Philippines Legazpi Mission: Elder Feraer

BAGAMANOC | Day 167 to 168 |

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014:
P-Day! Time to upload, save to One Drive, organized, and sent some pictures of these past few weeks. Unfortunately, it can't. It was corrupted again and it might be it cannot be recovered like before. I'm so sick and tired of this. All the excitement and good vibe for this day are gone. Sigh. 😩 I should replace it and bought a new one. I'm a photographer so I should know better. 😔 I'll try to recover all the pictures again next Monday.

My housemates and I like to play Uno. We had an agreement that the loser of the game will wash the dish after we ate dinner. Unfortunately, I'm on a losing streak. I washed the dishes over and over again these past few days. I'm really good at this before. 😫



SEPTEMBER 30, 2014:
The SD Card problem is still stuck in my mind. It's a big deal for me and it's hard for me to wait and try to recover it again. But I must wait 'til Monday to do it all over again. I'm having a hard time right now. I prayed for patience. It helped me, especially during our work.

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BAGAMANOC | Day 166 |

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014:
Happy Sunday! Today was my first time to interview an investigator for baptism. Her name is Roelyn from Sitio Tondo. She's a good kid. She's an investigator of Elder Irabon and Elder Abuel. She answered all the BIQs well and I can see and feel that she's really ready for baptism. She passed all the baptism requirements. She will be baptized next week. Looking forward to it. 😊 We had a great and productive day in missionary work today! We only have a few days to work when we came back from Albay and Virac this week. Thanks also to Elder Irabon and Elder Abuel for helping us. 😀

with Elder Abuel

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BAGAMANOC | Day 165 |

SEPTEMBER 27, 2014:
It's my birthday and it's a busy day. Haha. We did our responsibilities first before I celebrate later in the evening. We had a District Meeting in the morning and my housemates/district mates sung a birthday song to me. 😅 We did tracting in the afternoon, then around 3pm, we went to the meeting house for the missionary fireside. It's a branch activity and we help some youth prospective missionaries and members. After that, we also did Family History work. It was a great experience and it's my first time as a missionary to experience it.

In the evening we invited San Vicente branch members and some of our investigators to attend our birthday celebration. I celebrated my birthday with them. 😀 Today is also Sis. Hermaine's birthday! We're birth mates. Haha. She's like a sister to me. 😊 I am really thankful to the Lopez Family, especially to Sis. Hermie Lopez. Nanay Lopez prepared and made all the delicious food this evening to celebrate my birthday with her daughter Hermaine. I also contribute and share my part for this evening, my parents sent me money to spend for my birthday and I also thanked them for it. 😊 I asked Nanay Lopez days before if she can make food and if I can celebrate in their house for the double celebration of our birthday. Nanay Lopez happily agreed. I'm really grateful for all her efforts. It feels like she's my mother here in the San Vicente branch. 😊 I'm grateful for this day, to the Lopez Family (especially Nanay Hermie and Hermaine), to all the members and investigator who attends, to my companion and housemates, to my parents, and to Heavenly Father for giving me this wonderful chance to serve for other people. It's really a happy birthday for me. 😃

Cooked and prepared by Nanay Hermie Lopez. 😊

with Elder Aguilando

with my co-missionaries/housemates/district mates/friends | E. Irabon, E. Abuel, me, and E. Aguilando

with birth-mate, Hermaine

We're just imitating Hermaine. Haha.

Double celebration of our birthday. 😀

Thank you again Lopez Family! 😊

Time to eat! 😋

with Elder Abuel and Hermaine

with Hermaine and Mary Rose

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BAGAMANOC | Day 163 to 164 |

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014:
We're back in Catanduanes. Long travels are really tiring but all of us Catanduanes leaders had a fun bond together lead by our great ZL, Elder Centeno. Elder Fifita is a funny ZL and he's a gentle giant. Sister Ogden is kind to all of us as always. I also became close to Elder Agbayani during this trip. He's easy to get along with.

