So this week has been pretty good.

On Tuesday after district meeting I had spits with the other American elder working in Cabbarogius. It was really fun to work with him. He is from New Mexico and is a bull rider. I hope I can been companions with an American during my mission. I really enjoyed the splits.

Umm not really too much exciting has happened this week. I am getting a lot better at teaching though. The language is getting better and better. Its really funny how surprised people will get here when they find out I can speak Tagalog. Even buying groceries the lady will ask if I have a membership card and all I say is " Wala po" and she freaks out because I spoke Tagalog haha.

Oh and when we were getting support there was a white guy...thats not even the weirdest part haha I saw his drivers license and he was from Arizona! So we talked for a little while.

Transfers are on July 2nd. Im not transferred so I will be here at least one more cycle. Sadly the Elder from Fiji is. He is really cool and i'll miss him.

Love you guys!

-Elder St. Gelais

To Landon:

My week was pretty good! It was very busy. We walk a lot here and its super hot and humid outside. Its not very fun...

Its ok though, there is a purpose to the walking so it makes up for how tired I am every single day!

The downstairs room is great! I liked being down there all by myself haha.

Grandma sounds like a fun babysitter. Make sure that you are nice to her.

Love you Landon!

-Elder St. Gelais

To Lauren:

Wellllll we just talked and now we are just going to be friends. You can still invite her over if you want:) Just ask mom for her phone number. I think she would like being able to see you.

You guys are going to Cali again?! Thats ok...im in the Philippines so HA!

Love you Lauren!

-Elder St. Gelais

Can you send deodorant? I'm almost out and the ones here suck...can you send the old spice Fiji? Like 2 or 3? Thanks!

Hey!

So I take it that you will never want to go on another trek?? hahaha! Its good that you guys had a great time.

This week was great! We had our baptisms on saturday! I would send a picture but I forgot my camera at home. It was really good though. At the end the mom bore her testimony and was crying. Im glad that the spirit was so strong there.

On Wednesday I had splits with Elder Sogari. He is from Fiji and is awesome! I had a great time working with him.

On Friday we had some service. We built a kitchen for some investigators in the other elders area. It took most of the day. We finished around 3. After that the ZL's came and did the interview for the Yap family.

Not really much to say but that is was a good week haha.

Love you guys!

-Elder St. Gelais

With the next package you send can you send me a nice Filipino flag? I want it for everyone to sign. and then I can hang it in my room! Thanks mom! Love you!

I was looking for an ipod and there are 7th gen ipod nano. They are mp3 players but its a touch screen. They are about $80. I found one here and I really want it. Can you help? Or even buy one from ebay for me?

This week has been pretty good. It is now officially rainy season! It has rained 5 out of the 7 days. It always starts around 4 p.m. and will go pretty hard for about an hr and then just a light rain for the rest of the night. I absolutely love the rain. I dont mind being soaked all the time. 2 of the times we were out walking through a field and had no where to hide so we were soaked. Umbrellas dont help because the rain and wind is too strong.

We have a baptism this coming up saturday! The Yap family is going to be baptized. The mom and daughter will be baptized and hopefully the son soon after. His only problem is church attendance. I am so excited for them though.

This week hasn't been too good with lessons. We have been getting punted a lot. We only got between 2-3 lessons a day.

On Saturday we had service in one of the sisters area. Our whole district was there. We had to clear out a bunch of weedish type things haha. We got to use giant sword things! I dont know what the were called haha. It was nice though. We also got to climb the coconut tree and cut them open and drink them! The water inside is pretty good.

On monday night we had a dinner appointment. They dad told us that their house was haunted...and he had seen things on the 3rd and 4th floor. Like a floating coffin and people. So he asked us if we could bless the house. It was pretty weird and he asked me to give the prayer to bless the house. When we got there it actually did feel pretty weird inside but it might have just been in my head haha. Nothing super weird happened though.

My comp is doing alright haha I think he is finally starting to open up. His funny is more of a nerdy funny. Like the jokes he makes are just horrible. I laugh but in my head im like "that was an absolutely terrible joke man".  He is getting there though haha i'm teaching him well.

Love you guys!

Well this week was ok...I was sick with the flu friday, saturday and sunday. That wasnt too fun!

Other than that though things were great! This week we focused on contacting less active members in our ward. Only about 1/4 of our ward is active so thats not too good. Thats pretty much how most of the Philippines is though. We found two new LA's too teach and they both came too church! I really enjoy my area but everyday just feels like an eternity with this companion.

He just isnt fun. He is so serious all the time. He also freaks out about little things that happen. Like in the area book someone wrote something in the wrong spot but it didnt really make that big of a difference. And he wants to be the boss. He has been here for a week and wants to lead the area already. He just became a DL so the power has gone to his head.

Not much else has really happened this week. Its just been really long with not much excitement.

Love you guys!

(instant messaging back and forth)

Ya I was throwing up. No energy. No desire to eat.

He is Filipino. Most Filipinos are really cool though but not this one

Haha i logged onto my email and all i had was the email with the pic and i was like "this is all?!" haha but ya its a good picture. And thanks for the money!!!

We had to push it back because the mom is really stressed about school starting soon. She is a teacher and is getting ready for that

Umm I still dont really know how the school system works here. I know they have been on summer though.

 I dont think they will. They are a super awesome and love having us over.

Umm Just internet, got support, gonna go grocery shopping, my comp bought an mp3 player, and thats pretty much it haha oh and I got a haircut

I wish you could cut my hair haha no one does it right.

Ya we can have them to listen to church music. I want one with a screen though and I cant seem to find one. Music does help it not be to quiet though. I want one really bad!

No they live at a different apartment. They dont like my comp either so we dont really see each other too often. Maybe 3 times a week.

Oh and tell dad I can download audio books. So let me know which ones he wants and if they have them i will get them. And any movies you guys want

Hi guys! Love you guys! I dont think I will be able to find one here. The only one with a screen is the ipod5 but that costs 14000 and I dont have that much money haha

$300....I wouldnt be able to download apps because there is no wifi. Just transfer music to if from a usb

Elder Tadeo...Ya haha summer is the best! Goodnight, love you guys!