Twas Cool

YAW it was my birfday TWAS COO

But now I'm going to write like I'm educated!

MY birthday was way fun. It started rough with the morning of finding but then for lunch we went to chow king...Chinese food! And the next door elders bought me a cake...cause I paid for food.....then after we studied we went to work and did some work!!!! Afterward we went with brother Joey and his....special friend to 7-11 and that was way fun (CAUSE WE HAVE THE SAME BIRTHDAY)

This week in work though was alright. Yeah we improved a little and the things are going better but it was still crazy!!!

This morning we had a zone activity and went to the beach to play games!!! It was way fun!!!! But I can't swim even though the water was super crazy! BUT we had sooo much fun!!!! played games!!! and ate food and took a lot of pics...that I'm going to send today

Work rocks, Life Rocks and I'm thankful for those who said happy bday cause it's nice!!!

Want a chicken foot?

​CHOW KING TYO

BIRTHDAY CAKE

​JOEY

​SOME RANDOM KIDS

​here in the philippines they just use knives to open cans...you can tell

YEAH I WORE JEAN SHORTS>>>JUDGE

​WOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWOWO

Mr.CRABS

our "jumping" pic

​yeah!

this next one is embarrassing, but this is our dirty dancing 

LOVE YOU ALLLLLLLL 

ET

All the Above

FIRST OFF I am grateful for all that has happen this week. This week we saw a LA sister who just had a kid. Now when I say sister I mean she's still 17 yata, but she is very awesome. She was very happy, and happy to show her very cute kid. She said after a little bit she will go to church. It's strange to me, a person who doesn't really want to go now....wants us to bless her kid. But what can you do you can't teach LOC she already broke it .....I learned from E SEU, na just love all no matter what even after you read this next paragraph

This week another thing happened that hasn't happened in awhile. A brother was looking for our landlord who is a Doctor. We told him that he was in Manila till tomorrow and upon looking at me he said "ay Church of Jesus Christ" then went on to tell me to look at other churches as my soul would be damned to hell..... Thanks brother have a great day. That is all.
LOVE ALL PEOPLE

LIFE IS GOOD 2 days from the big 19 and I am almost a year into this....I LOVE EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY! This week we were able to meet the new pres at a conference and then on Thursday we had ZTM. that was 2 mornings gone I work...
Earlier we had INT with pres to get to know us. OH man I got the best letter from my mom cause it had pics in it|!!! hahahaha

The weeks just boom by!!! but I love it!!!! hahaha

Um I really didn't take pictures this week. Nothing happened....but that means there will be a TON NEXT WEEK!!!

LOVE YOU ALL
HAPPY BIRTHDAY ME
ET

What are you do. Where are you go

So  this week I notice one thing. As a foreign speaking missionary your native language speaking skills go bad.....I mean bad...so this week while in language study Elder Ellis said what are you do? I have come to notice my English doesn't suck cause I speak Tagalog every day, it's the fact that every day I speak to a French speaker and two Filipinos who all wanna learn English....so things kind of just pass now cause they make sense, but it's not correct grammar and I'm just like, yeah, and then boom goes my lang hahahaha

Another funny thing I was just on lds.org...there is actually a PDF to show missions that don't need suit jackets now.....hahahaha of course I was on....as of all the Philippines

ISA PA NOT FUNNY THOUGH.....So this is mostly for family but just so you know too...there is a storm right now but its only signal 1 right now meaning weak and there is a mist rain coming down.....since Sunday at 1PM and. yeah. it is a bagyo. but we got the news there is one right behind it! If the two combined it could be a super typhoon.... Last night there was a earthquake that was muck bigger than what I have ever felt....and an aftershock but nothing broken or anything......I AM OK even if the storm does get big there are things in line for our safety.... I just tell you to update so you don't freak out. I am alive. I am Ok and if the storm get signal 3 we are on lock down. Earthquakes...well lets just say what Elder Ellis said this morning "If I am not dead it's not powerful. If I wake up in spirit world..then I will say that was powerful."

ANYWAY this WEEK was cool....so our new mission president came in...work didn't stop...yet....Wednesday of this week we have a meet the mission president and wife conference. But I already met them on Sunday!!! and the 3 KIDS

THIS week was also good to see that we were able to have an INV at church who is way solid the only thing is is he is from Manila......no Ilicano He didn't really know Ilicano so yeah!

This week we met this way cool sister named Sister Garcia...she is from Negros (south near Cebu.....) BUT she is way cool and she is a LA but her husband is a year older than me. She's 21 yata BUT she is so cool and was like can we have an FHE SOON? I was like DUH~!!!!!

OTHER THAN ALL THAT IT WAS A LONG WEEK

OH YEAH WE GOT A LOT OF FRUIT THIS WEEK!!!!

If you ever think your mom and grandma don't know you.....go on a mission and have  a birthday....I got two lovely life saving boxes!!!! both the best thing ever!!!!!!

AND I worked out for 10 mins. the result was wet. Didn't even work that hard it's just that hot.

​LOVE YOU ALLLLLL 

ET

This week.

So before I opened lds.org I already knew what happened stateside and was glad the church handled it the way they did.

ALSO so here is a fun fact. I speak a different language and to build trust with less actives we talk about things they like.....Lebron said he was the best after game five, Warriors won, he cried and then K Love and D wade went and changed into a yellow Lakers jersey and the rest is history....NOW I SWEAR I AM OBEDIENT TO RULES I PROMISE that a Less active told me that.....any way moving on.

