Mum and Whanau,
Thanks for the emails and pictures. It is so awesome to see all your smiling faces. This week has been good - very busy but awesome.
We've finally settled on how to split our area which also means we had to split the area books and we are left with the goal of finding more people to teach. Last transfer we mostly worked in the main areas of Tadang Sora and we weren't able to work in those areas further out, but this week we have been focusing on finding more people to teach because our numbers decreased due to the split. We were introduced to a lot more members in our new area and it really helps with the work.
So, on Tuesday we wanted to go out to find more people so Elder Ofa and I split so he could help the other Elders in their new area. We walked everywhere and found 5 new families that we didn't know. We had some great visits with them and that night we went to a dinner appointment at the Arias family home and they are cool.
On Wednesday I went to the dentist and he drilled and drilled and drilled into my tooth and finally concluded that the cavity was too big and that I needed an X-ray to show what he could do. He ended up putting in a temporary filling and then worked on fixing my other tooth and then I was on my way. We went and visited some of our investigators in NIA village. We have this one young man, named Kenneth, who is 18 and his aunty and family are all members but he has been investigating the church for about a year now and we are planning to give him a baptismal date next month. He's the man! We went and visited some other less active families and they all came to church. Woohoo. We had dinner at the Relief Society President's house. It was a mean feed and after we waddled home with a full tiyan.
On Thursday we had District leader training meeting where the focus was keeping our area books up to date. With the amount of people we teach and visit it can sometimes be hard to keep on top of all the records but we manage. We went back to the zone leaders apartment and my companion was sick as a dog and he had a fever and so did the zone leader's companion. So, I went out and worked with the Zone leader in his area "Bago Bantay" which meant I got to visit some of the people I used to teach and was able to help the Zone leader as well. It was cool. After that we went to dinner at one of our Bishopric members home and it was good. We had pork sinigang. Sarap.
On Friday my companion was still dazed so I just let him sleep. I text Sister DeLaMare and she said he needed to rest so thats what he did. I studied while he slept, but by about 5:00 p.m. he seemed a little perkier so he got up, got dressed and ready to go out for dinner at Bishop's. While we were at Bishop's we gave a report on the areas and then had Beef sinigang with calamari rings and for dessert we had crepes with chocolate ice-cream. Mmmm... again we waddled home. Hehe!
On Saturday my companion still wasn't 100% but he wanted to go out and work so we went out. We did more finding and found another 3 less active families. Awesome!. One was this little old lady who has been battling with cancer for about 10 months and she's 73 years of age and she says its her time. Her illness is the only thing that stops her from coming to church. She's awesome. We met this one member family and when we arrived at their house the dad was passed out on the floor. The family said he has trouble sleeping so he drinks until he drops. Definitely some work to be done there. Nice family though. On Saturday we didn't have a dinner appointment set but we texted this one member and she invited us over to eat with her family. Her husband use to be the Mission President of the Butuan Mission in Mindanao about 2 years ago. Awesome feed. We had pork sinigang again. Cool aye.
Sunday came and we went to church and the topic of one of our lessons was on Faith and I was reminded during the lesson that everything we do is centered on our faith. I remember Elder Bednar saying that, "True faith is centered in and on Jesus Christ and always leads to righteous actions." Totoo 'yun. Everything that we do as members of the church is because of our faith in Jesus Christ. It is one of my favourite topics to teach in lesson 3 and amazes me every time I study it.
I've been reading the book, "Our Search for Happiness" this week and it clicked why it's and approved missionary book. It's because it explains all of our lessons simply and with doctrine to support it. I'm almost finished reading it.
Mate, that's my week. Oh, and we had temple day today so that's why I'm emailing you today and not yesterday. Sorry!
Danii, your kids are so beautiful. I can't wait to give them big hugs and kisses when I get home. Number 3 on it's way. Rawiri. Can't wait.
I love reading the sisters emails and learning about the difference between their missions and mine. They are awesome and I can't believe that Jenna is so close to going home. Its gone so fast and even Elder Stephan Huysmans is coming home. I remember his farewell. The time has gone so, so, quick, its crazy. Man, I love you all so much - mum you're the bomb, dad happy fathers day and Danii I love you and Joe you're the man.
Take care. I love you all so much.
Elder Chadderton
P.s. Thanks for the funds Dad. I may need to withdraw some money because I'm a bit broke and I should be getting my package next week. Cool beans.
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