Jan 24-31, 2011

Kamusta kayong lahat?! Well it was the last week of January. On Monday we kind of wasted our p-day. We were supposed to have an activity with the Bolinao elders in Balinao, go go-kart racing or to the beach, but it didn't work out. Then when we were going to return to our area in Bani we got on a bus that only went to Tiep, which is pretty much the half way mark. We waited there from 5:30 to like 7:20pm. Then we finally got a ride with a tricycle driver going to Bani. Both me and my comp were pretty annoyed but were still smilin and laughin about the situation and the great "luck" we had. We really were looking forward to an activity, ah well.
Also you know how they always say dogs hate missionaries, well it's true. It's really terrible here cuz almost everywhere there's dogs, they are like the security system here. Both me and my comp nearly got bitten. The one time I almost got bitten, I thought the dog was chained up, cuz usually the real crazy ones are chained up for the safety of passerbyers. But this one wasn't. If it wasn't for my comp swinging his umbrella at it I would probably now have rabies. So thank you to my beloved companion.
The work here is still doin pretty good. This week we started to teach 3 kids who have passed 8 years of age and are part of less-active families. Its interesting teaching kids but really cool and fun as well. Especially since they are coming to church and this one kid and his brother are asking a lot of questions. So these 3 kids, 1 boy and 2 girls, are the only ones really close to being baptized here in Bani but hopefully it will get their families more active again.
Right now I thought I would like to tell you about the location of our house, the house of the mormon missionaries in Bani. It's in the main town, a street away from the main highway, but that's not the funny part. It's that 2 houses down from us there is a Seventh Day Adventist church, and across from us is the house of the catholic madres (nuns). So we have gotten to know them pretty well. They are really nice, one of the nuns is from Taiwan, and she speaks better English than tagalog. And this last week we just found out that the house that is being built next to ours is going to be their new house. So when they move in there, on our street, it will be the mormon missionaries, then the catholic nuns and then on house down the Seventh Day Adventist church. =)
On Friday the Mission President came up for interviews, we had a workshop about asking questions in lessons for understanding then we had cooking demo. Also I finally got mail, all the Christmas packages and cards. Thank you so much to all of you for that. It felt like my Christmas finally came, even though it was late. :)
Well, siguro hanggang dito lang yung sulat ko ngayon. Love you all. Elder Pennock