This week was real tough...and that doesn't even say the half of it....

BUT it was also ZONE CONFERENCE...President B's last. He goes home in 2 days. Oh man it was about marriage and going home...I had to recover from that hahaha and if you ask why recover? I mean not being trunky.....with a year. But that went away fast as we were able to work in the afternoon.

So I forgot to say the last transfer I got permission to wear my sandals because one, it rains every day two, my shoes died. pics will be here.

So I don't have any cool stories so I'll share about one of the less actives we teach. You know the one who loves to tell me world stuff like basketball. Every time we teach him, he has very DEEP question but they always come back to repentance....at first I was light as I am told to be, but he didn't budge...I shared with him not to procrastinate the day of repentance....he still didn't go to church so we went last night....hopefully, let's just say he comes next week.

THIS week also a member gave us three dragon fruit for free!!!!! They are soooooo good!!!

WELL THAT'S ALL I LOVE AND MISS YOU HERE ARE PICS

SHOES MAN 

SO THIS PIC IS ALL THE LETTERS MOM AND GRANDMA SEND ME WHILE IN LC 

​LIFE MAN

DRAGON FRUIT

Tomorrow

WELL yesterday was DAD'S day......I was thinking about it while I was giving a talk in sacrament yesterday din.....and it was a funny thought hahaha so I was like, man we go crazy for mum's day, like as missionaries we Skype for that day, but father's day it's like, eh, kind of hidden......like I didn't know until, yeah!! Anyway I was like well you know moms, they deal with u,s they birth us, the have that day.....but then I thought, you know, you have the mom and all her tools as a mom...where do they come from.....behind the scene of the father!!! hahaha

HAPPY FATHER'S DAY DAD!! PINAKA THE BEST

ANY WAY

This week was alright. It was of course a little tough!
I have been doing good. I have a little cold right now but who cares....you just work through it and hope you don't forget to wash your hand before shaking hands.

OH yeah, it's been raining for the past like 6 days. Like not light either. that's what's hard. I haven't had the chance to work like this so i have to see how it's done. But we made do with what we had...Tuesday was the worst, like pouring rain......no cover.....ruined bag hahahaha ok lang!!!

WE work as hard as we can!!! that's the truth

AND NOW FOR THE SADDEST MOMENT EVER 

​NOOOOOOOOOOO

Well that's it!! I'll send pics from last week now!

LOVE YOU
ET

We were playing games and it's Philippines life. If you loose you get something on the face. We got baby powder

LOVE YOU ALL

6 weeks pa

Of course as a trainer you need to stay for 6 weeks even though that's sometimes not the case. BUT for me it is......this will be my 4th transfer here in Laoag. AM I EXCITED? yes

This week I was honored to have another baptism of our wonderfully intelligent investigator pics will be added at the bottom.

THIS WEEK WAS A HARD WEEK. we had a little technical difficulty this week but that's ok. We went into weekly planning with the intent to change this area......I noticed my area we were doing so well last transfer, but I also know that most of my lessons were coming from LA lessons. We wanted to change and add more to our investigators...so this week we planned out the entire week and any hole we filled with...you guessed it FINDING

THIS week it also just happen to rain and this week the members said that it should rain. A LOT

BAPTISM it was great. We had things planned, people ready to come and just so ready to work on the baptism.......THEN none of the speakers came....the sisters spoke. Everything just went downhill from there....my dear family and friends I refuse to say I was discouraged...because the water still came in....oh and it rained and we lost power....BUT WE LOVED IT!!!!!

I'LL SEND THE PICS ON ANOTHER EMAIL....

LOVE YOU ALL
ET

SO here's the thing, my computer is being dumb.....sorry is it ok I send them next week......of course

MY NAME IS HOPE

MY first question I have is for my brother but thought you should all know...Clark where the heck did you get your music and why do you have love songs on here hahahaha I have had to delete a few songs now that I am training.

ANY way this week like any other week it had ups and downs left and rights and in and outs. BUT this is how it went.

I love Laoag. with all the enthusiasm and sun burns intended hahaha It's so hot but its pretty nice EVERY night clouds roll in so yeah!!! nice and cool...not cool but not HOT

This week we met a great woman who was a referral from the ward. She is way nice and totally accepted our message. She was taught noon by the sisters who use to be there but now she is willing again.

This week we went finding for a couple referrals from other missionaries. haha that's fun. Almost all of them are like AHHHH nooo we dont want you, how you find us goooo. OF COURSE I SAY SALAMAT SA TIME MO hahaha cause they are my MAKAKAPITID and I love them!  

Saturday we had a chance to work with some great guys!!! both are YoungSingleAdult or YSA they are so funny! We taught well and they loved it! I hope.......

SUNDAY I bore my testimony on one of my new favorite scriptures. 1 NEPHI 11:17 its a great one.....if you dont have a BOM...ask the guys in white or if you have family or friends. yeah

EARLIER we had a zone activity just at the local sports arena and just played rugby and football and yeah I sweat like crazy. I mean head to toe my clothes were like drenched hahaha here's a picture

YOU CAN SEE BUT NOT ME CAUSE I WAS SMART AND WORE WHITE

​WORKING WITH OLIVER (LEFT) JOEY (RIGHT)

WELL thats all folks love you alll!!!!!

ET