Hello family and friends:)
This week has been an awesome one!!! Yesterday we went to church my new companion and I for the first time and there was no investigators and as we were greeting everyone. I saw sister Elisa!!! She has been an investigator for so long and it was her first time to go to church. I was so excited!! After our lesson with her the night before we forgot to invite her but she came. She had a good experience and thats the good part! My companion and I have been finding alot to get some new investigators added to our pool. I will update you about my language haha I think im about normal. Haha I cant talk and understand but there of course some words I dont understand and of course I find those out right way and start using them. Lately I have been focusing more on the people than what we teach them. I learned that if you listen and ask the right questions you can teach to there needs instead of putting some in front of them that doesn't meet there needs but just to teach. My new companion and I are doing really good with that. Today we taught a lesson about the BOM and shared and scripture that pertained to there lives. I like to ask them if you could ask God any question what would you ask them and then finding a scripture from the BOM to show that it really does answer questions of the soul. Today our new investigator wanted to know how Mormon became a prophet so I explained to him how God called him as a prophet. My companion try to really focus on the needs and wants of the investigators and that keeps them more interested until the start gaining a testimony for themselves. This last week since its close to my Birthday members are all asking me to come by there home to eat dinner. So Friday night we have a dinner with a member. We will be eating white spaghetti. I think its just alfredo sauce and noodles. Friday afternoon for lunch we will be eating PIZZA HUT hahaha. Im pretty stoked!! Anyways something that happened that I think is a werid but of course sad story. One night when my old companion and I were going home from one of our investigators we walked past the strip clubs and got on a jeepney and I was sitting there. My companion was talking to someone and I was just sitting there. A man got on the Jeep with two friends and he had blood all over his shirt and pants and no one really noticed but me. I asked them what happened and they said that he was stabbed a few minute earlier. I thought that is crazy. I first I thought he was shot. They were going to the hospital. Something about the area here in Bicutan....is there is a Muslim church. There is this big area where no on ebut muslim live there. we're not really aloud to go in that area cause bad things happen. Everyone tells us to stay away from there so they will capture us. We try to stay out of that area. The other day we found ourselves right next to the building. Another thing...they use this loud mega phone type deal and they do that hummmming type thing. Im not sure what it means but I thought it was kinda cool haha. Thats about all I have for this week haha. Oh my companion caught his ear and a hook on a clothes hanger and it ripped some of the skin off. This was yesetday so we went to SM Mall on a sunday to get im fixed haha I gave him my sweat rag to keep the blood from getting on his shirt haha. Well thats all.... Hope everyone has a great week and a wonderful Thanksgiving as I do here:). Also a Maligayang Pasko (Merry Christmas) and a Happy New Year!!!! Mahal ko kayo!
Elder Cobbley
Elliott, I don't know if you can read these comments or not. But, you sound so good and I can hear the love you feel for your mission in your 'letters'. You are in the right place and doing the right things. Heavenly Father is blessing you and will . . . Love, Gram W.
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