So, about a million things happened. I don’t have nearly the time
that I need in order to explain it all.
1. One of our zone leaders got surprise transferred away.
2. Bromley and I are replacing him.
3. We are now in a trio
4. We now work in 2 full areas.
5. I am the replacement Zone leader with Elder Ewing
6. We have no idea what the schedule is for work.
7. We have a lot of meetings
8. Christmas is fast approaching and I will get to call my family,
the plan is to do that on the 26th here in the morning (THAT IS THE NIGHT OF
CHRISTMAS FOR YOU ALL)
9. Should have 2 baptisms in 2 weeks
10. I will move to Meycauayan for sure and not move back to Bocaue –
starting on January 10.
11. As of right now, our work covers Bocaue and Meycauayan.
I want to share an experience that I had. Many
years ago, I had a dream where I was walking down a street. The appearance of
the street has stayed with me all this time, although I have since long
forgotten what exactly happened in the dream. When I arrived in Bocaue, I found
that street. We passed it 2 times a week (it is very far from the church) and I
didn’t say anything to Elder Torres or Elder Eccles, but when Elder Bromley
arrived I told him about this dream. This last week, we went down that street
and found a barangay that we didn’t know existed. Not very far into this
barangay, someone called us over. She had just moved in, about a month ago, and
she had been wanting the missionaries to come by. She told us about how her
husband really wanted to be baptized and he would be able to be taught in the
coming weeks. She was extremely grateful and we set a return appointment. She
says her husband is extremely ready and has a great desire to be baptized. Her
name is Sarah, and she was about to go to the Christmas party, and agreed to go
to church in Bocaue in the coming weeks with her husband. This is one of the
most interesting experiences in my mission thus far. All because I had a dream.
Culture: Aswang and Mumo. There are two kinds of Ghosts in the
Philippines. The nice friendly kind (kind of like Casper) is called a “Mumo”.
This is like the kid word for ghost.
The real scary kind is called an "Aswang" – not to be
confused with "Asawa".
This kind of ghost is like the vampire or demon
type ghost. People are sometimes afraid of the word "aswang"
Tagalesson: An update on the book I am writing. My
mission president wants it to be published and distributed to the missionaries
in our mission. It might be within the next few months. We have a lot to do for
this book. Chances are you can all learn from this book, sana.
This is my first Emergency transfer, and it will
be a very weird next few weeks. But we got this.
I love you all sorry if I didn’t get back to all
of you in personal emails. Next week naman.
Love
Elder Faulkner
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