I am now in Cabarroguis, Santiago south zone! My new comp is Elder Dulaca and he has been out for a yr and 7 months. He is from the very bottom island of the Philippines. He is a really cool guy. It is just us two in the apartment. Our apartment is still not the best but the cr is a lot nicer! We actually have a working shower! Our area is way bigger than my last one. I am excited for that! We are in a town just about 30 min from the big city of Santiago. For p-days we are able to go to Santiago which is going to be great! My area has both jungle and a good size town. We are in a ward here and share it with two other elders that live 10 min away. That have a way nicer apartment then ours though haha. Overall all I am very happy with the transfer! We dont have a washing machine though...so this morning laundry took forever! Doing it by hand is not fun...

This week has been pretty busy! All of the packing I had to do on Tuesday. It was horrible! Then we had transfers on Wednesday. I was pretty nervous about that but it turned out to be great! We got to our area at about 4 pm. Then we went to a birthday party for one of the members here. They had unlimited ice cream so that was nice haha. After that I unpacked a little bit. On thursday we had zone meeting. It was a little weird at first because I didnt know anyone but by the end I felt like I was right at home. I am the only American in the zone. There is a guy from Fiji though and he is really funny. For the rest of the day we went around and met the members and the Bishop. There are several Rm's here so it will be great working with them. On Friday we started working. So far the area is great and we have several investigators. Then on Sauturday and Sunday we watched General Conference! Luckily it was in English haha. I really enjoyed that. Im not sure if everyone here understood everything but there is a definite spirit that comes from listening.

Lauren: Umm yes I kind of do enjoy eating weird things! I just dont ask what it is till after I eat it. Like today for lunch I had chicken liver..,it wasnt the greatest but it wasnt terrible.

Landon: No the pizza here inst very good! It tastes pretty much like bread. So we just pour tons of hot sauce on it. But yes it does have pepperonis on it. And the Philippines is very green! Well when youre not in the city. The city is kind of scary though! There are pretty much no rules about driving! So hopefully I become Ap so I can drive here haha. My favorite primary song is 'a childs prayer'.

Thank you for the happy birthdays! I love you guys!

-Elder St. Gelais

Oh and I will remember to take pictures! Sorry but I havent yet...