We had kind of a rough week this week. What everyone told me about this area is turning out to be kinda true. The work here is pretty rough, but Elder Petero and I are determined to turn that around! We had a meeting with the Branch President and his Clerk yesterday to discuss ideas for getting the work moving here. We settled on doing an activity with all of the auxilliary leaders in the branch to work on getting them motivated to work with the missionaries. We are going to have some of the older members in the area come and tell about their conversion stories from back in the day when they had to walk super far to make it to church. There is one sister who was one of the first people baptized here in Naga back in the 80s. Now she and her husband have to stay home because they are super old and her husband can't walk anymore, but they are some of the sweetest old people I've met here. Super strong testimonies, so we are hoping to have them remind the other leaders here of their own conversions. The problem is, not all of the leadership positions are filled, and some that are, are filled by less active members. So we are hoping to fill all the open spots then really try to move forward with our work here and help San Fernando become a ward finally.
Besides that, the work here has been ok. We have one investigator, Stanley, who has really started progressing. He's already accepted a baptismal date and has started abstaining from alcohol and smoking and came to church yesterday! We just hope we don't run into any other problems with him.
Well, that's mostly my week! Like I said, it was rough so I don't have a ton to talk about. But I love you all!
Elder Van Boerum
5/19/14
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