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Got my visa!

I wasn't expected it but I will be heading to the Philippines this Wednesday. I've been waiting for the call from my President but now that I have it, I do wish I had another transfer to grow the area and grow with myself. I know the Lord has planned this out for a while and I am very grateful for that. I had to give a sacrament talk in McKay ward, but obviously I first got called to a different language because I'm not too good at creating english talks. I never got to try elk here even though multiple families promised otherwise. I will miss how slowly everyone talks here I'm sure, once I'm in the Philippines. Thanks everyone, Elder Soulier Pictures The Roundup, a giant rodeo in Pendleton in September so I won't be able to see the masses of drunk cowboys come The RV park where we do weekly service and laundry We are just surrounded by wheat fields and when I got here the fields were white ready to harvest and most of them have been harvested now that I...

Teaching in Pendleton 

Having a lot of fun here, getting more acquainted with the area. We do get feed most nights now. There is a lot more activity in the Mckay ward than in the ysa but we have to send most of our sunday day in ysa because it's far away and they always have extra activities. The ward mission leaders have been useful.   Gregnisha is in bit of a split. She needs to go apply for a new job that doesn't have her working on Sundays and she needs to move because someone threw a rock through her window door at night?! Rogina has just been overwhelmed with taking care of her mom this week and running 2 restaurants. She wasn't able to make it to church. Siobhan, she just turned 18. Her mom is a member but her dad isn't and he's against it. She wasn't allowed to get baptized at age 8, and when we tried to talk about, he just tried to question us. Hopefully she can find some stability in either getting into the ysa or being comfortable with going to relief society. Patsy...