Sorry about no email last week! We were quite busy!

So the highlights from that week was that I went on splits with the ZL's. I went with Elder Daluz. He is super awesome and he goes home in 1 more cycle. Then on P-day we went to Roxas and played basketball. After that we just wandered around in the palanki (big market place thing). Then the ZL in Roxas told us that the mayor has a BBQ truck with ribs and pulled pork so OF COURSE we had to go find that haha and we went to the town hall cause that was were it was suppose to be and it wasnt there. So we decide to go and ask the mayor haha. We get to his office and hes not there. So what are we going to do? We go to his house! We go inside and talk to him and we get our BBQ:) We also leave a pamphlet about the Restoration:)

So this week...well the week was super long because my comp was lazy cause he knew he was getting transferred. So work was kind of slow. We did have some great lessons though. Our two progressing investigators, Flor and Maylyne are amazing! Its so fun to teach them because we will be having a meryenda(snack) and laughing and then start the lessos and it just goes great! They ask questions and want to learn and we are able to teach with the spirit and its just always a good time! Then today for p-day we went caving and to a zoo and hiked to a waterfall for a zone activity! It was soo fun and it as absolutely beautiful! And the zoo was awesome....so much better that the american ones! instead of a giant wall and being 50 ft from a tiger...i was 3 inches away haha and they are pretty big! We also got to play with some monkeys...they can be pretty mean! And I got to hold a giant anaconda:)

Oh and transfers are this Wednesday and I will be getting a new comp! Im both excited and nervous haha
Well thats about it for now! Oh we do have a new guy were teaching! He is 16 and works in the bukid. He is pretty cool. Oh and I love it out here!!

-Elder St. Gelais

Things are going great! We had quarterly interviews with President Rahlf. I really enjoy talking to him because he always seems to inspire me to do better. That was on Thursday after our district meeting.

On Tuesday I went on splits with Elder Defacto, one of the other elders in our apartment. Somtimes I think he might be gay...he does weird things like call guys handsome all the time, at every mirror he has to fix his hair and just stuff like that. It was fun teaching with him though.

On Wednesday the work wasnt too good and then my comp just wanted to play basketball at the church so we were there for a while. It was soo boring. He has been getting kind of lazy this week and like to just sit at members houses.

On saturday we got punted from all of our appointments and even the back up ones we had so that was a big bummer. That day felt like forever!

On sunday Elder Betancourt and I got to teach primary haha. We had no idea what to do so we taught about the creation and then had them draw pictures about it. It was really fun cause these kids actually listened to us and weren't going crazy! After that we went to our far area with some of the Branch missionaries and were only able to get 1 lesson there and then we came back just in time for our dinner appointment.

Yes they do celebrate V-day here. The mall in ilagan was all decorated haha
Love you all!
-Elder St. Gelais

This was a pretty good week. On Wednesday we had zone conference. It was about becoming a "Hastening mission". It was very spiritual and we also had some fun. After the zone conference on our way home our jeepney got a flat so we were stuck on the side of the road in the middle of no where for a while. That wasnt to fun.

Thursday was just a normal day of teaching. We went out with some of the branch missionaries. During one of the lessons (the kids are crazy) one of the little girls came and dug her nails into my arm! Then her mom started going off at her in illicano haha it was kinda funny.

On Friday we got 2 new investigators! They are really cool and excited about learning. They have a ton of questions. They are both from Negros occidenta and that where my companion is from so they all talk in illongo and i have no idea what they are saying haha.

On saturday we had the Preach My Gospel call with the branch missionaries and then went and worked with them afterwards. I really enjoy working with them because I get to speak Tagalog a lot more when im with them because they always have questions. Just random ones too like, How big is your house or do you drive a car in America? Weird questions like that.

This sunday was a fast sunday and i just about wanted to die! I was so hungry haha but luckily we had a great dinner appointment that night at Presidents. Not really to much else happened. Oh except that I was out of money for most of the week and was living off of pancit haha which is just top-roman.

Love you all!
-Elder St. Gelais