March 30, 2010

Subject: Re: Aloha!

Hey Mom.

Wow. So what a week.
Sounds like things went great for you guys out in Hawaii. Gosh I love that place. Thanks for looking into the Hawaiian shaved ice. They have this thing here that is like a Super hawaiian shaved ice. But not really. Its called Halo Halo. Its crushed ice with sweet cream topped with fruits, jellos, cheese, corn, ice cream, ube (which is pretty much the greatest stuff ever--its a purple yam that tastes like heaven), and somtimes cookies and oats. Bomb.

Yeah. My email from Kendall was about some fireside thing. He was sending it out to all of the missionaries from our stake and in the process he wanted to update us on each other and on the progress of the missionaries prepping back home. He didnt know. Poor guy. Although...I did get Tyelars DearElder on Monday. It was pretty epic nonetheless. It was full of drumrolls. Seriously. He wrote drumrolls in it.

Also, I got my shoes in THE GREATEST PACKAGE OF ALL TIME!!! Holy crap. Reeses, Cadbury eggs, Lucky Charms, PEANUT M&Ms, and SOUR PATCH KIDS!!!! After I opened it, I ran down to the grocery store with my companion to buy a bunch of bottles of Mountain Dew to drink with my Sour Patch Kids. Its like milk and cookies. I stopped wearing flip flops around the house. Now I just wear my Vans. Thank you for following the Spirit and sending the blue ones. Those are my favorite. Soooooo comfortable. I've been dancing a lot at home. They still have beat in them.

Conference...yeah....we get that the week AFTER. Because conference for you is like...3 AM for us. haha. But its cool. Everyone goes to the church and we just pound it out all day long. Sounds like a blast. And everyone brings food to snack on in between sessions. Gonna be fun...

...because I'm not going to be in Cebu anymore because I'm transferring to BOHOL!!!! Calape Zone!!! Its out in the middle of nowhere in the farthest East side of the mission!!! Oh man... I'm not happy about it. At all. We have investigators committed for baptism! The members have been crying a lot. They dont want me to go. Sister Daisy (our convert of three weeks or so--the one that I helped find, teach and baptize) is having a really hard time with it. She loves me and Arbado to death and now she's losing both of us. She has a framed picture of each of us in her house sitting on her table. Its really neat. But I hope that she is going to be okay without me. I know she will. Her testimony is attached to the Rock of Our Redeemer with concrete. haha.

Its interesting the charity and love that I've developed here. The only thing that I care about is my investigators, converts and members. I'm not worried about myself. I could care less what happens to me in my next area right now. All that matters to me is that these new missionaries take the time to reach out to these people that I love so much. Are they going to get Mia to her baptismal goal? Are they going to retain the Miranda, Parnoncillon, Hentica and Ceniza families? Are they going to do all they can to support bishop in his decisions for the ward? Will the ward missionaries do they're part? So many questions. And I have to have faith that they will do what they need to do. I wish I could know. But thats why I need faith.

Anyways, Elder Nambio and I are great buds now. Really get along well...at least I think so. I see him as a great friend. We hit a speed bump but other than that we're really good.

Hope that this week proves to be a great week. CONFERENCE!!!! NICE HUH???
Please dont write about conference before me. Dont spoil the surprise. Salamat!!!!

Love,
Brandon