Exhausted but excited for the next day

Hey Everyone!

It’s always good to get your emails. Sorry for not emailing earlier this morning, we didn’t have much time and decided to delay email until later. We went down to Bacolod today for shopping, they have SM there. Which is like Wal-Mart meets Gateway. Not quite that extreme, but close.

There strength of the members here is good, those that come to church are all pretty strong. But there is a HUGE amount of inactives. More people actually attend the Branch than the Ward here in Cadiz. Everyone is really nice. Every one says “Good Evening” and such to us. Some just want to talk to us and listen to us because we are the only “kanos” (Americans) for miles, AND we speak their language. I’ve become famous in one of the neighborhoods with the little kids. They all marvel at how tall I am and follow us around. Many have measured themselves to me.

Hmm, parent-teacher conferences, don’t miss those at all. Sounds like Kat had a great time at the dance (Jr. Prom). I’m glad everyone is alright (car accident after).

So, transportation in the Philippines… There’s a bus company called Ceres Liner, They offer services between all the different cities. They have a terminal in most of the larger cities. If you aren’t near a terminal, just flag one down as it goes down the road. So we use Ceres to get to Bacolod and District Meeting in Victorias. And for the Primary kids, yes, the buses have a sort of magic quality to them. There are hardly any cars in Cadiz, pretty much just Trikes. A Trike is a motorcycle that has a sidecar attatched. They are personally owned and the drivers just pick up people and take them where they want to go. There are also Jeepneys, none in Cadiz though.

I was wondering how long it would take dad to check mom’s email (last week).  I hadn’t thought about it until after I sent it. This one I’ll send to dad though. That’s cool that dad presented to the Primary about my mission here. To Natalie, Balut is what it is called (partially developed duck egg), and no, I haven’t eaten it yet. I might, but it’s not very likely. Oh, fish paste is also a type of dish here, haven’t seen that one yet.

Well, this last week has been long and tiring.  I’ve been exhausted at the end of every day. I’m always excited for the next day though and all the people we get to visit and teach. One of my favorite families, and we really shouldn’t have favorites, is the Romero family. It’s the father and mother and two daughters, Christine, 16, and Donna, 14. Christine and Rodolfo (the dad) attend church the most. Christine has decided to get baptized and Brother Rodolfo is okay with it. The others are still working on deciding. It’s clear that they will sometime though.

That’s really all I have time for right now. So bye until next week! Oh, I’m gonna include some pictures with next weeks, hopefully… if the email isn’t too big.