Things are going great here. On tuesday we had splits with our district leader. There are isnt that great. It was hard to get lessons. It was a pretty long day of just trying to find new people for them to teach.

On wednesday we had a service project. We went and worked at one of the elementary schools. We did weeding and built a fence for them. It took about 3 and a half hrs. It was fun though. Some of the students helped us.

On thrusday we were invited to thanksgiving dinner. In our our there is an american so he invited us over for dinner. It was great and we got stuffed. He is a member and him and his wife are getting sealed this January.

On friday we had some of our investigators work with us. Two teenage boys. One is 17 and the other is 15. It was a really good time and they enjoyed it. They asked when they could work with us again! They also have a baptism date for Dec 17 along with their sister.

On saturday the sisters had a baptism and they asked my companion if he could do it. It was his first time so he was nervous haha and when he was doing it he dunked her really fast haha. Everyone was like "woah!" It was funny but everything went fine.

At church on sunday we had 7 investigators attend and several of our less active familes. At church there was over 280 people which is really really good here. We also got a new family to teach. A guy walked up to us and said he wanted to know what we teach because he has friends that are LDS. So we were able to start teaching him and his family.

Love you guys!

-Elder St. Gelais

So I got it shipped off but in the letter it said to send it to the school so thats what i did. Sorry haha i didnt get this email in time but it should be fine. I printed some pictures and put them in there also a philipines flag key chain and a small bracelet. It was pretty cheap too, only P100.

Oh and did you know that sis rahlf has a mission blog?

Its only like $3. http://philippinescauayanmission2013-16.blogspot.com/

My week was pretty good! On tuesday we had the baptism for the solider who is going back. It was a great service and him and his wife plan to get sealed in a year:) It was funny because he bore his testimony at the end and he said "I thought i was already a memeber because whenever i was here i went to church but i guess i wasnt but now i am." It sounds more funny in tagalog though haha

My companion is doing great. Its cool to see how he really watches me during lessons and the when its his turn to do something he does it exactly like me. And he isnt too good at tagalog because he is from the southern part of the Philippines. The speak wari wari and cebuano. There are about 80 languages here. 

We have some baptisms coming up in dec and jan. The work is great here in Cauayan. 

Love you guys!

Oh and if you havent sent the christmas package my comp would like a rubix cube haha

Things are going great! My new companion is Elder Martizo from Leyte which is in the Philippines. He is a pretty cool guy. He thinks he is funnier then he actually is though haha. He is 20 yrs old. We get along pretty well.

Being the boss feels pretty good even though I have to do most all of the teaching. He is still learning tagalog. We are having a lot of succes though. We have a baptism this tuesday. He is in the army and so we get to baptism him before he leaves. We also have 5 people we are teaching with baptismal dates.

I do really miss my other companion though. He has to be one of the funniest people i know.

I did get the flat stanley thing and will try to send it back. I have a key chain and bracelet for souvenirs.

So this week has been pretty good. I am really sad that my companion is going to be transferred but I am super excited to be training. I dont know if it is a Filipino or american. There are 6 Filipino elders coming 4 americans and 1 poly. On Wednesday we had a special trainers meeting. It was only 2 hrs long.

They dont celebrate halloween here. It is "all saints day". Everyone goes to the cemetery on the 31st and the 1st. Those days were hard to get lessons because we dont have a cemetery in our area. Thank you for the small Halloween package though:)

Last night we had a special Philippines broadcast from Dallin H. Oaks. It was pretty good. He talked about establishing the Church here and making sure we have a good foundation. The members in our branch are starting to give a lot more referrals. We have about 10 people we are teaching because of those. One of them will be baptized in January after their wedding. Hopefully we will be able to help the others come into the wasters of baptism as well.

We had zone conference on Tuesday. It was really good. It was about becoming a successful missionary.  I got to see my dad their so that was nice because he goes home in March.

Today we played basketball and volleyball. I am so sore and do not like sitting in this hard chair. It was really fun though.

Soooo I have good news and bad news....I am going to be training next cycle! And I lost my camera..

I am pretty nervous just because I am the one that has to do everything for the first few weeks but I am way excited. I actually have my sd card its just the camera I lost.

Ya I will be here for another hr or so. Transfer day is Nov 5

I can get a decent camera here for around $100. The sooner I can get the camera would be best. 

Let me know how much you put in my account tomorrow. Thanks mom. Love you