Happy Birthday Nat!

Well, sounds like you all had two relatively busy weekends in a row. But now it is summer for you all! Kids are all out of school. PNU (Philippine Normal University), the college here in Cadiz started yesterday and the high schools and elementary schools start next Tuesday, the 15th. Graduation, I remember that. The best part was when it finally ended. I'm sure Kat feels the same way.

The rain season certainly is close now, and the weather likes to tease us. We got some good rain last Thursday and Saturday. Sunday there were imposing clouds by the bukid (mountain), but they didn't make it to us. It's currently the same way, I hope they make it over here though. The rain is nice. You can tell when it's going to rain too. The humidity shoots up, and its already really high, all the time. Then it starts raining in like ten minutes. It cools down pretty good while it is raining. But as soon as the rain stops the heat rushes back in and the humidity shoots back up.

Sounds like Nat's birthday went really well and everybody had fun. I could have warned you about the food prices (at Seven Peaks), but it slipped my mind. And I already know about all the slides there, Elder LeCheminant has told me stories that involve all of them.

So since it is actually Tuesday right now here, Happy Birthday Nat! Another thing, we have an investigator that will be baptized on the 19th, Michael, who's birthday is the same as Nat's, even the same year. We will be going there later tonight. Michael is pretty awesome. He was pretty shy in the beginning, but he has opened up now.

Well, Cebu temple dedication is next Sunday, and we have our tickets from President now! What he said to everyone after he our interview is that if we go to the 9:00 session we will see him and Sister Tobias because they get to actually go there!  As awesome as the dedication is, it is also causing problems. We have some new investigators that we invited to church last week and said they'd come next week. "sa dason na lang." But we have to tell them that they can't, because of the dedication. But they are all doing really good too. They are a bunch of referrals received from a RM. They live out in an area called Tiglawigan. It's a 10 peso, 15 minute trike ride out to there. But it is totally worth it.

Things are going well here in Cadiz. They could always be better, but things are going well. One thing that made me really happy was to see Kristine and her dad waiting outside Bishop's office to get their tickets to the dedication. Seeing Brother Romero smiling at church is awesome too. He used to be kind of by himself and just sitting there. Now he is smiling and happy.

That's all for this week, until next!

Elder Phelps
PS Thanks for all the pictures!

AND I got the package today, looking forward to busting that open!