Wednesday, January 22, 2014
wow um, oops..
So I realize I haven't been posting..at all.... I didn't think anyone actually looked on here?? Well, here's Chris' e-mail from last Sunday night, the heading thing was Tri..flipping...Some!
What's up guys? So like I said last week, Elder Parsons is home now, so I'm in a tri-some with 2 trainees. Man, it's hard, but it's fun.
I don't have a lot to say this week, but it was a little weird because half the time we were in our area and half the time we were in Elder Aagard's area way out in the bundok. It was good though, it's nice to visit other areas and such. But our area is good, one of our investigators (Rosario) is way cool. We met him a while ago trying to find a less-active and he's happy to let us teach him. Him and his wife are both active and strong Catholics but they're way cool and we taught about the Book of Mormon and it was way powerful. They're awesome and said that even though they're Catholic that they will read it and pray to know. They also said that if they receive a witness that it's true then they are willing to change religions. I'm stoked for them and hope it will work out! The kids that we're teaching are still doing good. Some of them are super shy and are going to require a little more effort. But the other family of them are awesome and really want to progress. I'm excited for them!
Anyway, sorry I don't have too many funny stories or anything, hopefully the pictures will make up for it. But I love you guys, take care! I hope your week is awesome and something crazy cool happens to each of you. Look for the miracles! Ingat kayo!
Tuesday, October 1, 2013
September 30, 2013
Good old Dingras... So here's how the week went.
Tuesday: So Tuesday was transfer day. We sent Elder Del Rosario all the way off to Santa Ana, Cagayan. It's the furthest area in the mission. Haha! It'll be an adventure for him. Then we met Elder Ramsay's new companion, Elder Antule. He's a good guy, he's pretty fun. Then we headed off to work. We were about to teach our first investigator, then a salesman from a company called "Talking English" came and did a presentation on a product to help kids learn english. So we got punted. Then we picked up our fellowshipper. He's a really awesome guy, but he's really struggling financially and has to use crutches because one of his legs is unusable. But it was amazing to see the sacrifice people make for the Gospel and to see that despite extremely difficult circumstances, we can be happy. The rest of our appointments, we pretty much got punted. Including our back-up plans! So that was kind of rough.(Elder Oberg and Elder Ruga are nerds..)
Elder Oberg wanted me to add on here that if you want to e-mail him personally, his e-mail is christopher.oberg@ldsmail.net
That's all. Have a nice day(:
Thursday, September 26, 2013
September 23, 2013
Magandang hapon kayo!
Man, another week. I don't know what to tell you, the days are blending. I'll be honest, it's hard and time works weird. It goes so slow but fast at the same time. But you just gotta enjoy it, diba?
Anyway, this is pretty much how my week went:
Tuesday: We had companion exchanges, so I worked with Elder Ramsay for the day. It was pretty fun and it was cool to see his area and meet some awesome people. One guy we taught was really cool, but he was super philosophical and was pretty confused, but we had a good time teaching him.
Wednesday: We had zone conference in Laoag. It was pretty awesome and I got to see almost my entire MTC batch, so it was fun to catch up with Elder Finch, Elder Hinton, Sister Brewer, and Sister Keith. Then we taught some of our recent converts and had awesome lessons with them. It's pretty fun, especially when non-members are with us and they get to feel the Spirit with us.
Thursday: So our fellowshipper turned out to be unavailable, so we weren't able to teach the majority of our planned lessons (I guess that's where back-up plans come in handy...). We got punted the majority of the day, but we were able to teach a few lessons and they were pretty fun. Oh, and we got chased by a bunch of kids who wanted hi fives. The kids are hilarious.
Friday: We found out that Elder Del Rosario is being transferred to the Santa Ana area, which is the far end of the mission out in the bukid bukid area! Haha, that's nuts, but it should be fun for him. And we had a lunch appointment and had a good discussion about charity.
Saturday: So the typhoon came in and we weren't able to work all day. It was a signal 2 and signal 3 in some areas, so we didn't have power all day. Basically we studied and cleaned the apartment. But then Elder Ruga and I went out to go buy us chicken for dinner and on the way home, the whole highway was flooded and we were soaked when we got back. Haha, it wasn't fun, but it's funny now. Also, there was a bat in our apartment, but thankfully Elder Ramsay is from Australia so he just used a bag, grabbed it, and threw it outside. Haha, I felt like a little girl because I didn't know what to do about it.
Sunday: After church, we went and taught a couple about baptism, and some kids saw me and so they followed us into the lesson. We ended up teaching the couple, their kids, plus about 18 neighbor kids anywhere from 5-12 years old. That was pretty fun, kind of weird, but awesome.
So in summary, we get punted a lot and do to the weather, and people being "busy," we don't necessarily get to teach as much as we would like. But no worries, it's all good! This week we're going to make some better back-up plans, find, and work harder. It will be good.
Anyway, keep enjoying life with hot water and flushing toilets. Have an awesome week! Mahal ko kayo!
-Elder Oberg
Also, read Alma 36. It's about Alma the Younger telling his story, and it's a great reminder that repentance isn't bad. It's a positive experience and though it's hard, it's always worth it. There are some other insights I got from it as well, check it out!
Monday, September 16, 2013
September 16, 2013
Kumusta!
First of all, I want to apologize for some of my emails last week. It was a pretty rough week, but I'm trying to be more positive. It's hard out here, but I already know that despite the hard times and the homesickness, whenever I look back I only see the good and the fun. I'm trying to focus on seeing that in the present as well. Haha!
Anyway, these are some of the things that happened this week:
Thursday: After district meeting (which was awesome) I had to change the wrist strap on my watch because the leather, mixed with the humidity and my sweat (it's really hot here and we sweat a ton...) it smelt bad. I showed it to a member and she pretty much forgot her name. Haha, sounds gross, but it's true. We thought we wouldn't be able to teach because there was a huge storm and lightning was hitting really close to us, but it calmed down and thankfully we were able to work. We taught some really awesome lessons and on the way back from a less-active's house, Brother Bobby spontaneously invited us to a dinner appointment which was fun.
Friday: We stopped by the house of one of our less-active's (we focus on them a lot.) Anyway, we haven't been able to visit him because he always hides from us, but he finally let us in and we had an awesome discussion. He's a really good guy, he just is shy and has a lot of concerns, but I'm really hoping we can work with him and help him.
Saturday: This was the best day of the week. Tatay Imperial got baptized! It was awesome and he's such an awesome guy. His testimony was so powerful and his wife and one of his sons came! Anyway, then we taught some people in Marcos who are awesome, but it's really sad to see what some of the people here go through.
Sunday: I was really sick and couldn't really walk so unfortunately we weren't able to make it to church. But on the bright side, miracles happened. Part of Tatay Imperial's family came to church to support him for his confirmation! Then, a part member family who is less-active also came, and they want us to come teach them! That was way cool as well.
Anyway, the rest of the week was good and the people here are awesome. They all want me to talk more because I'm kind of quiet, so I'm trying but it's difficult. But this week, I re-found (is that a word?) some scriptures that are way helpful. Mosiah 15:7 talks about how Christ suffered all of those afflictions, and then it says "the will of the Son being swallowed up by the will of the Father." It really shows me that God has His purposes and we need to trust Him, whether or not we see the purpose. Along with that is Mosiah 7:33 and all of Alma 26, especially verses 12 and 37. I really encourage you to study those. They hit me pretty hard.
Anyway, keep me updated, and have a great week! The church is true!
Mahal ko kayo!
-Elder Oberg
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