8-10-15
This week was really cool. So on tuesday we had district meeting and stuff. Then on wednseday we had a zone service project in alcala. It was actually at my converts. He is a carpenter so we helped carry some wood back to his house. It was so awesome to see them and how happy they are. There are a ton of new converts over there to. Back when I was in alcala there could have been like less actives over in that area but when I was there we didn't know, but that is what we heard. Who knows maybe there wasn't. Then we got the couple converts over there and now there is a lot of recent converts. It is really cool to see how that area has grown since I have left. I got to some members and stuff to. It was really cool. This week work went really good to. Since I have been in this area the sacrament attendance has been pretty low so me and my companion are focusing a lot on less actives. I love you guys have a great week
Love Elder Lott
service project
8-17-15
Well as I was writing this email it deleted so this is my second time
writing this email. Awesome. This past week went by really fast, but
it was a good week. So this past wednseday me and my companion went on
splits with our district leader and his companion in their area. It
was a good day but the thing that made it better is that they have an
a/c unit in their room. I got such a good night sleep that night. It
was so nice to not be sweating to death. Can you send and a/c unit in
my next package...thats what I really want haha. Then on thursday
president and sister rahlf came up to tugue for our quarterly
interviews. So this past week was really good. I went to a lot of
places that I haven't been to yet. I got to meet some new people. We
taught this LA nanay. I don't know how long it has been since she
has been to church but we taught her a lesson and invited her to
attend church the next day. I was really happy when we saw her at
church. It was cool that she came. This area is nice, there are a lot
of trees and stuff. So the scenery is really nice. Tuao is a branch
so there are not a lot of active members. Yesterday after sunday
school our branch president went to go pick up his son in tugue
because he just got home from his mission. So I guess just because he
left they thought that church was over. We still had priesthood left,
but everyone went home. So we didn't have priesthood yesterday. Me
and my companion got home at 11:50 from church and its supposed to end
at 12. I got to eat a little earlier though and I was hungry haha.
So this morning we had a district activity at some elders apartment in
our district. We were supposed to lechon a pig or roast it over coals
with like the spinny thing. We started a little late so we just
decided we would grill it and make some adobo because lechoning takes
a while. So we went and got the pig and prepped it up. Their
neighbor came over to help us. So in return he got the blood and the
intestines, because they eat that stuff over here...ugh I will pass. I
called dibs on killing the pig. I was a little nervous though. I
didn't know if the knife would go in easy or hard. After all I have
never stabbed anything, we all know I have no problem skinning stuff
but this was my first time stabbing something. It went good. Then we
scraped the hair off, gutted it and then cooked it. It was a pretty
sweet activity. I love you guys have a great week
Love Elder Lott
writing this email. Awesome. This past week went by really fast, but
it was a good week. So this past wednseday me and my companion went on
splits with our district leader and his companion in their area. It
was a good day but the thing that made it better is that they have an
a/c unit in their room. I got such a good night sleep that night. It
was so nice to not be sweating to death. Can you send and a/c unit in
my next package...thats what I really want haha. Then on thursday
president and sister rahlf came up to tugue for our quarterly
interviews. So this past week was really good. I went to a lot of
places that I haven't been to yet. I got to meet some new people. We
taught this LA nanay. I don't know how long it has been since she
has been to church but we taught her a lesson and invited her to
attend church the next day. I was really happy when we saw her at
church. It was cool that she came. This area is nice, there are a lot
of trees and stuff. So the scenery is really nice. Tuao is a branch
so there are not a lot of active members. Yesterday after sunday
school our branch president went to go pick up his son in tugue
because he just got home from his mission. So I guess just because he
left they thought that church was over. We still had priesthood left,
but everyone went home. So we didn't have priesthood yesterday. Me
and my companion got home at 11:50 from church and its supposed to end
at 12. I got to eat a little earlier though and I was hungry haha.
So this morning we had a district activity at some elders apartment in
our district. We were supposed to lechon a pig or roast it over coals
with like the spinny thing. We started a little late so we just
decided we would grill it and make some adobo because lechoning takes
a while. So we went and got the pig and prepped it up. Their
neighbor came over to help us. So in return he got the blood and the
intestines, because they eat that stuff over here...ugh I will pass. I
called dibs on killing the pig. I was a little nervous though. I
didn't know if the knife would go in easy or hard. After all I have
never stabbed anything, we all know I have no problem skinning stuff
but this was my first time stabbing something. It went good. Then we
scraped the hair off, gutted it and then cooked it. It was a pretty
sweet activity. I love you guys have a great week
Love Elder Lott
an alabino caribow. I bet it is pretty sunburned. I don't see those
very often, but it is cool when I do
Mmm pig. Some nice pork chops!
8-24-15
Wow that cycle went by really fast. So we got the transfer list this morning and my companion will be transferring. I was really surprised. I thought we would have at least had one more cycle together. So I will be leading the area...again. I have led my area pretty much my whole mission. My new companion that I will meet on Wednesday will be my 8th companion, 9 including the mtc. So I have had a lot of companions. This past week was pretty nice since it was a stormy for a couple days. So that means that it wasn't as hot. It rained for like 3 days straight. Since it rained for that long the bridge that we normally take to get over the river, was like underwater. Good thing there was another bridge so we could get to our zone activity today. The storm also made the power go out on one of the days. It sucked it went out at like 2 or 3 in the afternoon and came back at about 10 or 11 the next morning. It wasn't fun. At least it wasn't to hot. It was such a relief when it came back on. On thursday we went on splits with the zone leaders. It went good. At on of the lessons I saw this ancient iron. You fill it up with coals to heat it up. Talk about old. I also saw some ginny pigs. We asked them if they eat them or something and they said that they were just pets. So this is really weird. On sunday morning our branch president texted us and told us to text the members that church is canceled. I don't know why...maybe it was raining hard or something, but we didn't have church on sunday. It was really odd. So that was the first time that I haven't been to church in awhile. Today we had a zone activity at caloa caves. Before we even got to where we were meeting our jeepney got in a wreck. Another rear end. Apparently nobody knows how to drive here because that is the 2 time that I have been in a wreck in my mission and both of them have happened in the same cycle, within a month! We are fine though thank goodness. They need seat belts here. Then we had some breakfast and went to the caves. They were pretty cool. We didn't even go all the way in cause people were being lazy which was a bummer. Then we decided to take a boat ride instead. The boat just went up the river...not to far, but it was really pretty. On the way back it turned into a water fight. Everyone was splashing and it felt great. The water was so clear and I just wanted to jump in. Why not I was already soaked, but I didn't. An elder going home on Wednesday did though and a couple other people got pushed in. It was pretty funny. I hope you all enjoy the pics. There are a lot! I love you guys so much!
Love Elder Lott
We took a boat up the river and ended up getting into a water fight. It felt so good I just wanted to jump in. I am glad that my camera is water proof. Its awesome
And I am back to caloa caves. we went there for a zone activity
Tugue N Zone!
Riding on top of a jeepney
