So this
last week we had some exchanges with the Zone Leaders. If you are not aware, we
sometimes have exchanges which are one-day events where you split with your
companion and work in a different area – usually with a zone leader or a
district leader. We went to the Zone Leaders’ area and we worked with them all
day. I worked with Elder Sacay. We did some pretty good work. He taught me the
importance of 5-minute lessons and consistent finding. The goal was to set
apart a little time for finding in our day. When we focused on finding families
to share a 5-minute lesson with, we found 12 people to add to their teaching
pool – in one day. The goal is to bring that tactic into our area and change
the way we are doing missionary work. The goal with the 5-minute lesson is to
share something with the person that they will be able to relate to; that they
can feel the truthfulness of the message, and be ready for you to expound on it
and fill in the gaps next time you see them.
It
can be hard to find and talk to new people. When you focus on why they need
what you are sharing and how much it can affect them, it is a lot easier to
talk to them and start sharing. It also helps when you share only short
messages because you don’t end up taking a lot of the people's time. I think it
will help us be more confident in finding and sharing. It also helps with the
language to constantly share with people and talk to them about their lives.
Other
than that, nothing much is going on here. Elder Rasmussen is back to normal and
no sicknesses are inhibiting the work. He will probably be moving along here
pretty soon. He has been here almost 6 months. I will probably stay one or two
more transfers before I am sent to somewhere else. We will have to see who
becomes district leader when he moves out of Sapang Palay. We have quite a few
candidates.
Either
way, life continues and not much has changed. We are seeing quite a few more
people coming to church, and a couple people that are progressing towards
baptism! Hopefully we will see these people make changes in their lives, becoming
happier, when they choose to live by a higher law.
I
am starting to realize that as we progress in learning and when we keep
searching for wisdom in this life, we continue to follow God and do things that
make us happy. Often, we need help from other people. That is how God works. Even
if we progress slowly, it is kind of expected. To fix our mistakes and change,
we push our lives in the direction to become what we need to be. The things we
do in this church aren’t to keep us back, they are to help us learn how we
should treat each other; and, through God's direction, learn to be comfortable
in the presence of God himself.
Culture:
Pasukan: All the kids will go back to school in the first two weeks of June. The
schedule is a bit different than American schedules. It makes it interesting. I
haven’t yet been here a full school year – but I have been told most of the
kids don’t make it to school very often. It depends a lot on what life is like
at home.
Tagalesson:
Pasok: The work pasok means "Enter", but when used in a sentence that
we would normally say work or school it can be used to mean "That thing
that you do during the day"
May
pasok ba kayo kanina?: "Did you have work/school earlier?"
May
pasok ba kayo mamaya?: "Do you have work/school later?"
Pasok
is an "um" verb these are usually internal types of verbs, things
that you have to do to stay alive or things that you do without thinking. You
conjugate them as follows.
Pasok:
Root
Pumasok:
Past tense/infinitive: to enter/Entered
Pumapasok:
Present: Entering
Papasok:
future: will enter.
So
if the thing is in the past or the present, we input the letters um into the
root. If it is in present, we add an
extra duplicate of the letter that starts the root.
These
verbs are actor focused, which means the most important thing in the sentence
is the thing doing the action
That
is all for verbs they can be a major headache, it is best to not worry about
them too much.
Anyways
I love you all keep on keeping on. Thanks for all the support.
Elder
Faulkner
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