So this week was pretty wild, President Lacanienta called me to be a Zone Leader up in Iba! I got here on Wednesday and it has been a great area so far! My companion is Elder Saguire from Bacolod, he is awesome!
We taught some awesome people this last week. There is a family we are teaching named the Enriquez family. They have such a strong testimony of the gospel and the Book of Mormon. We taught them about Temples and eternal marriage, after the lesson Brother Enriquez told us how excited he was to be able to be sealed to his family someday. I told him how amazing it feels to go to the temple and just sit in silence secluded from the outside world. I told him that we get a little glimpse of heaven when we go through the temple. They are a great family, and progressing speedily.
We had a dinner appointment last night at the Eauchare's house. They are such a sweet family. They have the cutest kids as well! They have a son on a mission, so there's a lot to talk about. We had a good time at their house.
There is an awesome scripture that I read this week that kind of gave me an extra boost to find more investigators. 2 Nephi 26:23-24
For behold, my beloved brethren, I say unto you that the Lord God worketh not in darkness.
He doeth not anything save it be for the benefit of the world; for he loveth the world, even that he layeth down his own life that he may draw all men unto him. Wherefore, he commandeth none that they shall not partake of his salvation.
These verses are beautiful to me! Our Savior invites all of us to partake of his salvation. This is what I love about missionary work, helping people figure out how to partake of His salvation. I love being an instrument in my Heavenly Father's hand.
I love being a missionary! Thank you for all the support that you have given me while I've been out here! I hope you all have a good week!
Sunday, August 20, 2017
Tuesday, August 15, 2017
Brother Obaldo came to church!
Well another great week has come and gone in San Narciso. It was especially great because Hendrix got baptized! He is so awesome, and has such a strong testimony. He was so excited to be baptized! He is going to make a huge impact on his family because of his great example. We confirmed him a member of the church yesterday, and he will receive the Aaronic Priesthood next week! Also the branch is having a temple trip on August 31, and we can't wait for Hendrix to experience the blessings of the temple.
We had an interesting visit with Nanay Lolita last week. We went to her house and she was sleeping on the floor, with about 3 backpacks full of clothes around her. She was listening to her radio next to her, blasting her loud old Filipino love songs so I walked in and turned off her radio, and apparently I surprised her a little too much and she flinched and hit me in the face. Well, she had some news for us. She said she was going back home to her province in Laguna, so we were pretty sad. She said "If you see me on Sunday, it means I'm still here. But I am going home." I was pretty sure there was no possible way Nanay could afford to pay to go to Laguna, so I wasn't too worried, I almost offered to help her pack! :) Anyways, she got kind of distracted and taught me how to sew. I'm not sure if she is colorblind or what but she sewed a red stitch into my white shirt sleeve. (I'll send pics next week). It was pretty funny. I saw a box of matches on her table and asked her what she had been using her matches for (just making sure she isn't having any Word of Wisdom problems still). Anyways, after I asked her what she had been using her matches for, she picked one up out of the box and started using it like a Q-tip in my ear! I don't know if she's trying to make like homemade candles or what. It was a pretty interesting visit, well we got to church Sunday morning and we didn't see Nanay Lolita waiting for us. I was pretty sad, but then 15 minutes into sacrament meeting I saw her make her way over to us in the chapel. It doesn't look like she's going anywhere for a while which is alright with me!
Do you remember me telling you about the Obaldo family? We found them a few weeks ago. We had an awesome lesson with brother Obaldo on Saturday, unfortunately his wife works pretty far away and has an interesting work schedule so it's hard to teach her and brother Obaldo at the same time. But we taught Brother Obaldo, and then invited him to church again at the end of the lesson. He said "Don't worry Elders, I'll be at church." He came the next day with his two daughters! He had a great time at sacrament meeting, he kept commenting on how beautiful the hymns were and how pretty the church is. He felt the Spirit, and I hope he will continue to go so that he can feel that same joy every week.
I hope you all have a great week! I am thankful for all your love and support.
Elder Furniss
We had an interesting visit with Nanay Lolita last week. We went to her house and she was sleeping on the floor, with about 3 backpacks full of clothes around her. She was listening to her radio next to her, blasting her loud old Filipino love songs so I walked in and turned off her radio, and apparently I surprised her a little too much and she flinched and hit me in the face. Well, she had some news for us. She said she was going back home to her province in Laguna, so we were pretty sad. She said "If you see me on Sunday, it means I'm still here. But I am going home." I was pretty sure there was no possible way Nanay could afford to pay to go to Laguna, so I wasn't too worried, I almost offered to help her pack! :) Anyways, she got kind of distracted and taught me how to sew. I'm not sure if she is colorblind or what but she sewed a red stitch into my white shirt sleeve. (I'll send pics next week). It was pretty funny. I saw a box of matches on her table and asked her what she had been using her matches for (just making sure she isn't having any Word of Wisdom problems still). Anyways, after I asked her what she had been using her matches for, she picked one up out of the box and started using it like a Q-tip in my ear! I don't know if she's trying to make like homemade candles or what. It was a pretty interesting visit, well we got to church Sunday morning and we didn't see Nanay Lolita waiting for us. I was pretty sad, but then 15 minutes into sacrament meeting I saw her make her way over to us in the chapel. It doesn't look like she's going anywhere for a while which is alright with me!
Do you remember me telling you about the Obaldo family? We found them a few weeks ago. We had an awesome lesson with brother Obaldo on Saturday, unfortunately his wife works pretty far away and has an interesting work schedule so it's hard to teach her and brother Obaldo at the same time. But we taught Brother Obaldo, and then invited him to church again at the end of the lesson. He said "Don't worry Elders, I'll be at church." He came the next day with his two daughters! He had a great time at sacrament meeting, he kept commenting on how beautiful the hymns were and how pretty the church is. He felt the Spirit, and I hope he will continue to go so that he can feel that same joy every week.
