Merry Christmas!

Two post in 1 day! I had a hard time writing last weeks post so it took me longer than just cutting and pasting Elder Williams email.  It was very emotional and every time I started writing I would cry so I had to put it off.

We were very blessed this Christmas to Skype with Elder Williams and get some time emailing! BONUS!
I need to explain the first part of Elder Williams email. He sent pictures while he was Skyping. These are pictures of Balut, chicken embryo cooked right before it hatches. He was telling us about some of the gross things he has eaten over the last few months. I asked him to not eat Balut because is was so disgusting. His answer was "will see".....

I hope you liked the pictures. ;)

We just got done looking at them!!! That is so GROSS!!! Did it taste gross?


I didn't eat it. it’s so disgusting.

ok good! That is really gross. We watched that on bizarre foods and it was the most disgusting thing next to the worms out of tree branches. Do many of the native elders eat those?

All the native elders eat balut. It's so gross. There’s an elder here from Arizona assigned in Bamban (the mountains, which means they're about 15 years behind the rest of the Philippines) and he's eaten cooked blood.
So far I’ve had boiled Herron eggs, snails (straight out of their bukid), frog, and small intestine of a pig

I bet the frog was interesting. The cooked blood would be absolute disgusting. That actually sounds worse than Balut. Not many people could eat that kind of food. Do the native elders like the candy you get?


Everyone here loves American candy. I'd like to assume candy is okay on the shelf as well, but it’s not. Literally everything but oil and soy sauce goes in the fridge, or something else will eat it before I will

Are you still able to run?

yeah we run sometimes, but missionary work is hard. I haven't felt rested since before my birthday

That is good! Missionary work is hard and if you were not being a good missionary then you would feel rested. You have so much time in your life for running and the Lord will bless you for being a good missionary.

I love being a missionary. I feel like missionaries have more of an eternal perspective than anyone else, but we rarely think past today, because it’s not important. we don’t have tests to study for or projects to complete, literally our only concern is our next appointment. It’s awesome.
I'm also really mad right now because the space bar just sucks on this keyboard

That makes Dad and I happy to hear that. You understand the purpose and know what is important and that is really the best part. Nothing makes parents happier than happy children.