Tiger Attack

Kamusta Na Po Kayo? Buhay Na Po Kami.

It's More Fun in the Philippines (Highlights):

• All of us in our apartment have fully recovered from dengue, but a more painful event occurred. Elder Burton and Elder Peterson have transferred. Therefore, I have a new companion. His name is Elder Fepuleai, and he is from Samoa. He is the second Polynesian companion of mine, and I'm excited to get to work with him!!
• We went to the zoo a few weeks ago which was way fun, but there were basically only three types of animals. Lions, Tigers, and the Sheep that they feed to those lions and tigers. I fed a baby tiger and held a massive snake. Also, we nearly got eaten by a tiger! Let me explain, number one, we were on a thin, medal cat walk about twenty feet in the air that went right up against the cages of the tigers. One of the tigers was lying down with its tongue out so I went to take a picture of it. But to our surprise and the surprise of the tiger, the flash on the camera went off. In the blink of an eye the tiger jumped up against the fence which in return made us nearly jump off the cat walk. All in all, we survived, but definitely got a good scare.
• Also, because our district leader transferred, I have now been called as the new district leader for San Gabriel. My district is awesome, and I'm excited for the following transfer.

Spiritual Experience of the Week: Edmond Monzales, a man that I recently baptized, shared a great experience with me about tithing. First off, tithing for those of you that aren't aware, is a way to give money to the church in order to fund things like building new chapels, new books, or other similar items. As this is a way to help build God's Kingdom, God promises to bless those that pay tithing. Edmond shared with me that he payed tithing and prayed that God would bless his family for doing so. The following day at work he was given a tip by an older women that was impressed by his work, but the blessing of the tip was that it was EXACTLY DOUBLE the amount of money as what he gave in his tithing. He testified that God will always bless us for our service, and I now testify that if you want the blessings of God, serve Him and His children.

Elder Hemmert