Letter #38 (April 25th, 2012)

Hey all, We had two baptisms this past Saturday!!! SUCCESS! Wooo.... I have photos to send for next week. Not only did we have the baptisms but we also achieved our goal for 25 lessons this week as well... we got 26 lessons! And this week is transfers. yes... 6 weeks already in Zambo. So Elder Seumanutafa is transferring out to Cebu after being in Zambo for 4 transfers. Then my new companion is Elder Dela Cerna who will be finishing up this transfer in Zambo as his last area. Trunky Transfer!... joke lang... We are going to work this area so hard! He is from Mindanao, so Visaya gayud siya. Which means my language will improve a ton again. So i will probably be in Zambo for another transfer after this next one as well. Our ward members are boss! and the feeding part has become a problem cause everyone we visit wants to feed us before we leave and...I'm getting fat... jujuju. Apart from the chungi (poblacion or the houses near the market centre thingo) everything is bukid gayud kaayo. And yes we are the only misisonaries in the branch. Only about 3 or so areas have two sets. Still nothing about mothers day but we have zone confernce this May3 with Elder Neilson, so we will probly find out then. This week we had so many FHE with members before Elder Tafa transfered. We had so much fun and i have some vids to send next week. So back to the baptisms... I baptised one of the boys and the other was able to get baptised by his dad who has recently come back to church. And then his mother who had gone back to Catholic came to the baptism and them to church again on the Sunday. We have had great success with this family this transfer and hopefully they are back for good. We had some huge storms sweep over these last couple of days coupled with brown outs of course... and our house leaks... =[ But nothing got wet luckily, and all things are doing well... The branch now has a choir cause there is someone to play the piano and lead them in the choir practise (me!). Thank you mum...(Terri here: I made him keep playing when he wanted to stop when he was 12!!) And hopefully I will be teaching others piano this next transfer so when I transfer there is someone left to play for them. I've had an amazing transfer with Elder Seumanutafa and we had so much fun and accomplished so much. I'm gonna miss him and hope that this next transfer is just as fun (but not trunky fun...jujuju) I have grown so much and learned even more. I will have a longer letter next week I'm sure... Miss you all, Love you all, Elder Taylor Addison Cox