Santa Maria, Meycauayan, and Malanday

This week we worked in Santa Maria, one of the biggest areas in the mission. The ward out there has been having a lot of referrals and wants missionaries (they haven’t had any for around 4 months now). We got to talk to all the people out there that had people they wanted taught by the missionaries. It was a good experience because we got to see what happens to a ward when the missionaries get taken out. They want the work to be done but they don’t have the proper authority to have any convert baptisms. The Church of Jesus Christ is very organized. The standards are never lowered no matter how big the need seems. When we came in, these people were really prepared to listen and to make commitments. We probably won’t be the ones to continue to see these people taught and baptized – but that is alright. We will get to help the zone teach these people and help them get baptized in a timely manner.

     

One thing we have been really focusing on is working as a big team to make sure the most effective work is done. We can’t really do anything if we are only thinking "this is my area and my ward". We have to start thinking "what can we do today for the salvation of those around us?" People get so distracted with their area and forget that they need to do more for those that want to be baptized, no matter where they are. We are gonna start ward hopping a little bit within our zone. So if one ward has more people to teach they get more missionaries.

      

Other than that, not too much happened this week. We have been really trying to get people to understand our purpose as missionaries. We are trying to be even more straightforward with people we teach. We have seen the blessings of this and we are going to have 3 baptisms this week. We are excited to see people that have walked hard paths to get to where they are now.

  

• ·        This transfer, our zone started with 18 people. We now only have 12.
• ·        The whole zone will be rearranged in about 2 weeks.
• ·        I had a sit-down lunch/business meeting with a billionaire
• ·        Someone I taught 4 months ago moved into my area and will be baptized on Saturday
• Every day is a struggle

#blessings

Meycauayan smells really bad.

Might be moving to Malanday soon that is like 30 minutes down the street

Welp that is all we got right now.

Shoutout to all you people I love you

Have a great week

Love

Elder Faulkner