Transferred!

So I got transferred. I am now in Pagudpud. It is really great here. We have some really great investigators and we plan to have them baptized in December so we are excited. I am right next to Claveria, one of my old areas, and I actually got to see and talk to the members on Sunday because we had District Conference. Wika, my recent convert, is doing really well and is still super active. It made me so happy to hear that. At the conference we got to hear from ELder Tobias one of the Area Authority Seventy here in the Philippines. It was awesome to hear from him.

Sadly we were not able to hear from President or Sister Andrada because they had to go to Manila for a very important reason. Their family is going through a difficult time right now so please keep them in your prayers.

My new companion is Elder Erguiza. He trained Elder Jones from my District back in the MTC. Me and him get along great. Also Elder Pamaran, one of my old companions, is now my zone leader. So it's great here.

Mahal na mahal ko kayo at alam ko na, na itong "work" ay totoo siya. Salamat sa inyo para lahat. Ito yung totoong simbahan. Alam ko yun.

Elder Lewis
Philippines Laoag Mission
Choose Joy

Challenge from Elder Lewis

This is from Elder Lewis' letter below. He's issued a challenge to all of us. You can read the entire letter posted below the latest pictures. 

I want everyone to do two things: One choose to live joyfully. No one can take that from you. and Two: Live life with no regrets. When you are older you don't want to look back and think to yourself "What if.." Do everything you can while you can do it. A quote that my Zone Leader, Elder Fainu, shared with us is, "Did you leave it all on the field today?"

Pictures of Dylan

A little reunion during the Typhoon Lawin evacuation in Laoag.

 Elder DeLeon, Elder Pati-on, and Elder Lewis

The view from Elder Lewis' apartment

News from Dylan

So it has been quite a while. A lot has happened recently. I'm still in Sta Ana and I am loving it. We have been having a lot of meeting recently and I have been exchanges quite a bit recently too. The mission has been amazing.

Right now we have been trying to focus on the Less Active that live in Sta Ana, there are over four hundred of them so finding all of them and getting to know them has been amazing. We are also trying to expand our teaching pool here by finding new investigators. Sta Ana is great, the people here are super nice the only problem is that the get offended really easily so when they get offended they stop coming to church.

Me and my companion have been doing alright, we have been working through some problems that we have been having recently and it has been getting better between us but it's not quite where we want it. Always room for improvement.

I want everyone to do two things: One choose to live joyfully. No one can take that from you. and Two: Live life with no regrets. When you are older you don't want to look back and think to yourself "What if.." Do everything you can while you can do it. A quote that my Zone Leader, Elder Fainu, shared with us is, "Did you leave it all on the field today?"

Mahal na mahal kita at alam ko na itong simbahan ay totoo. Maingat kayo sa inyong buhay.

Elder Lewis
Philippines Laoag Mission
Choose Joy