Tabaco Port (Boat view)

Travel to Catanduanes via Regina Shipping Lines

It's nice to see my companion again. Haha. But we can't travel back to San Vicente right away. So we'll leave tomorrow morning. In the evening, we had exchanges with the Zone Leaders and I worked with E. Fifita. He's good at teaching and also shows his sincerity. In one of our lessons, we discuss the second coming.


SEPTEMBER 26, 2014:
Finally! We're back at San Vicente after four days! We did our studies and weekly planning session in the afternoon and we proselyted at night.

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BAGAMANOC | Day 161 to 162 |

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014:
Another long travel to Albay. We have missionary leadership training tomorrow for the northern zones. I traveled with E. Centeno (ZL), E. Fifita (ZL), S. Ogden (STL), S. Jovillano (STL), E. Agbayani (Virac DL), and E. Ardon (San Andres DL). My companion is in Bato right now together with E. Peterson and E. Benson. Unlike last time, we stayed in the Daraga/Office Elders apartment instead of Tabaco. We also went to the mission office at night. It's my first time to be in there.

with Elder Centeno

with Elder Ardon

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014:
This was my second MLT, I was present at the very first one and I'm not a leader at that time but my companion was. All the mission leaders in Catanduanes, Legazpi, Tabaco, Guinobatan, and Ligao are all in attendance. It was a good meeting overall. I learned many things about how to become a better leader. It was important for me because I'm just a new District Leader. There's a lot of missionaries around and I only knew a few of them so it's kinda awkward for me to socialize and I'm not really good at interacting with others. I'm still developing my social skills. 😅 There's a lot of great missionary leaders around and I'm listening to their experiences, insights, advice, and stories. 

S. Ogden, S. Jovillano, E. Wilcox, S. Wilcox, S. Gardner, S. Amone

E. Surio, E. Linao, E. Kelley, E. Hernandez, E. Yu, E. Hatch, E. Neville, E. Poulton, E. Tevaga, E. O'Connor

E. Pasadillo, E. Gabriel, E. Davis, E. Cameron, E. Medios, E. Angeles

S. Fabia, E. Centeno, E. Ardon, E. Feraer, E. Agbayani, S. De Guzman

E. Decicio, E. Colimay, E. Alolor, E. Nierves, S. Flake, S. Alabanza

E. Corio, E. Roja, E. Bazar, E. Temeras, E. Fifita, S. Vi, S. Andrada

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BAGAMANOC | Day 159 to 160 |

SEPTEMBER 21, 2014:
Sabbath Day. Many investigators, new, and returning members attend the sacrament meeting. We had a good day in proselyting. The most memorable one is with the Salvador Family. We had new part member investigators from them. They are really interested in the gospel. I hope and pray that they will all progress together. Every Sunday night since I became a D.L. I am doing the call-in summary report and I like doing this stuff. The only challenging part is when I am sending it. It's really hard to find a signal in our area.



SEPTEMBER 22, 2014:
Traveled to Virac again. All the missionary leaders will have a meeting on Wednesday in Legazpi, Albay. We'll leave Catanduanes tomorrow. My companion and I spent our P-Day in Virac today. 

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BAGAMANOC | Day 158 |

SEPTEMBER 20, 2014:
The elders quorum of San Vicente Branch had an activity today and they also invited us. 3/4 of us are celebrating our 9th month today in the mission and all four of us missionaries agreed to attend their priesthood activity this morning. We went to the beautiful island of Purog! 😃 All of my district mates are first-timers. It's my second time to went there and I enjoyed it like before. 😊 It started with spiritual activity, cooking, eating lunch, bond, and walk around the island. Even though we (missionaries) are not allowed to swim, we still enjoy riding a boat, walking through the water, take a splash of the wave while walking, seeing sea creatures, climbing the rocks, and appreciating the art of God. These are some of the perks of being assigned on an island. 😃 It's really hot today and sweating a lot comes with it but it's all worth it. I love being an island missionary! 😀

Elder Irabon

Elder Aguilando

Elder Irabon

Elder Abuel

This is delicious! We ate it raw! 😋

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