I hope you all have a great week! I am thankful for all your love and support.
Elder Furniss
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| Me and our Assistant to the President who is going home on Wednesday |
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| Our newest convert Winnie the Pooh |
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| FHE at our friend Sheila's house |
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| Zone sports fest |
Monday, August 7, 2017
Hendrix is getting baptized!!!
Hello mga kaibigan!
We had another great week here in "The 'ciso" as we like to call it. We had Zone Conference this week, which our Zone Leaders gave an excellent workshop on. We learned about the 12 tribes of Israel and the importance on gathering scattered Israel. It was a good day, with many great things learned!
We taught the Obaldo family about the Book of Mormon, we also invited their two relatives who live with them to listen as well. It was great! They had a lot of questions, which was nice! The Obaldo family have a great spirit about them, it feels different walking into their home.
We shared with Wilfredo and were able to resolve a concern that he had about if he would still be able to go to funerals at the Catholic church once he is baptized. He wasn't able to go to church again yesterday so that was too bad. He's been getting sick a lot lately so I hope he will get better and be able to come to church again. He's still reading the Book of Mormon everyday!
We visited with Carolina again and taught her about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how He could help her overcome her addiction to cigarettes. We shared Jacob 4:7 with her, and I think it made an impact. She wasn't able to come to church either yesterday. Hopefully next week.
We shared with Nick, one of our long-time investigators. We've been sharing with him for probably the last 5 months. He always has a lot of great questions. We talked a little bit about baptisms for the dead, which was interesting. The thing with Nick is that he refuses to do the things we ask him to do in order for him to progress. We'll invite him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and he'll just say "yeah you say that every time you come here." I just told him "Well, we'll stop asking if you'll just do it." It's just kind of awkward and hard to break the ice with him. He wants to know and learn more but, he won't do the things we ask him in order for him to learn and know more. I'm not going to give up on him though. I'm just trying to listen to the Spirit so I can know what to share with him to get him going.
HENDRIX IS FINALLY GETTING BAPTIZED!!! After being in the 'Ciso for 6 months, we have finally prepared my boy Hendrix for baptism. I was stressing hard core about 5 minutes before Sacrament meeting started, but lo and behold he showed up. We had Gospel Principles class with him and he was just firing off answers to the questions he was asked. His girlfriend's grandpa is in our branch so he has a fellow shipper.
So unexpectedly, President and Sister Lacanienta walked into our sacrament meeting yesterday. I bore my testimony and said "well it's been good here in San Narciso, this could be my last fast Sunday here though, cause I have a feeling I'm getting transferred." I talked a little about branch missionary work as well. Anyways, after sacrament President Lacanienta came up to me and said "So, Elder Furniss, where are you getting transferred??" hahaha
Well I hope y'all have a good week! Have fun and be safe during grain harvest! Also, have a great last couple weeks of summer vacation! Love ya!
-Elder Furniss
We went to a funeral this week for one of the sister's mom who died this week. (I can't English anymore)
We had another great week here in "The 'ciso" as we like to call it. We had Zone Conference this week, which our Zone Leaders gave an excellent workshop on. We learned about the 12 tribes of Israel and the importance on gathering scattered Israel. It was a good day, with many great things learned!
We taught the Obaldo family about the Book of Mormon, we also invited their two relatives who live with them to listen as well. It was great! They had a lot of questions, which was nice! The Obaldo family have a great spirit about them, it feels different walking into their home.
We shared with Wilfredo and were able to resolve a concern that he had about if he would still be able to go to funerals at the Catholic church once he is baptized. He wasn't able to go to church again yesterday so that was too bad. He's been getting sick a lot lately so I hope he will get better and be able to come to church again. He's still reading the Book of Mormon everyday!
We visited with Carolina again and taught her about the Atonement of Jesus Christ and how He could help her overcome her addiction to cigarettes. We shared Jacob 4:7 with her, and I think it made an impact. She wasn't able to come to church either yesterday. Hopefully next week.
We shared with Nick, one of our long-time investigators. We've been sharing with him for probably the last 5 months. He always has a lot of great questions. We talked a little bit about baptisms for the dead, which was interesting. The thing with Nick is that he refuses to do the things we ask him to do in order for him to progress. We'll invite him to read and pray about the Book of Mormon and he'll just say "yeah you say that every time you come here." I just told him "Well, we'll stop asking if you'll just do it." It's just kind of awkward and hard to break the ice with him. He wants to know and learn more but, he won't do the things we ask him in order for him to learn and know more. I'm not going to give up on him though. I'm just trying to listen to the Spirit so I can know what to share with him to get him going.
HENDRIX IS FINALLY GETTING BAPTIZED!!! After being in the 'Ciso for 6 months, we have finally prepared my boy Hendrix for baptism. I was stressing hard core about 5 minutes before Sacrament meeting started, but lo and behold he showed up. We had Gospel Principles class with him and he was just firing off answers to the questions he was asked. His girlfriend's grandpa is in our branch so he has a fellow shipper.
So unexpectedly, President and Sister Lacanienta walked into our sacrament meeting yesterday. I bore my testimony and said "well it's been good here in San Narciso, this could be my last fast Sunday here though, cause I have a feeling I'm getting transferred." I talked a little about branch missionary work as well. Anyways, after sacrament President Lacanienta came up to me and said "So, Elder Furniss, where are you getting transferred??" hahaha
Well I hope y'all have a good week! Have fun and be safe during grain harvest! Also, have a great last couple weeks of summer vacation! Love ya!
-Elder Furniss
We went to a funeral this week for one of the sister's mom who died this week. (I can't English anymore)
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