Sorry I didnt email. We were pretty busy.

With the next package you send...probably the last haha can you send beef jerky and 2 containers of chocolate muscle milk:) Thats all I want:)

I love you...mahal kita...ayayatin kita...iddu taka...:)

So things are still going pretty good.

1. What has been your biggest challenge this week? This week is was hard to wake up haha well its always hard but this week especially. I am just so tired! All the time haha.

2. What has been your biggest concern? This week was a bit difficult teaching. My companion really likes to talk a lot in the lessons. We are still getting use to each other.

3. What has been your biggest success? Well we did have a great lesson. We were teaching an investigator. She has been an investigator for over 10 yrs now.  We were taking about baptism and she was talking about how she was afraid if she because a member she would do something wrong and maybe ruin the name of the church. We were able to bear powerful testimony and we all cried. The past sunday she came to church:)

4. Who has been your favorite person this week? Why? Umm sis. fe-ann alberto. She just finished her mission in Manila. She worked with us on sunday and has a ton of referrals! She is pretty awesome.

5. What has been your most significant tender mercy? Well last night we got a call from some members. Someone fell off a building about 3 stories high. We were asked to give him a blessing. When we got there he was screaming in pain. My companion was able to anoint him and when we started giving him the blessing he like fell asleep or something. The screaming stopped. This morning the were able to get him to the hospital.

6. What are you looking forward to this coming week? Well tomorrow we have Zone conference. That will defiantly be a good time.

7. Do you have a goal set for this coming week? Tell me about it. Have my district meeting lesson planned before sunday.

8. Which scripture has had the biggest impact on you this week? Alma 26:12 I read this chapter during personal study. Ammon is one amazing guy. I love how he goes on to say 'can we glory too much in our God?'

Love you guys

The area is doing alright. We have several investigators we are teaching. I enjoy the work here though. The ward is great.

So as a DL I have to teach district meeting every tuesday which is about 1hr and 30min. Planning the lessons can be a bit frustrating though. Then I also get to do baptismal interviews for those in my district. This last sunday I had 3 interviews. Its great being able to talk to those that are getting ready for baptism. I also have to cloect all of the reports for those in my district.

So its a little town in the middle of a ton of rice fields. We do have some little stores though. No mcdonalds anymore though haha. I still have someone who does my laundry for me. And the apartment is alright. We have giant spiders though like the size of my hand.

1. What has been your biggest challenge this week? Um teaching district meeting was pretty stressful but it ended up being great.
2. What has been your biggest concern? Being able to work both areas. We have delfin albano and tumauini ward 2. So just being able to find time to work in both and deciding who we should visit.

3. What has been your biggest success? We are working well with the bishopric and being able to find all the Recent converts for last year to teach and prepare for the temple and working on a list of less active families to focus on.

4. Who has been your favorite person this week? Why? Ako haha syemps! That means "Me of course". Because I can do hard things.

5. What has been your most significant tender mercy? On the way home from the baptismal interviews we took a bus (45 min ride). An older lady got on and had no where to sit so I gave her my sit and stood in the isle. She thanked me when she got off the bus.

6. What are you looking forward to this coming week? Zone meeting on tuesday because I dont have to teach haha

7. Do you have a goal set for this coming week? Tell me about it. Well I need to start making Br pages. Its like a little scrapbook page. Lots of elders and sisters have asked for one and I need to start making them.

8. Which scripture has had the biggest impact on you this week? Alma 48:17 Shared this with a family at our dinner appointment. I remembered Bishop Nevitts lesson at a ym stake activity where he talked about returning to the basics.

I will leave it up to you guys about the vacation. If you want to come here to the promised land thats great if not its up to you.

Love you guys!

Yes, i am in a new area! I am now in Tumauini. It is a a small town in the middle of no where haha. Its cool though. Our area is huge. There were 4 elders in this area but no its just two. There are 4 in our apartment now. 2 elders in the other ward. My companion is Elder Castillio from Samar, Philippines. He is 18 and i am his follow up trainer. He is a great guy haha but acts like he is 18. One of the elders i live with is Elder Latu. He is my batch and we are pretty close. The members are great. I am already close with some of them. I am also the district leader now. Transfers were on wednesday and I became the DL and had to make a lesson for district meeting on thursday.

So far everything is going great and I like where i am. It is fun messing with members by pretending im new and dont speak tagalog so they try and speak english.

The one picture with the food is called a Budol fight. Best way to food!