E-mail dated 8/20/18

Kamusta Kamo!!? 

Well its about 10000 degrees in this computer shop that we are in right now, so lets see how long this email is, or how long i can make it.  This week has been a pretty busy week with MLC and other meetings, but it was a good week nonetheless. At least it didn't rain too much this week, it was just hot. So either way we are always wet, wet from the rain or sweat. My companion makes the joke that he is never dry, at night when he works out, he is dripping sweat before the workout even starts, haha. I don't know why I tell you these things, but there you go. 

As for me this past week, Tuesday and Wednesday we had MLC, it was good. MLC is always good to discuss and bring up concerns in our zones and also receive trainings. And of course its great to see all of the mission friends from other parts of the island, who we don't see very often. Then on thursday we worked with another elder in jaro ( an area in our zone) because his companion had DLC, so that was a really great experience to work with him. And the rest of the week was pretty normal. 

We have been working hard to help prepare sister Riza for her baptism, but her school schedule is really hard, we know she will be baptized (she always reads, prays and comes to church) but we are still not 100 percent sure if it will happen this saturday. We found a few new investigators this week. Sometimes it can be hard as a zone leader to give complete focus to our area, we have meetings and other areas also to help and serve. But, we are still receiving blessings.

Something fun that we did was, today we had a district/zone activity. It was really fun! All 10 of us met at our chapel, we played basketball, other games, did culture stuff (in our zone we have americans, somoans, austrailians, and of course filipinos) and ate some good food. It so fun, especially if i get to play basketball, it gives me energy for the next week. 

Sorry the email is kind of short and I don't have anything super exciting to report. It is so crazy to me that I am turning 20 this week....I don't want to turn 20, 20 sounds soooo much older than 19. And yet the other day someone said I looked like I am 12 soo..... and I still get called short even though I am taller than most people here haha. Its just because they think that ALL americans are tall.  It will be weird to be 20, but oh well. 

Palangga ko kamo!

Elder Degen