updates from Elder Lott

Sept 1, 2014

Hey family another week has passed.  I am doing good here in the philippines.  One thing for sure is that I like it much more than the mtc.  So this last week my companion didn't tell me that our support was for two weeks so i bought food and ate it in like one week and then I was like broke for a whole week.  It sounds like everyone is doing really good back home!  It sounds like hooper tomato days is going good!  Make sure that you go to a rodeo for me.  The work is going really well for me and my companion.  We have a baptism scheduled for like the 13th of september.  It is getting easier to talk to people but the language is still a big barrier.  This past sunday I spoke in church.  I lost my talk before church.  So I pretty much just picked a topic and studied it a little bit before church.  The elder that spoke before me took like 15 minutes so the bishop looked back to me and told me to take like 5 minutes.  In my mind I was like YES!!!  It went good.  I also have to teach the lesson next week for the sunday school class so that will be interesting.  I told you that last week I was broke so I was living off of pb and honey sandwiches so that is not the best diet.  So today I weighed myself and I have lost 20 pounds since I have been here in the philippines and I have only been here for like 2 and a half weeks!!!  The storms they have here a huge, rain wise!  When it rains it pours.  Me and an elder from my apartment were at a net shop and when we were done it was raining.  We didn't have our umbrellas so we walked back to our apartment in the rain.  By the time we got back to our apartment we were soaked.  We might as well of hopped in a pool..haha! I want to thank everyone for their emails and stuff.  I really enjoy them.  It sounds like adam and ethan are dominating in soccer and that is a good thing.  We are definately related haha.  So I will send pictures next week, hopefully.  Since my camera broke I need to look for another one.  I have already went through two cameras on my mission, crazy!  So I will hopefully get some next week!  I love you all so much

Love Elder Lott

Sept 7, 2014

 

Hey family!  There goes another week!  This saturday me and my companion have 2 baptisms.  I get the opportunity of baptizing one of the investigators!  This past sunday I taught in sunday school.  I taught all the youth because we don't have a whole lot in our ward.  It went good but I would rather not teach.  The work is going really well.  I don't have any pictures this week but I will get a new camera, sorry.  I hope everything is going good back home!  Make sure to keep me updated!  Love you all

Love,

Elder Lott

 

 

We are so proud he is doing well.  What a blessing it is that he gets to baptize someone already.   We hope he will start eating food so he doesn't keep losing weight and then his little brothers will out weigh him.  Also, I am pretty sure I sent him with an umbrella and a poncho.   

 

 

 

 

Also, I just got word a typhoon is headed his way so please keep the missionaries and people of the Philippines in your prayers. 




The typhoon hit there Sunday Sept 14.  I just received word that all missionaries are safe and have been accounted for.  What a relief.  We can't wait to hear from him and learn what it was like to go through a typhoon.  Thank you for all your prayers.