am very excited for transfers next week. i am hoping for a transfer. i am at the end of my rope with both my companion and elder Lopez (one of the other elders in the house). when i talked to elder Lopez about him taking my stuff without asking, he got mad and started acting rude towards me. it hasn't helped at all, he's only been escalating the situation by his actions, words and attitude. i have had to use a lot of patience and charity and love to keep from making things worse.not only that but elder Reyes is buddies with him and is very contentious. leaving me stuck against two very prideful people. both elders have been rude to me this whole transfer and elder Reyes has been absolutely no help in learning the language or progressing in anything for that matter, we haven't had companionship studies this whole transfer except for the week where we did and all he did was tell me that i suck at the language. i have learned a lot about having patience this transfer, it has been what has kept me from making things worse. i have tried handling it as best as possible but things do not look like they will improve. i think a lot of the problem has to do with cultural differences which have been difficult to work out. it is very difficult living with a Filipino companion.
apparently, there was a big storm the went through the Philippines. it didn't really do much to my area. to be honest, i didn't even use my umbrella that day because it was just really cloudy and nothing else.
for Christmas, we have no plans and no gifts. what happens during a Filipino Christmas is a lot of people use fireworks. like for the past few weeks. there have been fireworks going off everyday here in my area. mostly just noise makers. it is REALLY annoying. also, it's still hot. the weather has been the same everyday for my whole mission. hot and humid with a chance of rain.
i want to transfer because the aforementioned problem with two very prideful people. but also because there is no lock for our front door, nor clean filters for our water. the things i have to deal with...
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