Letter #53 (Aug 8th, 2012)

Hey all,
So that's all the photos (well not all)... but I hope you enjoy them.
(Terri here: We have photos this week!!)
Hope you are all well and fine. Things have been great this week and busy.
Elder Padilla has a problem with his eyes so he has had bad headaches all
week and we will go to the hospital after this to get the results of the testing. Hopefully its he just needs glasses or something like that. Tomorrow we have a
training meeting with the zone leaders for the zone in the morning so
we will just be staying here in Dumaguete over night.

Training is going great. Elder Padilla and I get along fine...
actually really well. The Spirit has really helped out this week and
we have had some success in the work again. The members are all
excited to work with us and often we have to refuse one or two because
others have already agreed to go out with us. I bet the missionaries
in the ward wish it was the same there. jujuju

My tagalog is improving slowly with the help of members and my
companion and I am learning new phrases and jokes. The Cruz's will all
be excited when I get back for sure... but hopefully I'll have a
surprise for them... huzzah! I know tagaolg as well!... maybe... we'll
see.

I've eaten some amazing fruits this last week and found my favourite
for sure... its called labana in visaya, guiavano in tagalog, and it
is the greatest fruit ever! I have some seeds even to bring back with
me to plant (if i can even get them back through customs).

pretty ordinary week this week in terms of work.
Oh wait!... not exactly... there was one afternoon we were travelling
back on a bus and the conductor is a fiend of ours from I2L-ing
previously... and i asked him if any missionary had "preached" so to
speak on his bus before. He told me no but I could be the first... so
I took up the challenge. I I2L-ed the entire bus and gave every one of
them pass along cards. there was about 30 of them and it was great
courage builder for me and for my anak. (Terri here: I2l-ing..means inviting to learn...about the gospel!)

I received the chocolate from ma and poppy... please send my
thanks. Study has been great this week for me too especially from the bible
about faith and works.
Then I have recently started back on the book of Mormon again and have
had a great time finding more scriptures again that were hidden the
first few times reading through.
Things are doing great and can only get better!
Miss you all...
Love you tons.
Elder Taylor Addison Cox