Hi! : )
Thank you for giving the letters to
Bryce and Dillon. : ) I'm glad they enjoyed it. I feel a big part of my mission
has been helping my young men fellowshippers get ready to serve a mission. The
majority of the young men that work with me have made the decision to serve
while I’ve been with them. I know that Dillon and Bryce are still young, but I
know they won't forget this. I may not be their teacher anymore, but I can
still do my part to help those boys get to a mission. I love 'em.
Pertaining to the packages you have
sent me... I have not received any of them yet. If they arrived back on Nov.
15, then they probably took a week to get to the mission home after that. So
they are probably waiting for me there. Truth be told, unless Elder and Sister
Gottfredson or President and Sister Carlos come down here for our baptism on
the 8th, I’ll have to wait to transfer day to get them.
SO, I HAVE BIG NEWS!!!!! :) :) :) :)
:) This is an excerpt from my report to President Carlos this week...
We didn't reach most of
our goals this week, but we had a huge success. Bro. H------ D., Bro.
R------ L., and Bro. R-- B. were all interviewed for baptism and all
passed. R.'s son also passed the interview. All of these are part member
families. The first 3 are fathers. With the baptisms of these good men, all
three of their families will be completed in the church. All of these families
are also starting to set goals to go to the temple to be sealed as well. Bro.
R. has already tried attending our branch temple trip he wants to go so
bad. He was more ready to go than most of the members... Their baptismal
service is on December 8, 2012. Bagabag Chapel @ 2 pm.
Yup! :) We have 4 baptisms on
December 8th! :) I'm really happy that we are baptizing fathers. That has been
my personal focus my whole mission. I’ve always taught the Nanay and children,
but I’ve always searched out the Tatay. Up until now, I feel like I haven't
achieved much baptism-wise. I know that's not everything, I know I have helped
many other people find the truth. But with these 3 Tatay, it’s different. They
were the last hold-outs in their families. They aren't just getting baptized
either. They are being converted. This is opening up the opportunity to their
families to return to Heavenly Father as a complete family. Up until now, that
has only happened with one other baptism in my first area. I'm excited.
2. about coming home 3 weeks
early... President Carlos may very well use me as a swing/filler. I could go
home at any time to be honest. The new mission president will have no say in
when I go home though. My date will be set and flights will be booked all
before the new mission president arrives. That is all done a few months in
advance.
3. The whole thing about transfer
schedules... the transfer schedule is being shifted 3 weeks starting next year.
Most mission president are choosing to extend their missionaries 3 weeks.
President Carlos has chosen to send everyone home 3 weeks earlier, rather than
later.
One last piece of news. Elder Dixon
and Elder Badol moved out of our house this morning at 6am. They found an
amazing new house in Lamut. Before they had to end their work day at 7 pm
because that is when the last jeepney would leave Lamut to come back to
Bagabag. Now they can actually work in their area now! It’s a bitter sweet
thing for me. I'm gunna miss them, but I’m glad that their work will progress
now.
I
found an amazing store in Lamut. It has all the native artisan wood carvings. They have all kinds of statues of native things like
carrabaos and huts and people/warriors, all sorts of dishware like plates,
bowls, serving dishware, "candy bowl" with a sick stand...they have
wall hangings, backpacks and shoulder bags with native decorations/patterns/colors.... They have
a lot of really cool stuff there...
Well, I gotta go.
: *
love you!
-Elder Lundy
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