
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| Tiolas |
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