day 306

so this week, its one week closer to transfer day.this week we had two CSPs. Community service project. It was nice to work outside breaking stuff and building stuff. Our first one was clearing a tree of a member. They had overhanging branches over their house and they were scraping the roof everytime the wind blew. so we used a machete to cut them down. it was really kinda just wingin it. it was still fun. the next one was building a house... or just putting up walls. i just nailed peices of plywood to the create the ceiling. got a few blisters from that. it was super fun to use a  hammer.  Other than that nothing really memorable stood out to me this week.

Im ready for my companion to transfer. Elder Ostler told me that he would be transfering. so at least i will get a new comp.  i have lots of plans for this area. tons of ideas that i can apply once he is gone...The APs asked if i am ready for a leadership position, so i think i might just take over the DL position here in catarman. My other idea is that because ive been to tacloban so much this last transfer, president might move me closer to tacloban. Im not sure.. its not too clear. we will get transfer news on monday, so hopefully it will be before i email you so you can know!

 

We have been working out in a gym here with one of the members who was runner up to mr philipines... so he knows what he is doing. HOLY COW IM SOOOOO  SORE!!! we work out every three days.. or at least try to if time will permit. im gonna be buff :)

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we also had an awesome pday today. we had a zone activity. We played Soccer, bball and ping pong. it was baller. 

well thats about it. i dont have any new pics for you. Next week we are invited to a fireside of Quintin L Cook next week. well i love you

Love Christian

Questions:

Tyler said that he thought your itouch might be lost and we're thinking of sending another/different device to you.  Would you know where it is? or where to look for it?  And I just barely sent your package a couple days before you had asked about your itouch...sorry bout that.  I also just bought a bunch of thumb drives, if you'd like a brand new one without any virus' on it with all your music on that.

eh,, one with a screen and a speaker would be the absolute best. even if its a smaller one. but ya...

Ok picture questions:

sooo cool.  I thought that the whole family was getting baptized (minus the dad) so the two older girls, the mom and the little boy.  Did your companion baptize them? before or are they going later?  I thought maybe they would do the whole family together in ocean, but just those two did huh?  

the two girls are already members. it was just the dad mom and boy that werent...

And who are the other people there?  Are they friends of theirs?  Members?  Is the dad there?  Is the other gentleman there to be the other witness? so he is a member?

they are all members. dad was not there.

It also seems like Pino people don't like to smile much?  Is that the case?  Are they happy that they got baptized?  hehe  

Of course they are happy,... just not smiling people for pictures.

You mentioned that you had another brown out.  How often would you say that you had those?  And when you say everyone...does that mean just on your island? or all of philippines?

we have brown outs here maybe twice a week. its just catarman and surrounding areas.

One time I asked how you were coming along with the languages...I actually meant...which languages are you comfortable conversing in?  

yes, in both languages. more so in cebuano, cuz ive been longer, but im fine in both. im studying tagalog right now. there is no waray book of mormon, so we use the tagalog one.

How was your kidney stone..did it pass yet?  How did you mitigate your pain?  

well i havent had any pain, i think it might have passed sneakily, or just without me noticing. it was prolly lots smaller than the first. or the meds melted it. im still taking meds. for three months....

Best food this week? 

potatoes and velveeta :) but pino food, Lechon manock. Fried Chicken. the whole thing.. they just chop it up and you just dig in with your hands. great times.