Hi Mum,
Mate, I don't even think that epistle covers what you just sent. Wow! But, thanks, I loved it!
So, news about me, well, firstly, transfer day was a huge success - really awesome. I'm now in Quezon City Zone (City) in Bago Bantay 2 area. We live on Road 10 just off Visayas Avenue. If you want look for it on the map, it is right next to a golf course. I am companion to a missionary fresh out of the MTC. He is a Filipino from Bicol, in the Naga Mission area. His name is Elder Cortezano, he is very quiet and I think he is scared of me...hahaha! I don't blame him. I have been speaking the most Tagalog I have ever spoken in my whole life because I have a Filipino companion. I have to lead our area and the other missionaries in our house are all Filipino too. Woohoo! I love it! District meeting is a wonderful break as it is all in English. I am learning to form sentences a lot faster and to speak Tagalog a whole lot better so it's the best thing that could have happened to me.
Elder Cortezano is super shy and he follows almost all that I do. He is 22 years of age but looks like a 14 year old. He loves the scriptures and is good at cooking. He is skinny azz. It is so cool Mum because he wrote me a letter in English today and told me about his life. There are four children in his family and he is the third child, but the first to serve a mission. His dad passed away about 5 years ago and he would work with his mum at the market during the week. He is really a quiet person and the cool part is that he knows the doctrine really well. He bore his testimony at one of our lessons and started to cry. He is here for the right reasons but he just needs to gain some confidence within himself and try to make friends.
Our area is a beast. The City is sooooooo, much hotter than the provinces and we have a map of our area but its useless. The first day we spent walking around looking for families and had no success. The second day the same thing but we actually got to find people. I was praying hard that day and then on Sunday we went to Bishop's house for dinner and got to visit with him and his family and they showed us some of the other members houses in the area. That was sweet. This week will be a beauty week and I just need to get out there and do it.
Oh, Mum, I finally got to see Elder Abel. Astig. He is our Zone Leaders companion. I didn't realise that he had put on so much weight but he's awesome. He told me that he used to live up by Whangarei before his mission. I didn't even know. He is doing good and he has a good companion.
I hope you're all doing well. Good work on the 10 km run. Keep it up. Glad you got to see pictures of Elder Stebbings. I know he'll lose any excess weight before I get home.
Oh man my pants are getting too big for me and I'm on the last notch of my belt. Aaaargghh! I think I will lose more weight now being in the city as it is so, so, hot here. Mum, I had my first experience today of having to wash all my clothes, "by hand!" Crack up azzz Mum! I've washed like, one or two pieces of clothing before by hand, but this was the first time I had to wash everything by hand. It is hard work, but at least I have clean clothes. Hehehe!
I love you heaps family. Please say hi to the Stebbings and the Coys for me. Give my love to the kids.
Mahal ko kayo lahat.
Elder Chadderton
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