So i was debating long and hard
whether or not to share this with everyone...but here it is.... But first off,
as you read this, just know i'm safe now and everythings good meow..:
So Friday night, we got done with
allllll of our appointments really early....like normally we get 5 in one day
and we end at 8:30 but somehow we reached everyone (8 lessons) by 6pm...in our
very last lesson, my roommates called and thought we were playing a joke on
them and asked to let them in...they said the pad lock (which can only be
closed from the inside) was locked...we laughed and said we were still in a
lesson..that's when it got scary...they went around to our back door and both
were wide open (one is one that leads in to the wash room [kind of like a
garage] then one more into the house..)...THEY WERE BOTH OPEN! so they were
obviously way to scared to go inside...we were about a 6 min walk away so we
ran home....when we got there, we tried opening the door and the pad lock was
still locked....we ran to the back to just use the open back doors...but when
we got there *intense music* THEY WERE CLOSED AND LOCKED!!!!!!! Sister Laiti
also made eye contact with someone INSIDE OUR HOUSE!!!!!!!!!!!!! Branch 2's
mission leader was over and got the door open by unlocking the pad lock through
a window and a stick...when we got in our house was very dirty. The mop and
broom that are normally outside were in...there was water on the floor, food
EVERYWHERE, and dirt everywhere too. we thought we were just going crazy
because we looked in the bed rooms and no one was there...by then my District
leaders were there...thats when we noticed the shower room's door was
closed....i heard noise and me and the district leader found the keys and
opened up the bathroom...we looked crazy...we all had knives and forks
hahaha...DUN DUN DUNNNNN when we opened it.............NO ONE WAS THERE!!! Now
this room is all cement and has no windows....that's when we made the
conclusion that it was probably a ghost... then we turned around and found
theeesssee on our DINNER TABLE...(see image below) so we decided someone was in
our house but left. So me and my comp go to our room to change out of our
dresses...that's when we heard it.........A noise coming from the roof... I ran
out side thinking they were on the roof....i was expecting the aliens from
signs..pero there was no one...we kept hearing steps on the roof. that's when
it clicked...the elders went into the shower room and looked up...there was a
little space that could be moved to get to the attic of the
house!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The elders climbed up and locked the shower room so
they couldn't leave.....
ok back story:
There are some kids (ages 9-13) that
come and sell these yummy pastries everyday and we always get at least two
because they are street boys. It's really sad...the day before this i gave them
some rolls, a mango, and some water. then friday i only a few were selling and
i gave them more water...they are really sweet and always really grateful!
end to back story..
Elder Villiarize climbed up to the
attic and we started hearing him scolding in Tagalog. that's when we got word
that it was no big scary burglar but 3 young boys...they handed the bag of
things they stole and Elder Taula handed it out to us.....they were doing this
as we made sure nothing was stolen or broken...the 1000 pesos on my desk was
still there..my companions camera was still there....everything was there
except our food...When we looked in the bag, the only thing in it was some wax
candles, food, and 20 pesos (probably 5cents in america). It was the saddest
bag i've ever seen. That's when the big decision came. We got a small duffle
bag and put everything that was in the plastic baggy in to it. then we emptied
out our fridge and 72 hr kits into it too. Finally, after hearing alot of
scolding, we heard them climbing down. The other 2 sisters were to scared to go
talk to them so Everyone voted me to go in to the bathroom to talk to them. By
this point the whole barangay (community) was outside our house! the poor kids
were scared to death. The Barangay Captain (who has about as much authority as
a mall cop) came over and asked what we wanted to do to the boys...we discussed
it as a group and decided we just wanted them to go home. The captain said that
was fine and left. After being in the shower room for a good 10 minutes with
the sobbing boys, Elder Villiarize and I got them out to the kitchen. They were
so sorry for what they did...they were just hungry...1 of the boys was 10 and
the other 2 were 12. They don't have parents and just wanted some food.
Everyone out side was being so obnoxious. after "clearing them out'' (they
all only went like 2 houses down) we made a game plan to get them home.
Everyone outside wanted punishment. Some people literally had rocks and sticks.
We just wanted them to get home safe. Thats when we all found some big shirts
to put on their heads + faces and we 4 sisters walked these sobbing, trembling
boys out... we remembered a little ally way that everyone else seemed to have
forgotten. I had the tallest one who was 12 under my arm, Sister Peavler was in
front leading us, Sister Laiti had the 2 smaller ones, and Sister Canencia was
in the back...the elders were too scared to come out with us..haha ... we got
them to the bukid (field) and we handed them their bag and they took off...we
didn't notice the big guys following us and they tried pushing past us then
took off after the kids...
phew...so that part was over...so we
didn't have any food left in our house and we were all starving so we decided
to go to 7-11 with the elders. we walked. when we were almost there we heard
"THANK YOUU!! SALAMAT!! THANK YOU" til this point we were pretty
quiet; we were really scared and worried what those big guys did to the poor
kids...but when we looked over, it was the 3 little boys...I know it wasn't by
coincidence we saw them! I also know that 2 whole barangays were outside
our house while walking the kids to the field and none of us got hurt; us 4
sisters were not alone walking these kids there...and i know when they took
off, they didn't go alone.
Then we had to go to Panique
Sister's house for the night...we didn't even get there til about 10:40....and
I didn't exactly sleep. the next morning we got up bright and early and went
home....just side note, i haven't showered since friday morning and it was now
saterday...i was not feeling pretty... When we got home, our hearts sunk..the
house was a DISASTER! Brother Bong from Branch two came over and by 7;15 the
Elders were over too. We cleaned that house top to bottom...it took 9 of us to
clean until noon. then we started on the washing of bedsheets that had little
boy foot prints and crackers all over them until 2pm....by this time i felt
like a monster but had no clean towel to shower. So i didn't get to shower
until later that day. We got tons of new locks on the house. And we still have
bars around the front porch and all the windows.
This week has been amazing though in
addition to that. Monday i got to skype and had a great FHE. Tuesday we
had a lot of great lessons. Wednesday was pretty relaxed. Thursday we got
a great new Part Member Investigator named Ramzel (roll the r ;) ). and friday
and saterday are up there...then sunday we worked with members and finished
lessons for Monica and Angely who are getting baptized this Saterday!
woo...anyway...that's about all here...sorry it's so long! And Wag ka magalala.
I'm safe here! mahal ko kayo!
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