It Is Well With My Soul

We attended 2 mission reports of Elder Williams friend's on Sunday.  It is fun to see these boys turn into men

Hello

We went biking today and so we are a little bit late.. But I'll make up for not writing last week and write two long emails

Yeah it was awesome. Hey do you know when Patrick Wilson will be coming here?

Yeah I got both packages that Grandma sent.  I sent her an email to thank her but she hasn't replied.  Can you get Patricks email for me? I have some advice for him

Tell all the new moms to send canker sore medicine. They're inevitable; I've averaged about 1 per transfer this entire time on my mission. Everyone gets them all the time, but not as much as me.

 Can you send some Oreos? More Mo Tab would be awesome!   I'll have to think about what else I want for Christmas, that’s kind of a loaded question. Elder Bell and I will brainstorm this week and have a definite list by next week, so make sure to remind me again

 My favorite hymn is 'It Is Well With My Soul', but it’s not in our hymnbook I don’t think

The picture was soooo nakaka-trunky!  (I sent him a picture of his friends at a mission report)

I am uploading pictures; look in the folder labeled 'Guimba'

shoot you dont speak tagalog. but you know what nakaka-trunky means, right?

nakaka-trunky means 'it makes me trunky'

nakaka-takot= scared (it makes me afraid)

nakaka-pagod= exhausting (it makes you tired)
nakaka-tawa= funny (it makes you laugh)

 My favorite in the hymnbook is probably come come ye saints

Number two is Come Thou Fount

Number three is Come Listen to a Prophets Voice.

In my new area we have a lot to take care of and we work harder  every day than I ever have up to this point, but I really enjoy it.  Elder Fort is a really interesting guy. He's a great person to have a conversation with if you like to listen to someone talk about cars, communications, or the Vietnam War.  The Roberts actually went home back in May, Sister Roberts had a lung problem so they just ended early and went home.. Yeah they were great .I also enjoyed the Lutz's a lot

Also I forgot to tell you my #2 hymn is tied with This Is The Christ

As far as picking me up I think Pres Martino is fine with it, elders and sisters do it all the time. In my opinion I just want to come home, we can visit the Philippines another time, and plus when we come back I can go swimming.

Ok well my time is up so I’ll talk to you next week. Thank you so much.

I love you!

This is a portion of his last week because he did not send a long email last week

Oct 29

Today we went to Cabanatuan, it was great! I miss the heck out of this city. We had Goal Setting at the Stake Center in Del Pilar and lunch at a carinderia, then ice cream at the Lut'z home.

Oct 30

Today is what people call "Trunky Tuesday," because it’s the day before transfer announcements and nobody wants to work. So we called everyone in the zone and asked if they wanted to go hiking. The Dingalan Elders chose to work; Bongabon Elders wanted to come but didn't know about it so decided it would be better not to. The ZL's asked how long it would take and said they'd talk about it. I was surprised, I didn’t expect them to say yes. After the phone call Elder Tumala said they might actually come, so I called back and told them we weren't actually hiking. Sobrang nakakatawa. (super funny)  Then we taught this investigator and she said the Book of Mormon was "easy to understand", and my heart just swelled with joy. I hope I never leave Gabaldon

Oct 31

Inako po! I'm getting transferred, super nakakalungkot... (what a pity) The Zls called around 9:00 and told me I'm going to be the new Zone Leader in Guimba! My new companion is E Garcia, a former AP.

Nov 1

Today was sweet. We got on a bus around 7:30 to go to Cabanatuan, and the bus broke down twice, so we waited for another bus and they made us switch buses. Then at one stop we picked up a few people, and a crazy homeless guy got on the bus and the conductor got mad at him. I found out today that Elder Bell is my new DL in Guimba Zone! It was great to see other missionaries in Cabanatuan. I don't know where Elder Garcia took me today, but this is basically like my area in Cabanatuan. It has a rich neighborhood, squatter’s area, and bukid.

Nov 2

Nakakapagod masyado! (too tedious)  We woke up at 2:30am because we had Zone Leaders Council in Angeles at 8:00am. So we took an aircon bus from Munoz to Cabanatuan, where we met a few other ZLs and took a van from Cabanatuan to Dau Terminal in Angeles. I saw Elder Freason again, he got made a ZL too this transfer! I miss the heck out of him, it was great to see him again. We talked for a long time about our first two days in the mission home.

Nov 3

Best day ever. This morning I had my first hot shower in over a year! Then Sister Martino made french toast for breakfast, it was so good I ate until I was sick. We got on a bus and stopped in Cabanatuan for lunch. I saw President Somera today (from Gabaldon), it’s his birthday today and so he was there with his wife. We got home around 3, but I don't really know where we worked but we had a good time. I'm really tired.

Nov 4

Today we went to church, the building has carpet! This is the first building I've ever seen with carpet in the Philippines, I was shocked. After church we worked ,but I don’t have any idea at all what happened or  where we went.