March 21 - 27, 2011

This week was great, the first week of the new transfer. We really worked on finding new investigators and helping the ones we're teaching to progress. One guy we met this week was really cool and friendly, we saw him at his house and asked if we could talk with him, when he found out we weren't Jehovah's witnesses, he was happy to let us in. We talked for a while, mostly about his life and how he has worked in Japan for a few years, then we shared a little bit and gave him the restoration pamphlet. He is totally fine with us goin back to him and sharing some more. We have 10 investigators with a baptismal date, and one of those families actually went to church this last Sunday! Also we have this one less active who we found and have been teaching and he has attended church twice in a row now, with his wife and kid! It was awesome to see him at church both times. A few members also worked with us this week, even the Bishop and his wife. It was great they came to our investigator family, the Kalim-kim family. Where Sister is awesome and reading and wants to be baptised, but brother hasn't opened his heart yet and isn't reading. But with the help of Bishop we got a great lesson and I committed him committed him to read the Book of Mormon at least 2 min every day. We also visited this one awesome less active sister where its hard for her because her husband is devoted catholic. But we shared with her and she also shared something cool with us, when she was young and worked with the missionaries. She told us never to give up and really help and love your investigators, because she has experiences where a person was really hostile the first meeting, but really accepting the next time. It was only because it was a hard time for that person at the moment and problems in the family and stuff. So that's a great lesson I learned from her is to not give up on investigators and really push them and continue with them. Also our dinner appointments are doin good. :) So that was our week, really busy to start off the new transfer. And I have now been in the Philippines for 384 days =) Getting excited for their interesting Easter here, like it was last year. And enjoying the work. Well love you all. Elder Pennock