Alcala
Conference was good. There
was a lot of talks about eternal marriage, so I don't know what that is saying
for me. I don't hear much from old comps, but I heard my old ward is doing just
fine.
The people we baptized all
live in the same area, Tamban. They are all pretty much family in some way or
another. We have 6 more baptismal dates over there in Tamban for May. Elmer
Riña, Melba Riña, Dexter Riña, Jemmelyn Riña, Fredie Bitanga, Edelyn Bitanga
are their names. Their biggest struggle is quitting coffee and having money to
cross the river for sacrament. If they go to church this week though we can
have the baptisms on May 16.
Also in another area we have
two more baptismal dates. Gemma Tejano, and her two kids, Irish and Anjo, and
Angelbee Alnas. They live in Baybayog. Angelbee's only problem is her parents.
Her parents don't want her to get baptized. She's 16 right now so we would have
to wait until she's 18. She said she is
going to try and talk to her parents. Missionaries in the past have talked to
her parents and they still don't want her too, but this is the first time she
actually wants to talk to them. It's pretty funny.
E. Brandon was the first
person to start teaching Gemma. We honestly didn't know if she was going to
accept the baptismal covenant so we were kind of reluctant to give it to
her. I just felt the spirit so strong in
one lesson I just did it, and she accepted.
It was awesome. She always wants American food, so next time I want to
cook Philly Cheese steak sandwiches for her.
We are going to the dentists
in Echague on Thursday. The travel expenses are reimbursable, but I want have
enough money to make it there and we can't get reimbursed until after we get
back so I might need some money for that.
There are some awesome belts
here that are made out of Caribou Ivory. I was thinking for Christmas I could
buy one for each of the boys in our family.
I was also thinking about getting one for Adam, Zac, Aaron, and Brody.
And for the girls I was thinking about getting pearls. That could be their
Christmas presents. I think this would
be a cool thing for you guys to at least see a bit of the culture, and a good
Christmas gift. I'll also send home a few cooking powders and instructions on
how to cook the meals so you guys can eat Filipino on Christmas. I also have a
few more gifts that I'll send from things that I got in the past.
I love you guys!
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