Snacks!

February 13, 2011

Investigators love giving us snacks. I think it's just part of the culture here to feed people who come to the house. These snacks often consist of soda and saltine-like-crackers. Some investigators give us a good bit more though. This week was particularly exciting in the snacks we received.

To start with Brother P. He's a long time investigator who actually was out of town for the last two months. This week was the first time I had the opportunity to meet Brother P. He was really fun to talk to, especially because he is one of those Filipinos who insists on trying to speak as much English as he can. He's actually not too bad, but it's pretty obvious that he understand Hiligaynon a lot better. After the lesson he told us not to leave because he wanted to give us snacks. He ran inside and brought out Toblerones! Can you believe it- real chocolate. It was cool.

Then, just yesterday, we met Brother K. We received a referral from some other country where this brother's mother is working. She met the missionaries and was recently baptized and wanted her son to be taught also. He's living with his grandparents and attending school. The best part is that they really are all fluent in English. The grandparents actually lived and worked in America for 10 years. After teaching Brother K, the grandmother insisted on giving us food. We walked over to the table where a buffet of snacks awaited us. As we ate she continued to bring out more food. When we said we needed to leave she insisted that we take anything left on the table that was packaged. We stuck it all in our bags and then spent the afternoon finding little kids to give it too. The very last thing was actually given to the jeepnee driver who took us home. He was so surprised when we handed him a treat as we hopped of the jeepnee. It was a lot of fun.