Letter #14 (Nov 9th, 2011)

Hey everyone!
We here in Loon are doing great! I am having so much fun and working so hard gihapon(also). We had another baptism on Sat. She has been investigating for quite a while but there was issues before with her bana but they were resolved so we proceded with the baptism. It was great and Elder Holley performed the baptism. She has a new born boy as well who was blessed at church the same day she was confirmed. What a great experience for her in the church!
I love the people here as they are all so kind... even the random people on the street that we contact. They are always happy to talk with us although sometimes hesitant cause we are two white guys that more often than not they dont think we speak visayan.
We had a CSP yesterday where we were slicing open coconuts and scraping out the insides for one of the sisters investigators. We also got to slice the tops of the coconut and drink the juice straight from the inside.... it was great!
Thank you for putting all my stuff away, but to be honest with you, now that i have lived here in the philippines for these 6 weeks, i can say that all that stuff is not important any more. I can see that clearly now. That doesnt mean that it wasnt fun or that it was a waste, or that you can go and throw it all away, but it is not as important as other things in life. Your all thinking "What has happened to you? Were is Taylor?" but alot of my perspective on things has changed. You are so rich, like ridiculously rich, its not funny. You have everything you need plus extra, enough for hobbies and leisure activities and even toilet paper. We live a life of paradise compared to the people here, and this experience is so humbling.
I dont know i have talked about Tatay B.... before... but he is the classiest, most talented, greatest Tatay ever! He must be like 60 or so, but he does everything. He made his own guitar and ukelele out of coconut shells and other wood and he plays them so well. He is building a second house at the moment by himself, and he is always wearing the classy button up shirt over a v neck tee, with a sweet cap tilted to the side and stylish pants. He is just awesome!
We had transfer call this morning. Only one person in our zone is tranfering and later today we are going touring with some members.
I love it here! I love the people, the culture, the food ( i dont know if i told you i ate balut and loved it!). It is just great here. And also i love the members, the investigators, the feeling of having the Spirit all the time, the other missionaries and everything is just awesome in everyway possible.
Love you lots, miss you just as much
Naghigugma ko kanimo,
Elder Taylor Addison Cox

Hey Dad,
had an interesting encounter with some cats at our branch presidents balay(house) with his youngest son, who is 7yrs old. He grabs hold of the cats, and pretends that they are motorcycles, and rides them on the floor. It is absolutely HILARIOUS!!! I will try to get a video of it cause it is so much more funny than pictures, especially when you hear all the funny noises the cats make.


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Terri here: A balut is a fertilized duck embryo that is boiled alive and eaten in the shell.
I have added some photos this week. Please go check them out!!