day 348

Hello folks of P-town. or anywhere else you are.

This week was pretty cool. on tuesday we went to tacloban for Zone Conference. it sucked. i hate the vans now... i almost puked like 199 times. so we got to tacloban and i just felt sick all day. then wednesday was no different. i was feeling car sick all day. then it was time to go home. wednesday night we left at 7pm and took the bus this time. SO MUCH BETTER!!!!! we got home at 2am but i felt great! i dont care that its longer, i just care that i dont get sick... it was basically like a school bus but Ghetto-er... then thursday we collected pictures from all the RMs in our area for a fireside on the 19th. then friday we worked and got some referrals and contacted them. one is a lesbian(tomboy in pilipino) and one is a madre... she is like a nun... she went to italy for 5 years for her study and what not. but she gave that up and has been coming to church. its great.  Brother P. is still doing great. he is awesome...

So we are moving...we are waiting approval on our new apartment, but we should be able to leave later today or tomorrow. Our apt. now is awful. the water and electric bills are soooooo expensive... like 25 bucks!!! hahaha that's sooo expensive here. haha... so we cant afford to live here... we found a new home with free water but we still pay electric. also its a lot nicer place too. 

Sunday we had 4 investigators at church. its awesome... also we visited a sister who is in active. she is a member but her late husband wasn't  she is only about 30 and has 3 kids. she told us that she keeps seeing her husband even though he is dead... like little visions.. we told her that she needs to do his temple work. she was like... You're right elders... so she is going to start coming to church and preparing for the temple trip.

also, we had a family who has been inactive come to church yesterday cuz the wife woke up and had a scary dream and said, we're going to church tomorrow. so they did their laundry at 3 in the morning so they could make it on time. it was really cool.

today i'm getting a haircut.

that's about it for this week in the Pines...

Love you

Christian

Adi says hi.  He is chewing a new bone that dad got him yesterday.

Hello back!

Questions:

Congratulations on feeling your first earthquake, I don't know if I've ever felt one or if I have just tiny tremors from a far away city.  What was the number?  do you know?

it was so small.. not over a 3 for sure...

You said that you had a spicy tuna fish sandwich.  How do you spice it up?

Chili corned tuna mom... hot tuna in a can :)  (Iuhh I don't get it)

I guess you got Ana's package?

Nope... it wasnt there.... maybe tomorrow or wednesday cuz the ZLs went to tacloban for ZLC

Did you ever buy anything with your kwarta?

Im going to on Wednesday. i was gonna buy it today, but they sold it... its a little ipod thing... its pretty cool

Did I say happy birthday correctly in my last email?  Malipayon Adlawan

.....they really dont have "happy birthday" in this language... they just say happy birthday... that is just a direct translation of "happy day of birth"... 

Did you get a cake? or brownies? or candles? or anything?  

Nope...OH... elder ostler bought ice cream after district meeting... it was swell.