A biking area with no bikes...

This week was awesome! I had my 8 week followup. I am now 2/3 the way through my training which is crazy. I love every bit of it.

This week, my companions bike broke a few times. We fixed it twice, but finally on the third time, we just decided that we would walk. On Sunday, we walked 6 miles out to the far end of our area. It was actually awesome. We talked to so many people. 

And we found a couple of drunk guys along the way. They are super funny to talk to because when they are drunk and they see white guys, they start talking in English, even though they are horrible at it. One guy kept apologizing to us saying that he was sorry that his friend was drunk. They were both drunk out of their minds, but they really wanted us to come back and teach them because they said they wanted to change their lives. Maybe we will go back some time when they are sober and tell them about how they said they wanted to change their lives haha. 

After that, we taught two of the best lessons ever. One was to a family (with 3 kids). They are super receptive and can't wait to start reading the Book of Mormon as a family. The other was to the man that we found a few weeks ago. He is soo prepared and loves the Book of Mormon. We got to his house super late because we didn't have bikes and we had to walk. But, because of that, we were able to teach his wife who was finally home from work. The Lord really does work in mysterious ways. Then we made the six miles back to our house. 

It is super windy here right now. Another storm is expected to make landfall here tomorrow. I am not getting evacuated, but we are not allowed to proselyte tomorrow. Kind of sad because we have a lot of work to do here. We have 11 investigators with baptismal dates and lots of them are progressing well. 

I love the mission and all the comes with it. The good and the bad. I love the gospel and the chance that I have to share it here in the Philipipines for a short 2 years. I love you all and send lots of prayers your way from the Philippines. 

Love Elder Thomas

Pictures:

-We found "Joe" painted on the side of a house. This is what everyone yells at us when they see two white kids walking down the road

 -We got locked out of the fence that leads to our house. So, we had to jump the fence. But, It was a lot higher than my comp thought. So, he "died" for a second when he landed

-We found a bucket of tar on the side of the road and decided to leave a message for when the workers came back

 -We saved a star fish