Its great to hear from you! Halloween sounds like it was a great time. This past week has gone by so fast. I love being out here and i love the people. The schedule is still the same.

I tired balut....super gross! You can see the head of the chick and you just crack the top drink the juice and then take bites out of the chick.
Everything else is pretty much normal-ish. We have rice with every meal though. I did have McDonalds the other day! It was awesome! We have to go to another area to get groceries because we live in the middle of nowhere and dont have stores. The town about 20 min from us has a mall so thats where we go.

My companion is from down south. He can speak some Ilicano but he is still learning. For me the language sucks! Its the hardest thing out here for me. I feel like I have adjusted to the culture just fine,( bucket showers, wiping with my left, bugs everywhere, and the food) but the language is whats killing me. I can help some what with lessons. Mostly just bearing my testimony though.

My area is basically the jungle/farm land. Its so pretty. Its supper poor though. Most people work in the rice fields or drive trycies around. A trycies is basically a dirt bike with a side car. Thats how we get from our apartment to junction where we get a jeepney. There are also intindihuns which are snack stores out of peoples houses. There is one on like every corner. I love it here! My comp can speak pretty good english so talking to him is fine. The other American Elder is from Idaho. He has been out for about 9 months. He is great and helps a lot. Ya we spend a while with them. The only time we dont is from after lunch till we get back for the night.

Halloween for them is Nov. 1 and is more of a day of the dead thing where they spend time in the graveyard. We didnt do anything special though. They start celebrating Christmas in September though. For Christmas a flashdrive would be great. My comp wants a small preach my gospel. I cant really think of anything else though.


One funny thing that happened was during p-day we were out playing basketball and two Filipinos were on their motor bikes and crashed because they were staring at a white guy hahaha it was funny, But everyone here stares at me haha and the saying here is tall, white and guapo!

Mahal ko kayo!
-Elder St. Gelais