Please tell the Weeks (our neighbors), I am so sorry and that I send my regards. I hope they are doing okay.
But here in the mission, the work is going pretty great in the Philippines. I am really rushing for time right now, so it'll be probably a short
little email. This week we had 45 lessons which was a great week. It was so
awesome! And we also hit a record for our church attendance. We had 215 people
at church which is flipping incredible. So that was so amazing! The Lord is
really working some great blessings here. We also had 6 investigators at church
which was really great! We should be having another baptism this upcoming 13th
of December and then 2 more on the 19th, or 20th. So thank you for the prayers. It really helps a lot!
Sounds like the family had a great Thanksgiving. People
look so different now wow (we sent lots of pictures). hahaha I don't recognize some of the faces I feel
like. That's kinda weird!! But it was a great Thanksgiving here also!!
No one celebrates that, so we bought some liempo. I have no idea what that is in English, but it's like a roasted pig and they just chop off pieces of it. So that
was basically my thanksgiving here. It was fun!! hahaha But they really do love
christmas here. So there are lots of lights going up. Which is really cool!
So as
for this week, I'm actually in Cabanatuan right now. We came down earlier then
later we are going to Tarlac. We have a big meeting with the mission president. So I'm excited for that. We get to discuss stuff we see in the mission and how to
make it better. So we are going to get fed great! And it's gonna be fun. It's with all
the zone leaders and the sister training leaders, so it will be super fun!! I'm
looking forward to that but we won't get to work till like Wednesday night, so
that will be crazy!!
As for the stuff I love here in the Philippines. The people here are so
awesome. They are so nice and so funny!! They always just welcome you in and
want to entertain you, so they are super nice!!! That would definitely be my
favorite thing. And then also all the rice! I'm always going to eat rice when I get back to America... it's the greatest thing in the world.... I love it so
much. Hahaha So that is my favorite!
The thing I probably don't like very much, is kinda weird, but sometimes
their just too nice. Like even if they don't care anything about the gospel
at all, they want us to come back. So it's kinda annoying for the work. It makes
it hard to find people who are really caring about the gospel. So sometimes just causes us to
waste time. But it's good. So they are great but they really just don't have much
care at all for religion most of the time. So it's kinda annoying. Sometimes they
really say that they don't care what happens to them... it's just like wow ok....
hahaha So that's the bad thing I'd say!!
But don't worry, the week is going great
here. I'll let you know more next week! Sorry we have a lot of reporting to do,
it's the end of the month so it's crazy. But it'll be fun!! Remember I love you
all and I'm so grateful for the gospel!!
Elder Hedman
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