5 month mark!

What kind of plugs do you have for electricity?
We have really lame plugs that run 110 or something. no triples just doubles only.

What is your favorite sweet to eat in the Philippines? 

My favorite sweet to eat is Frootees, the candy I sent home ayoko kung bakit hindi nila gusto. But I also drink this stuff called "Chuckie", it's like the better version of Yoohoo.

What new Tagalog words have you learned?
As far as new words go, nothing new i feel like sharing, but the following words all mean rice, but it depends on the context how they're used:
bigas

palay

saing

kanin

And the word kanin also means "to eat." Cool right?

How are the youth in the Ward/Branch?  Are you making friends with them?

The youth here are great. generally every Saturday morning all of them go to the church and play games and just hang out.

What are some things that happened in your week?

Here's what happened this week:

Monday I ate pig liver. It tasted like... pig liver. It was like I had these subconscious expectations of what it would be like, and every one of them was fulfilled in the first bite. I don't recommend it. Somewhere in the Philippines had an earthquake, my desk was shaking a few days ago, and shaking pretty bad. But nothing happened to us.

There's a kid who's brother just got back from a mission, so we visit there a lot. This kid is 8 or 9, and his parents bought him an air soft gun. He spends the vast majority of his time shooting his dads chickens until  he runs out of bullets, then finds them all and does it over again.

We visited an investigator a few days ago who was super lasing and wanted us to teach him. We told him we'd come back another day and mentioned that alak and cigarillio are totally bawal, so he says to us "No, i don't smoke. Pero..... alak. gusto ko. I am... drink."

I feel like the more alcohol a Filipino has in him, the better he is at English.

My new companion is elder Abuan, he's so great. with me and elder casilac, we never had problems, but it was just kind of... kaiba sometimes because we were never comfortable with each other. Me and elder abuan get along so well, kahit minsan 'di-ko alam kung ano sinasabi niya sa akin.

I'm slowly starting to learn how insignificant time is. After this transfer, I will have been a missionary six months. That means I'm 25% done, even though I just started because its still summer time here. Last Thursday a bunch of new missionaries showed up, I feel so bad for them. I hated my mission for the first six weeks. 

On Wednesday our neighbors killed a chicken in their front yard. The dad sliced its neck while his son held the chicken in his arms. Such a beautiful bonding moment between a father and son, right?

HELLO!
I am glad you like your new companion?  Does that mean you stayed in San Clemente?  Time does go by very fast!  We keep thinking that every week.  I know when you were in Oregon it went by faster than we thought.  The chicken story reminds me of the time when "the guys" killed the turkey for thanksgiving.....The picture with of the families living under the bridge is sad.  I am sure you see so much poverty.  Are you sending anymore pictures this week?

Yeah i am still in san clemente, for at least 6 more weeks. I got a package today with the maps.  My new companion is great. this week was stressful because I had to take on all the responsibility of leading him around the area, but it wasn't too bad.