Update on the Romero and Tilanas Families

October 17, 2011

So, our week was same old, same old. Every week just feels the same after you've been doing it for nearly two years. But it was a good week and for your sakes I'll find something significant to share.


Well, it rained, it rained a lot. So the new shoes were greatly needed. They got here on Friday, the package with all the candy came on Wednesday. We also had a baptism this week. Donamae Caparon. It was a great baptism. Her husband was the one to baptize her and their daughter that had been blessed as a baby. It was really sweet to watch. Even though we have had two other baptisms since I transferred to Alijis, this one really felt different because I acctually felt like I did something for this one. The last two, they were already converted, they had even already been interviewed. So, I just planned the program. But we have been teaching Donamae for a while and it was awesome to see her finally get baptized.

I also got some good news just earlier. We saw some other missionaries at SM, one had just transferred out of Cadiz and was happy to update me. If you remember the Romero Family, we baptized the father and one of the daughters, well, the good news was that since I had been gone the mother and the other daughter were baptized! I was way happy to hear that. In fact, I had sent them a letter last week.

I don't know if i mentioned it, but the Tuesday after my birthday I got letters from the Tilanas Family. They were all birthday cards with their own little messages. It was way awesome, so I wrote back to them also. Michael texted me when they got them. He texts me sometimes, but I don't respond. It's not allowed.

This week we have a wedding and a baptism. That is way exciting. also Zone Conference is in the coming weeks. We will be combining with the La Carlota Zone and meet down in La Carlota. It will be nice to go back, even if it is just to the chapel.

Ah, the computers next to us don't have head phones, and the users are playing sensless annoying music. I put on my headphones just to try and block them out, but it has little effect... They have poor taste in music...

This week should be pretty good. We will be putting heavy focus in finding, because we are baptizing.

We stopped at an investigators house this week and we saw a scene from a movie that Mom might like. It's from India so it might be a challenge to get it, and it wasn't in English, but had subtitles. It's called Every Child is Special. It's about this boy who has dyslexia. We only saw a scene, so I want to see the whole thing when I get home.

Elder Phelps