Ryan Lott's Status Updates: Elder Lott we love you

Jul 13, 2015

So this week is transfer week. Last week we found out that my companion will be training this next cycle. So I found out that I will be transferred a week early. Which is fine with me. I also figured it would happen because I have been in this are for 6 months. So on tuesday we had splits with the zl's because my companion had to go to a new trainers meeting on wednseday. Then on wednseday I was on splits with one of the zl's while he was is cauayan. In the van on the way back to the apartment a drunk guy fell asleep on my companion. It was pretty funny so I had to get a picture. On sunday I didn't even have to speak in church which was a big bonus because I didn't want to. So since I am transfered that means that I get to pack...again ya! Thats alright at least I will have a new apartment. I really can't take this apartment anymore so I am glad that I will get a new one. I am also excited to transfer just because I have been here for 6 months in the same area. So I want to see new places and meet new people. I am anxious to see where I am going to transfer. I got some pictures with some members and some investigators during church on sunday. So I wonder if I will get an american companion or a filipino. I am guessing a filipino. He will be my 7th comp and I have only been out a year. I am excited and ready! Love you guys have a great week!

Love Elder Lott

Santiago South zone

7-20-15

So it is pretty crazy how transfer day went down! So we got to cauayan and the zl's read the list. Elder Lott your companion with be elder reyes...tuguegarao north zone! So my new area is tuao. It is in the same zone as alcala! I was pretty excited when I heard it. Get to go back to tugue! Apartment wise...well I was only there like and hour or 2 and I already liked it better than my last apartment! We have a working shower head, its not as hot, its pretty big, but there are some bugs. It has been raining the past couple of days so we get the big spiders in our house. they are big and fast! There is also more mosquitoes in our apartment! they aren't to bad. I just wish that there wasn't any. So my companions name is elder reyes. I am following him up. He has only been in the field for 3 months. He just finished his training. I am liking my new area so far. The are a lot of calasa's which are like horse wagons. They are like little ponies though. I think that it is animal abuse. A lot of the horses are pretty skinny, but it still reminds me of riding horses back home. They are pretty cool. I am in a branch now. My first two areas were wards now I am in a branch. Less than 50 people were at church on sunday so it is pretty small. I had to bare my testimony last sunday and then my companion told me that we have to speak in sacrament every fifth sunday. So we have to speak next week...yes not looking forward to it! Tomorrow we have an elders conference so we are going to cauayan. So there is a sister in my district. She is from mendon. She went to mountain crest and utah state for a little bit. I told her I used to live there when I was little. She said nobody ever knows where that is. She is cool. I am excited to be back in tugue! I love and miss you guys! Have a great week!

Love Elder Lott

horse wagon

fhe in my new area with a lot of little kids

July 21, 2015

Alex and his first companion met up again at elder's conference

7-27-15

This past tuesday we had an elders conference in cauayan. We rented a van as transportation. It turns out it was my bishop from my first area. Anyways on the ride down everyone was pretty tired. So they were all asleep. I was sitting in the front seat and I decided to get a little rest to since we were up early. So I hadn't had my eyes closed long when I felt that we were slowing down. So I opened my eyes and I see the car in front of us getting closer by the second. Our driver didn't slow down fast enough so I just braced for impact. We weren't going that fast and its a good thing because none of the vans have seats belts...that work. I don't know fast we were going but we rear ended the van in front of us. It for sure woke everyone up. It wasn't even that bad. We just had to follow the van to the police station and our driver had to pay for the damages. They said that he couldn't leave until it was done so we took a bus the rest of the way to cauayan. So that was the first wreck I have ever been in. If you could call that a wreck, It wasn't even bad. I got to see elder arorong at the elders conference. Turns out he is now a zone leader, I would have never guessed that. Our week went pretty good. I have been living off of pancit canton pretty much this whole week and it is really getting old. We were supposed to have a missionary fireside type thing on saturday. I figured that nobody would show up, since it was so unorganized and....I was right. Hey that's fine with me they had us speaking, but I think it will probably happen this week or something. My talk went pretty good in sacrament meeting. My topic was the millennium. I don't really know a whole lot of vocab on that topic so it was a lot in english. And since I am in a small province, they don't understand english. So it was pretty much like talking to the wall or something. In my talk I said that satan would be bound during the millennium. In priesthood somehow they got on the topic of the millennium for a minute and somebody said that satan would be unbound during the millennium. We corrected him. So that is proof that probably nobody listened to my talk, and that guy is in the branch presidency. I have been removing a lot of mice this past week. I have killed 5 and I just keep seeing more. Oh I also saw a frog in our apartment, so there are definitely a lot of critters. The work is going good. It has been raining a lot lately so that is keeping the temperature down so that is good. I love you guys have a great week

Love Elder Lott

8-3-15

Finally we got support. Phew I really needed that. I had like no money. So to answer your question my companions name is elder reyes and he is a filipino. He is from somewhere around manila. The work is going really good. We got a couple new investigators yesterday. Our branch president fellow shipped with us and he brought his tricycle. So I finally got those pictures of me in a tricy. They are very small and the ones here in tugue are like the biggest ones out of all the areas in the mission. I wasn't feeling that great this past week, my nose was all congested for a few days. I had a cold. I feel good now though. I am still trying to get the area down. I have only been here for 2 and a half weeks and I am trying to get to know the members and the area. I like tuao...its good. It is not the strongest branch but that can change. Well my letter is a little short this week. Love you guys have a great week

Love Elder Lott

tricycle

8-3-15

Hey mom. It sure sounds like you have been staying busy babysitting. The answer to your question about the cooked vegetables...I ate them but I don't like cooked vegetables. It was just at a zone conference. Oh ya I got the garments and the package. I thought I told you. Thank you. I was so happy to get the garments. It makes it so much easier. Also I was excited to get the package...cause it was good and it is gone. I did get the shirt. I wish I could have went there. That would have been a paradise. So something for sure I know I would like is a football. I was supposed to get one from another elder that was going home but it got ruined. Oh ya and some protein. Like chocolate powder for a drink or they come in protein bars. My companions name is elder reyes and he is a filipino and I think he lives close to manila. I think my tagalog is going good. I still have a lot of room to improve. I just hope I can get it all down. So how are your riding lessons going? Can you ride backwards? I love you mom have a great week

Love Alex

pictures from his mission blog