So this week was mainly full of really annoying issues of dealing with a landlord and sister who wants to move in so he is trying to kick us out illegally, being the middle men (my companion and I) for language translation, and finding our new apartment and helping our new landlord with paper work (again being the middle men, so that is my Tagalog now, I can understand and hold small conversation). So work this week also wasn't the best because I was sick all last week, so this week we want to kill it, but we will be moving sometime this week, so we will see.
We did have one really solid day of work this week where we met a TON of new people and some of them are "GOLDEN FAMILIES". Meaning they really accept our message and want us to come back and hear more. There is this one family, Robert and Shella and two little kids, and they are literally my favorite. They are a poorer family but so humble and we are hoping to baptism them in January.
We were also able to extend some baptism dates in January to some others we are working with, so it is possible to have a TON next month. I am excited!!!
So these last few weeks have been a little rough and I wanted to share a little story because it sounds like some of you at home are struggling too. This is kind of paraphrased, in my own words.
"There was this woman who had some sort of sickness in her stomach and it caused internally bleeding. The doctors told her there is a procedure to help but has a 99% chance she would die. But with out it, there was also a 99% chance she would die. So she said 'Lets do it'. Long story short, she lived. She went on the rest of her life knowing there is a God who is there to help her. She had the hope, the faith, the want to be that one percent that survived. And she got it. Hold on to that one percent. Find something in any situation to be your own percent or find that one percent that always makes you happy.
I have my one percent who always helps me, in any situation, no matter how far. Find that one percent to hold on to.
I love you all!
Elder Dunyon
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