Well Howdy there amigos! Those are some mighty fine Australian cowboy hats you got there. What’s interesting being here in the Philippines is when a pair of shorts or a hat or a souvenir says "Hand Made" it’s true. There are people here who spend all day making Adidas shorts and weaving baskets and doing things I would never imagine would be done by hand, but day after day that's what they do. I’m really working with the shell lady trying to get some cool ones. They make designs on them and put cool polishes on them and make them into shell statues and stuff like that. They keep showing me new stuff and I think I might get a whole bunch. I can get it custom made. They turned out to be good investigators too. We have taught them 3 times and the last two lessons we had 7 and 8 investigators! They get all their neighbors to join in the lessons. One of their neighbors, Cristojan, or Chris, is a really good investigator. He always reads and is ready for the lessons. I hope him and some of the others get baptized.
We have 3 baptisms lined up for July 30. Mark and his 9 year old daughter, and 11 year old Jameson who is living with his member cousin. Mark is a really good investigator, and all three of them come to church every week, even though we go to the next town over because our church is being renovated starting last week. They are going to make it 3 stories and put an elevator in it! I haven't even seen a 2 story church in America, and this will be the first 3 story I've seen here. The plot of land the church is on is super small, so that is probably why it is being built taller. Half of the parking right now is under the chapel. We have 3 wards that go to church there. My area is about the size of the country club and our neighborhood. Super small! But there are a ton of people there. I have probably only tracted maybe half of it in 3 months. They would probably have 10 or more houses in the same size of property as our house. They are not too big, lots of poverty in my area. I met a lady on Saturday who is split from her husband, has 4 kids, the oldest is 19 and the youngest is 6, and she works like 12 hour + days 6 days a week and makes P1200 a week, less than $30. It’s such a hard life. I hope we get to teach her. She just has a really busy work schedule from early morning to late in the evening. Sunday is the only day. I think she would accept the gospel very well.
I get to meet President Schmutz this Saturday at Zone Interviews. I am super excited for that. From what I have heard he is a great guy.
I have started eating better food lately. Instead of just opening up a can of tuna or sardines and putting it over rice I have been starting to cook vegetables. My companion has been teaching me. I LOVE VEGETABLES! I made myself a salad last week... Delicious! I am excited to try out Eric’s fried rice and chow mein. They call chow mein pancit here. It isn't nearly as good. Too salty. We will have to have a cook off when I get home. They eat a lot of spicy food here. I like it.
Thanks for your email dad, it is sure good to hear from you. You always seem so happy, along with all of you. Good work. God wants us to be happy. 2 Nephi 2:27.
Love you all,
Elder Schenk
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