5 Baptisms, 3 Suits

March 28, 2011
For mom, the pest problem is pretty interesting here. There are ants, everywhere, no matter what. And then there are termites also everywhere. If you aren't careful, you'll get rats. We have some rats living in our ceiling and walls, but they haven't actually got into the house. The mosquito are everywhere also. The bites don't last too long but it is still annoying.

This week was way weird. I don't really know how to describe it. Monday to Saturday was pretty normal. Nothing strange happened. Saturday we had our baptism of five, using only three baptismal suits because that is all we have and the other branch president wouldn't let us borrow any. So what we did was have two of the guys and the girl get into the clothes, then baptized the two guys, they got out and had the other two change into their wet suits. It worked just fine.

Sunday was not as good. Out of the five baptized only one showed up on time and was confirmed. The other four came during the sacrament hymn and it was too late. But they'll just get done next week. I hate it when that happens. And I let them know that on Saturday night, hoping it would ensure that they would get there on time. Well, it didn't.

Today we had a zone activity, where we all brought a sudan (entrée that goes on top of rice) and our own rice. So we all just got to eat some of what every one else brought. I was going to make my favorite (adobo, I make a mean adobo), but since sooooo many people like adobo I figured some one else would bring that, so I spent the week thinking of what to cook. Saturday I got my answer when we went out to eat before the baptism. Instead of getting the usual inasal chicken like the rest of us E Reidhead got the fried chicken, and so I decided that was what we would make, with my personal touch of course. So this morning when we did our shopping I got some Crispy Fry breading mix (classic flavor) and some McCormick Lemon and Pepper flavor. We mixed the two together and crushed up some Magic Flakes (saltine crackers) and then added cayenne pepper and black pepper, chopped up the chicken and fried it all up. Yeah it was a huge hit, and so was the fry sauce I made to go with it.

Everyone that had some came to me and told me that it was "delicious" or "awesome" or " the bomb." Sister Bevans (the senior couple missionary) really liked it. She asked me what I was going to do when I "grow up" and I told her, "airline pilot." After tasting everything there for myself, I must agree with them, the fried chicken was probably the best thing there. People told me I should work at Chick-Fil-A. Elder Reidhead said that I "am Chick-Fil-A." Next time though I'll give them a taste of my amazing adobo, it will knock them dead. And I'll make it for you all when I get home. Other than the baptism the success with the fried chicken was the highlight of my week.

Oh, so I got the letters from the YM, sort of. Elder Newman (zone leader) has it at his house and will bring it tomorrow. Today though I got a sweet late Christmas package from Helen and Kent! I dont know why it took so long to get here. It was marked as arriving in Bacolod on December 22. I blame the office. Sometimes they take forever with mail and sometimes it never gets sent because they lose it in the office or just forget about it. Either way it is here now.

Well, thats pretty much it for this week, hope you all have a good week!

Elder Phelps!