April 30, 2012

Hi Mom and Dad and Family - It's been a busy week. Last Wednesday we woke up a 3 and went to the 6 am temple session, the first one of the day. I am not going to lie, not one of my better sessions. I was so tired. I usually am tired because we always go to the first, but this was a new level. I don't remember a whole lot. I just remember the very end, the Celestial room was nice, very relaxing... After the session we did various things and got home at 3 or 4 and straight to work. It was good though. Friday we had interviews with President Stucki. Just the normal interview, he is a nice man. I wasn't sure what he meant by a few things though. He answered my quetions and gave me advice on things, but, I was a little confused. I wrote down some of it to look back on. President said something along the lines of, "I hear your Tagalog is good. Then so, you have been in San Gabriel for a while, 7 months now... Then said, "Well in a few weeks we will see what the Lord wants of you." What is that supposed to mean? I don't want to transfer. I have only been in this area 2 months. Anyway, I guess we will see. I just found that on May 22, Elder Russell M. Nelson will be coming and speaking to us. I will get to shake his hand. He is coming to rededicate the MTC here. That is so exciting! Hopefully I don't get transferred to Palawan. Binan - it is great! The big thing right now in Binan are the kites or sarangolas. There are so many kites above our area. People just make them and fly them all day long. I think it is summer vacation right now. Weather wise - it sucks. It has been so stinkin' hot lately. Luckily there are lots of little tindahans (part of a house where they sell various things) where we can buy juice. We are working with Raquel. She attended a baptism for an investigator of the other elders in Binan. Afterwords she said she is super excited to be baptized on May 12. She is progressing super well and we are continuing to teach her. We have gotten super busy and it is hard to keep all the commitments. This week should be better. Things are moving along great. Fruits - So far, I haven't eaten a whole lot of fruit. Mangos are good, I just never get around to buying any. I think they are in season right now. Of course we eat bananas. I don't know why but we don't eat that much fruit. We have it if members give it to us but that's about it. As far as calamansi juice, none so far. Weird huh? Mother's Day - It sounds exciting! Sorry for the scattered letter. This keyboard is super hard to press and it's being difficult. Elder Thurgood goes home in 2 months, today we went to the city to shop. It has been a long day. One elder from Elder Thurgood's group is from Mesa - Elder Hyde. There is a sister in our branch that is serving in Elder Pearson's mission. Her name is Sister Tating. She is the district president's daughter. Thanks for the email, and letters. I enjoy reading Elder Garrison's experiences. I hope you all have a great week. Love, Elder Woolf