Elder Gabe Burdeos: Heartbreak Transfer Day

Hello friends and family!

This week was yet another sad transfer days with lots of goodbyes sad moments. This happens every six weeks so and it can be really hard but on the bright side the day after the departing missionaries go home we get a new group of missionaries who are eager to learn and serve which makes it a lot less sad hahaha.

This transfer day was different than any other transfer day for me. Usually on transfer day I'm at the mission office making sure that all missionaries meet up with their companions and safely make it back to their respective areas but now I stay at the mission home and teach the new missionaries and trainers at their orientation meeting! It was a great experience and by the end of the meeting they were all awake so I consider it a success hahaha!!

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1) We had a baptism on Saturday for Troi. He is a relative of the Mattias family in Makati 1st Ward! He was very excited and we were happy for him.

2) President and Sister Stucki, the mission presidents of the Manila Mission in 2011 paid us a visit at the mission office. They are a very friendly couple!

3) We had the opportunity to go through the temple with the departing missionaries! President and Sister Fermanis also came with us and that was an awesome experience!

4) Sending Elder Tuiatua off! I learned a lot from him about what it means to be a good leader. We will miss him.

5) One of my good friends Elder Palmer also went home this week. Hands down one of the most obedient missionaries I have ever met. Learned tons from him.