Um, no I haven't eaten dog yet. It's not really as common as you might think, and there are actually a lot of Filipinos that havent eaten dog and don't want to, like Michael Tilanas. The strangest thing that I have eaten is adidas which is Ilonggo for chicken feet. That was alright, it was inasal style (kabob, grilled). There isn't much meat and there are a ton of tendons.
I did appreciate that dad sent his email, even though it was short. It still means a lot.
This last week was awesome! We had a ton of good days, and we have awesome investigators. We had some really good lessons. There is this group of young men that were referred to us by the Tilanas family that we have been trying to get them to come to church, due to busy school schedules we only actually taught them twice this week, but the lessons were good and on Saturday night they said they would come to church, and they did! It was awesome to see them all there. They are a good group and they really enjoyed church.
The other big thing this week was baptismal interviews for the Tilanas family and Salve May Francisco. There were five of them total the interview was Sunday night at 6 and they are going to be baptized on Saturday and Raffy and Maravic are going to get married this week too (so that they can be baptized). I was talking with Elder Scott, our district leader who interviewed them, and he said he was way impressed with our investigators, again. He is also the one that interviewed Michael Francisco and Dimple Tilanas. I am impressed by them all the time. Yesterday in our Gospel Principles class that we teach to investigators and recent converts (and all the rest of the youth which is only like three others) Raffy offered the sweetest dugang (addition) to the lesson. It showed to all of us his testimony and his depth of understanding of the gospel. The lesson was on the sacrament and what it means. Raffy's addition tied it all together in such a great way.
Raffy has also played a big part in the young men that we have been teaching. because they all know the Tilanas family and although what Michael says in the lessons is good I think that when they hear Raffy testify it means more to them. Michael is the educated serious one and Raffy is also educated but he is cool and relaxed, so it hits them a bit different to hear this stuff coming from him.
Oh they celebrate Valentines Day here too. It is a bit different, but pretty much the same, with Filipino twist, as with everything else here.
Another busy week back home but nice to know that you are all doing well. That's funny that Nat was supposed to wear the cow suit. I'd love to see a picture of that!
Well, I love you all. Miss you all, but this last little bit, meaning the last two or three months, has just confirmed to me that this is where i need to be and I'll be home soon enough, too soon if you ask me.
Oh, so this last Tuesday we had Mission Tour and Elder Teh of the 70 and the Philippines Area Presidency was the one to come. His training was awesome. I took sooo many notes and some of my notes are things that were never said out loud, but those are the best, straight from the Spirit. So after the lunch Elder Teh had picked a bunch of missionaries that he was going to interview. It came as a surprise, but I was one of those that was picked. Interviewed by a General Authority and the first question he asked was about you all. So now he knows all about my family. It was a good interview, just talking. At the end he asked if I had any questions for him, and sadly I couldn't come up with a single thing! Even later that afternoon when they stopped by our apartment because they were in La Carlota. It's a good thing we keep our house clean! He liked our house and said that it was clean. His wife commented on some of the snacks we had and that one of them was her daughter's favorite. All in all it was a good experience. Elder Teh is cool.
Okay, love from the Philippines!
Elder Jordan Phelps
PS in the next package some more mesh garments would be nice. And of course beef jerky and m&ms, cashew nuts are good too. That's all I can think of. Thanks! Love you!
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