Hey Mum and Whanau,
How is everything going back home? We are doing good here in the Philippines.
My week has been good and kinda busy. We had a normal week of work, but on Wednesday we had MTC exchanges. I went with two new elders to do some work in my area and so took them to do some tracting which we call, "OYM" which stands for, "Open your Mouth!" I had them place pamphlets, contact people and then attend some appointments where they were able to teach one of our recent converts and then one of my investigators, a 17 year old boy named James. We taught him the first lesson and set a baptism date for him. It was sweet and after that we went and got some ice-cream before they had to go back to their area. One of these new elders is named, Elder Alimpoos and he said he has just recently been assigned to my area and said that he's all excited to come and work with me again if he ever gets the opportunity to do so. That was cool!
Today was transfer day and the announcements were made and I won't be moving but my kid is (Elder Cortezano). Tomorrow I will know who my new companion will be and what will happen with the Zone Leaders in the mission. Exciting!
This coming Friday we will have the opportunity to have a tour through the new MTC here in the Philippines. I am excited to go and check it out. That will be the third MTC that I've been to, and then on Saturday we have temple tour, so hopefully I can get some investigators and less actives to come along to that.
Well, I continue to recognize the blessings that come when you are doing the Lord's work. We had an extra 3 days added onto this week because of transfers so we didn't get out to do any shopping and our support was running low. So, on Sunday we were invited over to dinner and FHE at one of the Bishopric members home. Sweet! On Monday we were invited to another dinner and then another on Tuesday! Woohoo! So, although we didn't get to go shopping, we didnt have to buy any food for dinner and yesterday we got our support. We worked hard and the Lord provided. That's all you gotta do.
Astig. Lately, I've been realizing just how young my mission is, or how young the missionaries are in my mission. We have a lot of missionaries that have been here for a year or less and all the oldies are leaving. Its good because it gives a lot more responsibility to the younger missionaries, like me, he-he... but of course we press forward, we keep going and we do the best that we can.
Thank you so much for the present. Last week Elder Cortezano and I went to the Mall and walked around for like an hour pricing different cameras. I ended up finding one that was P$3995 which is roughly about NZD$110.00. It is a great camera, an Olympus, 12 megapixels, with a free 2 gig memory card, a free hard case and a free mini tripod stand. It is cool azz! Elder Cortezano was gob-smacked when he realized that I had bought it for him. I told him it was a present. This week he has been using his camera and taking heaps of pictures. Its good to know that he can now have some memories of his mission. It's been a good week.
With the training and everything finishing up I'll be going back to the normal email rules. When you train you get 2 hours to email, but if you aren't training, you only get an hour, so next week I probably won't be able to reply and send personal emails to everyone but I'll try and keep you all up to date in the one email to you Mum. But, thanks everyone for all the emails and do keep sending them. I really appreciate it.
With today being P-Day we went to a Memorial Site in Quezon City and also to this little museum where we learnt more about the history of Quezon. It was really cool and I got some cool pics but like always I forgot my cord so hopefully next week I'll remember to have it and I can send you pics.
I love you all and know that I have been praying for you. Give the family my love and keep being awesome. Oh and can you let me know what date Uncle Rangi is coming over. I look forward to that. Salamat!
Mahal na mahal ko kayo.
Ingat sila sa akin
Elder Chadderton
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