Hello Hello! Comin to you from Bangued, Abra how is everyone doing??
First things first Happy Birthday Miranda Kreutz!!
Second, I love the new area that I am in!! My companion Elder Jenson and I have gotten super close the last couple days. We met a while back going to a meeting but have talked every time we see one another so we are both excited to be companions! He is from Orem.. and plays soccer for BYU. This means that he knows the one and only HAMMER HANDS!
On Monday night we went to the De Guzman family for one last round of s’mores before transfers. I am really going to miss the De Guzman family. They have helped us so much with the work and with helping visitors feel welcome at church. I got into Bangued around 1 after a 4 hour bus ride alone! Look ma I know directions now I didn’t get lost! It was pretty easy though, there’s just one highway that goes from the top of Luzon to the bottom almost hahah.
When I got there, I met up with Elder Jenson and Elder Campbell! (Elder Campbell lives in the same apartment as us and he was my companion in Sevilla!) Best part, his companion is also an American from Portland! So that means there are 4 Americans in an apartment, and no Filipinos! Weird no?
We were able to get some work done on Tuesday and Wednesday including visiting some of the other missionaries in the Zone. Then on Thursday we went back to San Fernando for a meeting!
4 hours on Tuesday, 4 hours on Thursday, and then 4 hours again after the meeting on Friday! I think I caught the travel bug! Haha
MLC was super good. President is now allowing us to have a full hour of exercise in the morning. I am really happy for that because exercising in the morning has helped me be more alert and awake during the day, now I don’t have to rush working out! (and I’ll get skinny too!)
We got back from MLC around 11pm. Went straight to bed, got up, and went to the church to get everything ready for the baptism of an investigator in our area! I had only met her 2 times but can just see the joy she has and the Spirit she brings with her! She gave a great testimony about the Restored Gospel and how grateful she was for the missionaries. We are now starting to talk to her husband, who has seen the change in his wife and is a little curious as to why. We are hoping to talk with him and see him at church to help him understand the Gospel of Jesus Christ. We are over two different municipalities so our area is huge!! Haven’t been to the second one yet but planning on it this week! We also had an activity with the whole zone earlier where we played games at the church and got to know everyone! I have been super busy this week and so tired at night but it hasn’t kept us down. We still get up and for some reason are 100% recharged again and ready to go. I will try and send more pics next week! We have a musical devotional on Saturday with President Bangal and other missionaries so I will let all of you know how that goes next week! I love you all so much! Thank you for reading these emails and make sure to let your family know that you love them! Have a great week!
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Elder Pitt
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