Philippines Baguio Mission 1996-1998

President,       Well everything went well this week. Our discussions were low but watch out next week we have a new plan of attack. We will see how it goes. I was thankful for the opportunity I had to call home. It was great to be able to talks with then. May God Bless us all!

President,         Every thing is going great. I am really looking forward to calling home. I wish you all a Merry Christmas. I fell good about our work. We achieved our goals of 3 baptisms for this mouth.  May God Bless us all!

Dear president Haitt, Well everything is doing great here in our area. We were blessed with one baptism last Sunday. This person is so great. We found him last Tuesday (12/3).  We taught him almost every day. He is such a golden contact. He was baptized on the 15th.  We are really stressing to the members that they need to do their jobs as members like HT/ VT. We are trying really hard on reactivations. We have so many members here, we need them to get to work. Anyways... Our companionship is great.  Training is sometimes tough. But with time everything gets better. I'm already over my 6 month mark. Time has been flying for me.   Take care. May God bless us all

Dear Pres. Hiatt,       As you can see we have been really busy this last week. We have really high stats. Everything is going great down here. We have the Bishops son working with us. He is going to be called as Ward Mission Leader. He has been a great blessing for us! That about all for us now. Take care, (stats means that as missionaries we were expected to report each week how many Books of Mormons we placed, how many 1st discussions we presented, how many baptismal interviews etc.)

Dear President Hiatt, WOW. This week has been a very new experience for me. I didn't know how tough being a trainer could be. My first couple of days was really hard. But with time time it get easier. We are getting along great. I know this is a chance for me to grow and to become a better missionary. I know that it is what Heavenly Father wants me to do. We have some baptisms scheduled for this month if they go to church. While talking to some of the members we really need to do something about the activity rate. I see no sue of bringing new members into the church if they don't have a strong ward to attend to. To me; Members are the keystone of retention. We need to work with the ward to get it strong before we bring more people. One return missionary in our ward said that for 2 months she and her comp worked on reactivating. They increased the attendance. I don't know what to do! What do you suggest? Take care.