94 days left...down to double digits!

Hello family...well to be honest, im a little shocked at your last emails. ha So much is changing and different!! When you sent the photos of Tylers kwan  (no idea?is that a cebuano word?) i saw a pic of the kitchen and did not even recognize it.... let alone the backyard.. And when i saw Tyler holding the hawk, (at his eagle scout court of honor) this is what came to mind: "That looks delicious!!| i want to fry that bad boy up and throw some banana ketsup on it and eat it with some rice!" hahahahahaha it made me chuckle that i wanted to eat it.. Its only really a glorified chicken with razor sharp talons capable of tearing out the jugular of most human beings.

Its nice to have the pictures, thanks.

Well this week was weird... it was so fast and yet seemed kinda slow. I was basically dragging along my companion this week cuz his mind was centered on going home... Its nice to have a change. I dont yet have a comp, but will this coming friday. This week i will be running splitz with the elders in my apartment. this is weird not having my own companion...  

We had prolly the best ward activity of my life to date... We went to one of the beach resorts and played and ate and played some more.... holy cow... i love the beach so much...  next week i will send you the pictures. i got fried like a chicken, but now its a nice golden tan.. im almost as dark as some of the people here... hopefully it stays.

(I sent Christian a small portion of Amanda's letter and this is his response)

So as far as Amanda, the church orders the flight back out of the pines to show the government that she is actually going to leave the country. but in reality, she will get her visa in the allotted time and then become legal to stay here for her mission.

Love you momma

did you find your camera?  last time you mentioned that you were going to send me pictures...how you gonna do that if you lost your camera?

I got a spare camera that will allow me to send pics home

do you think that this will be your last area?

I think that this will be my last area.. and im ok with it.. its great here. i love the members.

i forgot to ask last time...did you do anything to celebrate the 4th of july?

To celebrate, we (me and the other white kid in my house) looked at our calenders and said "happy independence day." thats all.

This is jensen's last week, last pday etc.  can't believe it...can you?

Well its weird thinking that he is gonna be home in a few days. Its also weird and scary to think that i will be home soon as well.

so will you go back to the mission office this transfer? and perhaps will you see amanda?

Oh im sure i will see her... but i dont know under what circumstances..

did you get to see the worldwide broadcast of missionary a couple weeks ago that mentioned that missionaries will be able to use more social media to do missionary work?  will that start in your mission before you leave?

Yeah... we watched that.. i hope its going to shock the Philippines into helping the missionaries. Its had such a positive effect so far. The members and leaders are doing lots better.I dont think that the Media tools will be used here for a while longer.. We're just not ready for it.