Alriiiight! =D
What's up ya'll I'm just kickin it in the most province area of the mission that isn't in Narra or Coron. . .Ternate, Cavite! It's cool! I'm lovin it like hard core! It's been a crazy awesome week! So my parents finallyyy have some questions for me.. haha
So what's the new area like?
So the new area is Ternate, Cavite! It's pretty legit! It's kinda like Effingham . . . except its in the Philippines, it has palm trees instead of regular trees, rice fields instead of corn fields, doesn't have McDonalds, or Wendys, or Arbys, or Steak and Shake, or B-Dubs or . . . okay maybe its kinda a stretch to compare it to Effingham but yeah. . . hahaha
Size?
Huge! It's awesome! Cuz my last area was tiny..haha Yeah..its pretty big. I don't know how big cuz idk the literal size of it or anything but its pretty huge.
Location?
It's the very end of our mission kinda close to the San Pablo mission I'm pretty sure. We're right there on the coast too next to the ocean I think... Basta there's a huge body of water right next to us so I'm thinkin thats the ocean..haha
Members at church?
Yeah. . . about that.. It was kinda like Coron! haha It was pouringgg on Sunday, and its like pulling teeth to try and get people to go to church in the rain.. So yeah my first Sunday here we didn't have very many people there. They said usually in that weather its like 40 people at church but we didn't even have that I dont think. But the Branch seems cool. Its kinda like a bigger Coron cuz its still pretty small and really lacking in priesthood but full of children...haha Well I can't really judge yet but thats what I've been told.
Scenery?
It's super maganda! It's been raining allllllll week but its soooo green and theres lots of mountains around and rice fields and the ocean is pretty close. Check the pics!
New companion?
The new comp is Elder Handy! He's pretty legit. He's 6'7" so yeah. . . he gets a lot of attention in a country where even I'm considered tall...haha He's from SLC, so tell Jackson, oops..Elder Alvey! to hit up his family.. So yeah.. we're rockin it here in Ternate. It's fun!
Investigators?
Investigators are good! Here in Ternate we found out yesterday that we have 440 members on our CMIS.. and um like 40 came to church.. #Problem. So we actually got to sit down with the Branch President and him and one of his counselors went through our entire CMIS and marked those that were Less-Active and those that had moved away. So we found out that theres a bunch that had moved away on the roles and also a fair amount that had died already that were on the roles..haha So this whole week we focused mostly on LAs and managed to teach a ton of Less-Active lessons.
Back to getting stuff late? Did you ever get the envelope with the Conference Ensign?
Yep. =( haha But the Dietrich's went and visited the Paddocks (the Paddocks are the Senior Couple over my zone the Naic Zone) on Saturday and they brought me that package you sent. THANKS! And they also brought us a ton of goodies like DiGorneo Pizzas, Oreas, Chips, soda, candy....yeah. . .they heart me! hahaha oh and yeah I did get that! Thanks for that too!
Dad said Darsh, Dusty, and Nicole are planning on coming by Thurs evening to visit, any messages for them?
Nice! Umm.. I've heard from Dusty every now and then. Darsh I haven't heard from for forever and its been a while too that I've heard from Nicole.. but that could be because I haven't written her back maybe since her last letter..and probably the same thing for Darsh.. #Oops.
How much longer is the rainy season?
Umm...I'm not sure it ever ends.. haha We're in Typhoon Gener now. The storm last night was crazy! Super high winds, lots and lots of rain, no electricity, and it was just a par-tay let me tell you! haha Did you know that in the Philippines, when they name their storms they start with A and then go B, C, D, etc. #FunFact Is that what they do in the states? Last weeks storm (while I was still in Mandaluyong was Fergie...haha)
So yeah... this week was awesome! I got a call from President Stucki last Saturday afternoon and he was like I know its early but do you think that Elder Grob could handle fully taking over the finances even though it was a couple weeks early. Of course, I assured him of the proficiency of my more than capable prodigy known as Elder Grob..haha He thanked me for the info and said he'd call me again later that day. So later, he called and said that he had been praying and pondering and going up and down the mission roster and he feels that I am the one needed to go to Ternate and become companions with Elder Handy. It was a really great conversation, and I was definitely more than a little surprised because I would be leaving on Monday, two days later.. haha So I was pretty pumped but like determined to rock, what seemed to me to be a special assignment coming from the Lord. Elder Grob on the other hand was more than a little stressed... haha
So Monday we got to Ternate and finished up the preparation day and got immediately to work! It's been such an awesome week of work. I've just barely met all these people but I already love them. I'm so pumped to be working here. I've actually heard kinda a lot about the area because Elder Pugmire, Elder Spencer, and Elder Wong were all assigned here and a few other missionaries that I know but haven't mentioned before in my emails.
I'm definitely lovin my district too! haha Elder Osumo is my DL again so I'm more than pumped to get to be with him again. And Sister Afu from the MTC is in my district too!!! Get pumped!
We had one pretty cool experience this week in our companionship. It was like a huge miracle but it was a small miracle nonetheless. We were planning in our companionship for the lessons we were going to teach that day and we couldn't figure out what to teach the Enriquez family. So we stopped and said a prayer. Then Elder Handy suggested a scripture that we could share and finally we had a scripture that just felt right with the lesson we were preparing. So later that evening we arrived at their house. We shared our lesson that we had prepared and when we shared that scripture it really touched their hearts and they really opened up to us and we were able to discuss some things that were really concerned them. And even since then, they've been more open with us and it's all because the Lord blessed us to know what it was that we needed to share at that time to that family. =D
So yeah. I guess thats enough for this week. A lot of info and at least one pretty cool experience! Hope all is still well with you all! Oh yeah! I got a letter too from the YW in our branch! THANKS! I appreciate it! #MailRocks haha Ingat po kayo!
Love
Elder Michael Gadberry
Pictures
My Exodus of the Office
Ternate!
My Super-Tall Weirdy of a Companion..haha jk he's awesome
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