Hey Mum,
Thanks for the email. I'm doing good and my new companionship is going well. We've had a whole lot more success this week and we have had a member work with us and has helped us to find 5 to 6 new families and where they live. So awesome! We have stepped it up this week and it will take some time to get our numbers up to standard but we're willing to work hard to get there.
It rained here on Tuesday and because I didn't have an umbrella, I just soldiered on in the rain all day. We got the strangest looks from the Pinoys, basically because they have a disease here called, "Pasma", that causes you to have the shakes or shaky hands, and apparently you can catch it from being out in the rain. So, when my companion and I went to our appointments, people were asking us if we had pasma. It's very superstitious here and quite hilarious but I guess they all have their own beliefs.
We have Zone interviews tomorrow with President between 8:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. I am looking forward to the interviews and after that we head back out and get straight back into the work. That's the hard part, but we can do it.
We don't have an oven in our house but we do have a stove and my companion has been trying to teach me how to make, "Adobong Baboy" (braised pork in a tangy sauce). Very masarap!!! He is still really quiet.
Oh, I saw a green Rav 4 yesterday and thought of you guys. I told my companion that we have a car like that back home and he told me that at his house they have a bike with a side-cart, or they just walk where ever they need to go. Hard life style!
About the washing of my laundry by hands, I only do it on P-Days and it takes me about two to three hours with all the soaking, scrubbing, rinsing and bleaching that has to be done. It's all good and it is definitely teaching me patience and perseverance plus a good learning experience.
Not much else has happened this week but its been good. We were invited over to the Elders Quorum President's house, and he is so cool and is also Bishop's brother. The work is going well, I'm doing well and having fun doing it.
Oh yeah, our water filter broke this week so we've been a bit dehydrated. At night time, instead of drinking water we go out and get soft drinks. It's not good, so hopefully, our filter will be fixed sometime this week so I can get off the soda. Pero. We have this supermarket that I go to, and I found a place there that sells Bundaberg Ginger beer and PEECHIES. It is expensive - about 67 pesos a bottle - and the other day I got one of each and cherished them. Hahaha! They were so awesome!
Mum, I love you heaps and wanted to let you know that I've almost finished reading through the book of Alma in the Book of Mormon. I used to think that the book of Alma was boring but man I was so wrong. I just finished reading about Amalickiah and now I'm reading about the Stripling Warriors. Amazing Talaga! I really liked the part where Captain Moroni fortified all the cities so that they were strong and then he gave the soldiers armor so their bodies were protected. i compared it to how we need to do the same in our lives, that is, make our fortifications strong - our homes, our lifestyles - and then after that, we need to then strengthen ourselves. It is so cool and really important to do that. The Book of Mormon is true and it hurts when I see people not reading these awesome words that are right in front of their eyes. It hurts me to think back and ponder as to why it took me so long to read it. It is the word of God and it is there for us. All we have to do is open it and read.
Good work on the running and exercise. Keep it up. I love you all heaps.
Elder Chadderton
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