Letter #45 (June 13th, 2012)

Hey all,
we are doing well in Zambo! My new anak is great... he is Visayan and
from the same branch as Elder Olojan (my follow up trainer in Loon) we
are having a good time getting to know each other and me showing him
the area. He is the only member in his family of 7 outside of his
older sister and her husband.
So last Thurs we all Ceres bussed it to Cebu and slept at Ap's apartment
where luckily for me they had a washer and dryer so I could clean my
clothes for the training meeting and not be all baho(smelly). Then
that next morning we headed to the mission home to meet our new anaks.
So Mine is Elder Padilla!

We got to know each other at the meeting and at lunch that day and
then on the 6hour bus trip back to Negros at 6pm that evening (dugaya
oi!). We slept at the Dumaguete apartment that evening and caught a
bus back to our area at 6am the next morning. So Sat was the normal
day again but we were sooo tired from the trip the whole day....
exhausted. Then Sunday was church and meetings and then the ZLs turned
up to finalize our contracts for the apartments and we got permission
to move that Mon after district meeting. So Mon we collected all of
our things and had our district help us to move house. We started at 2
and by 5 everything was finished. We have some really kind nanays in
the branch who even decided to clean the old house for us!!! buotan
kaayo!

Our new house is WONDERFUL!!! It is like a resort! Reilly has photos...
Then yesterday it rained like there was no tomorrow... so we couldnt
go to the area we had planned cause the habal-habal drivers wont go
there if its raining! So we got stuck teaching in the poblacion which
meant we got punter alot cause it was raining a little still... then i
found out that it was a public holiday as well! well no wonder there
was no people!!!
Other than that.... training again so kapoy gayud! We are back to
2hours companion study in the morning and I will be teaching Elder
Padilla English for language study so we dont get out of the house in
the morning until 1pm... soooooo hard not to be able to work all day!
No work in the mornings but that's okay cause the work here in Zambo
is best in the afternoons and evenings.

Today after we email I will send the package. But other than that nothing
much else has happened that I can remember right now... We are enjoying
ourselves in Zambo and I will let you know when I receive that package...
let me know when you get mine!
Miss you all,
Love you,
Elder Taylor Addison Cox

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Terri here: I have added some photos on the photo page!!