293 days left...New Years Eve

Hey fam! So this week was Christmas. It rained really hard, we all said that it was trying to snow. haha wow,  we would have freaked out if it was snowing! it was dark for most of the day so it kind of felt like it should be cold, but when you went outside, you got nailed in the face by 110percent humidity and heat! instant tacos... so we, as the office staff, went around to some of the local areas and caroled for some of the most active members in the ward or branch. we also brought with us gifts. they hey had like 5 kilos of rice, cookies, other little goodies and some other food items. it was fun to do that, even though it was hot.. i have some pictures that i will send to you.. prolly from the office. so this last week was super duper busy preparing for the upcoming transfer week. i made all the certificates of the departing missionaries. holy cow... its a lot! its a bit trunkifying to make all those but not to bad.. ha. so this week i dont really know what to expect. i will let you know next week. but yea...  i had lots of fun talking you all! 

Well love you all.

Love Christian

Ps: shout-out to Brother and Sister Smith from California! your son is very great!!

Questions:

What is Elder Edwards position?  if he's your companion?  does he have a job in the office too?  

He is the mission recorder.

Are you going to miss Elder Dayrit?

Yea.. he is a cool guy.

How is Abigail?  Is that daughter who is sick?  I've been thinking of her alot this week.

Annabelle. She got out of the hospital the other day and is doing great! she is up walking and texting like normal.. hehe

What was your favorite food this week?  Do you ever get to eat with the president's family?

Shawarma... its like a turkish food! its like a giant roast on a vertical stick and they just shave the meat off it and put it in a wrap of sorts. its great!!!

Got any questions for me?  Did you want to add anything to our phone call that you didn't get to say?

No.. i dont think so.. oH Can you check on the status of china? as far as missionaries being assigned there? One of the Elders here said that he knows someone that got called to on a three year mission. the first year in Thailand and the second in mainland China....

I imagine people's houses on stilts that you say the front doors would break down if you knocked on them...are there ladders to get up to their house?  Or how do you do it?

Yea... they all have like a ladder or stair system that goes up to the house.

what kind of bedding is used in the philippines?  like ours? mattress pad? sheets? blankets? comforters? any need ever for blankets? 
we have a four inch mattress that i we use. then we usually have an electric fan blowing on us all night. but i have not been using one for the last month cuz ive been cold at nights.. so i just put on my ninja turtle PJs and sleep in my Malong. (its like a tube blanket, but just a sheet)

Let's have a new cebuano word this week...what shall it be?

how bout a cebuano, waray and tagalog word?? hehe

C: Tikbalang= centaur

W:Tamsy= bird

T:Shokoy=male black evil merman..  

haha (I know I'll be using Shokoy alot!)