July 11, 2019
I was on a streak of eating some really really good fish, my favorite is fried tilapia, but Sunday night, I was reminded why fish isn't always the best option. After a hard day's work, we went to the branch mission leader's house for dinner. Of course, as always, there was a lot of rice, but the ulam (the food you eat with the rice) was a tiny bit of squid and then this huge bowl of these little dried fishes. I definitely preferred the squid, but there was only enough for us to have one each, and then all that was left was the huge bowl of the dried fishes. Of course, being the only American in the room, everyone wants me to eat the little fishes first, expecting me to throw up or something. So I take one, confirm that I'm supposed to eat it how it is, and then I bite the head off, and with a couple more bites eat it all, bones and all. Everyone's watching me, and I somehow manage to say, "masarap"(delicious) and hide the fact that it's terrible. When they are satisfied that I'm enjoying it, everyone's happy and then they start devouring the fish haha. They keep telling me to eat more and more... I think I ended up eating 20 of those nasty little fishes, haha not the best dinner I've had here...
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| BINYAG |
On a happier note, we had a baptism on Saturday! She's 15 and is the niece of one of the RMs in the branch. Elder Rabanal was the one who baptized her, and he was seriously so worried that he wouldn't be able to get her out of the water haha. Luckily he was able to perform the ordinance correctly, the first time, haha he was so happy! After the ordinance, Elder Rabanal was changing, while I was standing outside the bathroom, when I heard the branch singing "The Spirit of God". I started singing it also, and seriously, the spirit was burning within me like a fire! So awesome! It's experiences like this one that I remember when it's 100+ degrees and we're walking far distances, with little luck finding people, that keeps my heart and thoughts where they should be. I love this work and this gospel with all my heart.
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| President Cauilan and the zone |
I forgot to mention that our pday got changed to Thursday (Wednesday night for those in the states) because we are now officially the Cavite mission. We briefly met with President Cauilan, who is new to being a mission president. I can tell that he is very stressed, but I can also feel that he is called of God to this great work. He is so awesome, and when we spoke, I felt a spirit of confirmation tell me that this is where I'm supposed to be.
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| A typical day in the Philippines |
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