This area is full of interesting surprises!

This area is full of interesting surprises! But these surprises are starting to become normal, so we kind of expect it all now anyways. What I mean is we meet a lot of people, and on the first lesson they are SUPER interested and such, but then we come back for our second appointment and BOOM they hide from us. Why? Well we learned yesterday from one of our investigators that if her pastor finds out that she's listening to the "Mormons" then they get punished at church. What kind of punishment are we talking about? I have no idea, but it sounds pretty warped to me... Sounds like they are really capping off the ability that people have to think and reason for themselves.

So yep, that's this area! But we are still trying to find as much as possible and work with the members a ton. We are working out this new thing where we get the members involved on the third lesson with our investigators so they can invite them over to their home for dinner and stuff. You know, just so they have a friend right away in the church.

The Monilla siblings are still progressing well, and Lannie is tons ready for her baptism on May 5, and Francis is excited for his baptism on May 19. We keep trying to introduce them to the members, but they are just SO shy, and it makes it difficult for them to make friends. But we have trust that as they get used to being around the members, they will eventually open up to them.

We are also teaching the Magdaong family, and they are VERY receptive and are going to church and have baptismal dates for May 19. Our only problem with them is that they aren't married, so we have a lot of work to do to get them married before that date. But everything is possible!

Honestly, that's about it for the update this week. I can't give much of an update on our other investigators because they come and go so easily haha. But I have a ton of pictures! Love ya'll!

Picture 1: Laundry circle

Picture 2: Before they fix the economy here, they gotta teach em how to use the potty first

Picture 3: On our way to a service project

Picture 4-6: Pictures from the service project. We donated a bunch of wheelchairs to a hospital nearby

Picture 7-8: I found the secret to sexy

Picture 9: I got super good at holding a wheelie on a wheelchair. We took a bunch of videos and I was able to go around the cultural hall a couple times without breaking the wheelie

Picture 10: Epic wheelchair wheelies don't come without a cost

Picture 11: Dinner with the Monilla Siblings and the Galang Family (members)