Hello, Everyone!

Cige so before I forget momma:
Philippines, Tacloban Mission
Fatima Vlg, Tacloban City
6500 Leyte
Philippines

So we only get mail through the mission home. It gets sent there then
we get our mail like once a transfer.. Haha. It's pretty awesome. Also
I guess packages are super duper slow so they take like 3 months and I
think it's three weeks to a month for letters also. I'm not sure if I
told you already but if you get like Jesus stickers and put them on
the mail it will keep it from being stolen.
So anyway!!
This week we had a training down in Tacloban so instead of getting to
work very much we just got to take a very very long 7 hour bus ride
and then home again.. Haha so fun. But it was awesome because I got to
see my batch! Elder Lowe looks so good! I missed him so much. He is
already such an awesome missionary. I have pictures with him and
Sister K and Sister G and Dial but it's really hard to send pictures
here cuz they easily get corrupted and I really don't want to lose any
of these pictures from this beautiful place! So I can probably print
and send some, we will see.
I am excited to get back to work this week. Sister Perdida went to
church again! She is so good. Like seriously a golden investigator. We
taught her sons too and they are so so good! Sister Bessy was out of
town so no church for her.. We are really grateful though because she
is not as shy as she used to be. She is ten and she used to cover her
face with her hands every single time we asked her a question. But she
came with us to FHE and she was super talkative and cute. We are
hoping to have her baptised soon but she keeps missing church.
So besides that I guess there's not a whole lot to say. Oh yeah!
Brother Nickko! I am so so happy that he talked to Jamie. He is
seriously my favorite ever. He was inactive last year and he came
back, and ever since then he has worked with the missionaries EVERY
SINGLE DAY. He is leaving soon and I am so sad. He was really excited
that he talked with Jamie also. I asked him if he was leaving the
other day and he said "Of course not! I promised Jamie Sprouse that I
could protect you!" Haha so funny. He is the best guy ever in the
world.
My language is still not good but I can get my point across and
understand a little.lt is helpful that almost every single Philippino
knows English.
There are so many inactives in our community because it seems that
some missionaries a while back taught everyone only like the first
lesson, baptized them, and never came back. That's the reason that
Bro. Nickko was inactive. It is super sad. We try to visit everyone as
much as we can and pray that they will have the desire to come to
church.
Well that's all for now! Love you all so so much!
Sister Sprouse