Posted by:
praydude
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Date: December 19, 2014 01:10PM
I served in the Philippines Manila Mission from 1986-1988. While I was there the church was going through a huge growth spurt due to the promises of prosperity and the lack of the internet. Our mission set a record for the world at that time by having over 500 baptisms in one month. It was a crazy time. When I arrived in the Philippines there were 4 missions and when I left there were 8. I was in the MP's office and trained to be the exec sec for the new Philippines Cebu East mission that included the eastern Islands of Samar, Leyte, Bohol, and Masbate.
Looking back I am glad that I got to live in another part of the world and experience the culture as well as learn another language. Other than that I am very angry for being led by the cult to spend two years of my life when I could have been going to school. I wasted a lot of my life on the morg. At least I'm out now.
Anyone else been on their mission in the Philippines? What do you remember and are you able to find some sense of worth from your experience?