Hey Mum,
This is just a short email. Thanks for everything. I will email you all later, but I wanted to put some pics in this email for you.
Elder Chadderton
Hey Mum,
This is the real email (lol). How is everyone? I am doing great but currently have the flu. Oh well! Transfers are over and another one begins. Tomorrow, I will have reached my seven month mark in the field, but my 9 month mark since starting my mission.
Well, we got the announcement on Tuesday night about transfers and I found out that my kid (Elder Cortezano) and another Elder from our apartment would be transferring. So, Elder Cortezano and the other Elder packed up their stuff on Thursday morning and we headed out to transfer meeting at the Cubao Chapel. This is also the mission head quarters. Well, we get into the meeting and I am all excited to see where my companion will be getting transferred to, only to find out that he's not the one getting transferred. He's staying put. Poor dude, as it was a bit of a surprise. But, instead it was me that transferred. I transferred to the neighboring area with Elder Butler the other Zone Leader. That was cool for me but not so cool for Elder Cortezano because he had packed up all his stuff only to move back to the same place. Anyway, the good thing about it is he has been put with Elder Taurabakai, if you can remember he was from my MTC batch. He comes from Mindoro "the rock" and is going to work with Elder Cortezano in my old area. So cool! I was excited and glad that I was able to transfer, but not have to move house.
Other than that, life is pretty much the same. Elder Butler is from Idaho - of all places, from Pocatello - and he has been in the mission field for 18 months now and is known in the mission for his obedience, which is sweet with me. He is a great dude and it's really nice to be able to have a break from Tagalog between visits. So, the area I am serving in now is Bago Bantay 2. I am in the same Ward, but literally just across the road. Elder Butler and I are co-Zone Leaders and we have a great Zone.
I like my new area and when we went to some of our appointments, the members thought that I was Pinoy because of my accent. Cool aye! It is great to have Elder Butler as my companion because he knows the language and helps me with things that I have no idea about or with unfamiliar words. I was glad to get some positive feedback about my grasp on the language and it is a real boost for me.
Well, in the upcoming week we have our Zone Leader conference and then interviews with our Mission President. It is going to be busy, but great because ZLC is cool and we get to discuss all the events in the recent transfer and discuss or sort out different issues that have been happening in the mission. Interviews with the AP's is where the AP's take us through different workshops. But interviews with the Mission President is on a one on one basis where he asks us about our area, our companion, if we have any problems and if we need any help. Following interviews we have a big feed and that is so awesome! So, I am looking forward to ZLC. Our Mission President calls it our, "Battery charger" because it is a time when we can get refreshed and ready to go and take on the transfers that have just taken place. President has ZLC one Zone at a time, so our Zone is scheduled to have ZLC on Friday and the other Zones are on different days.
Mum, I could not believe what happened to Lincoln! I am going to be praying for that dude. Man that sucks! If and when he gets better he's gotta get straight out into the mission field and do his time. If he does that he will be set for the rest of his life. No worries!
Oh, we got to go on our tour through the new MTC and that is the third MTC that I have been through. It was sweet and thats where the random pics come from.
Please tell everyone that I love them and tell Uncle Raana all the best. Tell everyone thanks for all the emails and pics. They are cool az!
I love you all.
Elder Chadderton
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