Toaster Oven... Toast, Baptisms!

March 21, 2011
Sounds like you all had a really good week. I have learned a lot about Snowflake Arizona from Elder Reidhead. It does seem like an interesting little place, nice though. I don't know about everyone being related, but Elder Reidhead knows pretty much everyone and everything there.

It was St. Patricks's day last week? Wow, totally did not notice. But I guess it's not that important of a holiday. Scout overnighters., I do still miss those.

This last week was really good. Got a lot of good work done and then ended the week with a baptism and some more baptismal interviews. The baptism went well. It was for Peliezer Tilanas Gonzaga, Michael's cousin. He is way awesome, a young man. Which is way good, because we need to continue to add to the young men in the branch. Michael took care of the program and it went really good. One of the better baptism programs I have experienced here.

Next week the baptisms are Raul Tilanas (Michael's papa), Reneboy and Raymundo Arevalo, and Jeno, and Crislen Malagquit. They are all really good too. They passed the interview just fine. Way excited to have Papa baptized. and then Reneboy, Raymundo and Jeno are all friends with Peliezer (Poypoy). Crislen is the 11 year old daughter of a newly reactivated member. We are also trying to teach her father. He wants to be taught, but he is just always busy. We'll get there though.

Everything else has been pretty normal, at least normal for here Even with the rain it has still been getting hotter and hotter here. Its way tough to do anything when it is hot. Elder Barrott and I were sweeping the house this morning and we both agreed that we would be more inclined to do things like that if you didn't start sweating like nuts three seconds after you started! But it was a well needed sweep.

Well, we went shopping earlier and the four of us decided to pitch in and buy a toaster oven for the house. A toaster oven is awesome to have, but is not a standard apartment appliance. But we really wanted it so we bought one. We can do so many things with that! Like make toast! We don't have toast if we don't have a toaster oven, and I haven't had a toaster oven in a long time now. I really want to make some toast...

So, even though we don't watch it we do hear about the news, and its nuts all the natural disasters happening around the Philippines. But everyone here that doesn't have family overseas is still pretty chill about it all. Maravic (Raffy Tilanas' soon to be wife) has an older sister that is over in Japan and she has told us a bit of what's up over there.

Well, thats pretty much it for this week. I hope you all have a great week. I know we will!

Elder Phelps!