Wow this week has been so so crazy I don't know where to start. We left Canlaon for Bacolod on Monday evening. It was sad to leave because I may never come back. Monday night we just in Bacolod with the APs and I got some last time to hang out with Elder natural. On Tuesday they had their departure meeting so I just hung out with the other missionaries who weren't leaving for home. I also updated my journal. Elder Natural gave me his recipes too. Then I said my final farewells to Elder natural and all the other missionaries who were going home. It is crazy that one chapter of my mission is already over. On Tuesday night me and another Elder from my batch meaning he came the same time as me to the philippines, stayed in Bata south Bacolod city and worked with the Elders there. It was funny we went to a dinner appointment and I aceepted a challenge from one of the Elders who is a way sick New Zealander. He won but I put up a good fight ha ha so just in that night we got more food than the whole time in Canlaon but it is ok the people in Canlaon may be very poor but they are so awesome. That night we played some checkers and chilled. Then on Wednesday I found out my new area would be in STOP Aguinaldo which is in Escalante Zone which is the next zone over from my old zone San Carlos zone. They still speak Cebuano there so I don't have to learn Illongo yet which is good. My language is coming along in my new home I have spoken less English and am getting better at understanding the people. My companion is Elder Reyes. He is also a philippino from around Manila and actually used to be companions with Elder Natural before earlier in his mission. He is a good missionary who understands his purpose here to bring others to Christ. On the bus ride to my new area I went with this big football player missionary from Salt Lake City, He played football for East High School and Also for the University of Utah before he came on his mission and will play when he goes home. He goes home in November and will be my new zone leader. He is a way cool kid though. There are four people living in my new apartment. The other two Elders are philippino too so I am trying to just speak Cebuano. They are nice though. It will be different getting used to. When I first got here I saw a huge rat in the house next to ours which was scary but none in our house so far. Our house is big and was so dirty when I got here. It was gross. There was like rotten food and it smelled way bad. It looked like it hadn't been cleaned forever and my dresser was full of spider webs and other stuff. We have cleaned up a lot since though. Also mom don't worry but the sink doesn't work here and the water filter is broken, we have running water but it only comes in at night and we use that to wash dishes and clean our clothes and shower, i tried boiling it and it still looked gross, but I just bough big 10 liter things of water in the city of Escalante which is about 15 minutes away and where we get all of our food. It was also weird at first because the people I am with don't eat meals for breakfast or dinner but I am used to getting my meals in so I have still been eating and they have actually started joining me ha ah. It is so so hot here. It was way hot in Canlaon too but it is way hotter here. I am constantly drenched in sweat ha ha. Also we only have one bathroom for four people so it has been an adjustment. Once I left Canlaon too I really fully realized how much I love those people that I taught. I have really developed charity for them and am so thankful for the opportunity to teach them and help them come unto Christ. They have also taught me lessons too from their great faith and humility. I miss them and Canlaon so much and now realize why missionaries love the people and the areas the teach. I hope one day I can return. This new place is more Bucid or less civilizied than Canlaon. There are way more rice fields everywhere and it is flatter because it is lower down. There are some nice way green mountains in the distance though and there is this nice river that we cross every day so good thing I got new shoes. So it is still a nice area but it is a change and has been hard because I finally had everything down In Canlaon, I knew where everything was, I knew all of the people and had developed friendships and now I have to start over. I feel brand new again here like I am being trained again and it is hard to work with a new missionary too and new people. The first couple days I just missed Canlaon so much and wanted to go back so bad. God is teaching me patience and more faith. Just like last week we have personal mountains in our lives. I had gotten pretty high up Canlaon so to speak and now I need to start over again with a new one. Me and Elder Natural did our very best to leave as much information as possible so the work will continue in Canlaon and I know it will. So it hasn't been the easiest week for me to start over and have so many challenges but I know that God has a plan for me and that I need to be here in this area. God loves us and and the transfers are all inspired by the mission president. I just need to trust in God and have a good attitude because our Attitude determines our Altitude. At first we don't always know all of the answers or why? So I am not completely sure why I am here but know that God need me here and there are people I can help out. So I have felt the love and comfort of God that this is where I need to be. The people here are really great too and we are teaching some great people. The work here is doing well and we have some people with baptism dates and there are some people I really like. This one branch missionary has so much faith, he has worked with us every day so far I have been here. So I have learned that in our lives we may not always know why stuff happens at first but if we trust in God we will realize that it is all part of his plan for us. The assistants to the president stayed at our house on friday and they were surprised by how dirty it was ha ha. they gave me some advice they said to first find out why the lord want you here then figure out the how you can accomplish what he wants. They told me that every transfer happens for a reason and the Lord has a plan for me and I will figure that out one day. Even if you are put in a Black Hole be that SHINING LIGHT and turn it around Proverbs 3:5-7. So I am doing my best to apply the things I learned from Canlaon and Elder Natural and make the most out of it here and I know that it will be great. The people here are nice and it is a good area. I love you all and I need to go
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