Elder Lott has arrived in the Philippines

 Aug 17, 2014

Hey Everyone!! Sorry it has been like 2 weeks since I have emailed, I didn't get a p day at the Manila mtc so we didn't get the opportunity to email. I have been in the Philippines for about 2 weeks!! It is super hot here!! I sweat like crazy! That is cool that you could track my flight!  Everyone that was on that flight that day, we left on thursday and arrived in the philippines at about 12:30 a.m. so we skipped friday!! I got my new companion and his name is Elder Arorong!! He is pretty cool, Here in the philippines they call white people Joe so I get called Joe a lot!! I also have everyone staring at me
wherever we go because there is not really any white people here. Also the filipino girls like white guys so they always wave to me. Don't worry I definitely am not going to marry one! So pretty much everyday in our apartment we have lizards on our walls eating bugs, also my first night at the apartment we had a couple spiders in our apartment. That one in that picture was my shower buddy because it was in the bathroom...they are pretty big here!! We also have a bench and dumbells in our apartment. The bench is two rice cookers with cement in them cemented to a bar, and the dumbells are pretty much the same thing just much smaller!! I have my own fan so that is freaken awesome!! I hope everything is going well at home!!  I love you all

Love Elder Lott

                                    Finally to Cauayan

 The new companionships.  Elder Lott with Elder Arorong

 

 

 Still can work out.  Check out the weights- cement in rice cookers.

 

 

 

Gross.  Apparently they didn't kill this.  It eats bugs for them.  Personally I would rather have the bugs than this.  Yuck.

August 24, 2014

 

Hey everyone its been another week!!  I am adjusting to life in the philippines.  A couple of days ago I did my laundry and it was all by hand because we don't have a washer or dryer.  I have to admit that it sucked really bad.  It has been raining a lot here.  Last night me and my companion where out teaching and when we were on our way home it was poring.  By the time we got to our apartment I was soaked.  It was raining so bad that there was little rivers in all of the roads.  Me and my companion have two progressing investigators but we have like 10 in all.  The language isn't getting any easier though.  The food here, lets just say that I am not a very big fan of it.  I have been living off of french toast, eggs, and peanut butter sandwiches at our apartment.  I will send some more pictures next week.  My camera broke last week.  There is number 2 already.  Also my pin number doesn't work on my card so could you fix that so I can use some of the money on it.   Everything is so cheap here, but you have to pay for everything like transportation.  Our transportation is a motorcycle with a little thing on the side of it were we sit.  I can get some pictures once I get a new camera.  My area is a lot of farm land.  There is a lot of rice and corn fields.  Thats crazy that school is already started for them.  Have fun.  I love you all.  I will send a bunch of pictures next week if I have a new camera by then. Also thanks for that care package I got it yesterday.  My companion says thanks also. Love ya

Love Elder Lott

 

 

We are thrilled he is doing good.  We love him very much and are so proud of him.  Thank you for everyone's continued support.

 

 

Here is his mailing address for anyone interested.

 

 

 

Elder Alex Michael Lott

Philippines Cauayan Mission

78 Burgos Street

3305 Cauayan City

Isabela

Phillipines

 

(postage is $1.50 to send.  They have special international stamps at the post office or use three stamps.)

On a funny note (sort of), he has already had two cameras, a watch and a suitcase break.