E-mail dated 6/24/19

Kamusta Kamo??!

Well I have arrived in my new and last area! Sibalom, Antique! It is soo cool here, it is beautiful it is basically just rice fields and mountains but it is chill. Riding here is horrible, a 3 hour bus ride through the twists and turns of the mountain, its crazy. First time I have thrown up in soo long because of that stupid bus!! 

But my first week in my new area has been a good one! We have been working with a lot of members and the members are so nice and fun. We were also able to get 6 new investigators yesterday so that was great! Its weird that i will only be here for one transfer, but i just want to do all i can in the time that i have left!

Thats cool that mike conley is coming to the jazz, I like and even better that i get to watch it! Sounds like it will be a good season!

Well that should probably do it for the week! I love you guys! Talk to you next week!

Elder Degen

E-mail dated 6/17/19

Hey Everyone!

Kamusta kamo??

Just thought I would send off a quick one for the last time here in Buenavista, Guimaras! So tomorrow I will be transfering to sibalom antique. Its on the west part of panay island, a place I have never been before so it should be fun! There language is a little different so I guess we will just see how that goes. I am excited though. It will be hard to leave Buenavista, this has  been my longest area, I have been here for 7 months, so I am really close with a lot of people. It will be hard to say goodbye. I love the people so much.  This area will always be so memorable, from opening it up again and training twice, it has been challenging, but fun! 

Elder Degen

E-mail dated 6/10/19

Well i just thought i would send a short email! Everything is still going good here. It has been raining a lot recently, but it actually felt good. So the highlights of the week were probably about the former investigator family we found and they are soo cool! (Agocejos family) We have a high hopes for them, we just need to work on them coming to church. 

Another cool thing that happened this week was just yesterday 2 of our recent converts, Iris(baptized in december) and ram-ram (baptized in feb) worked with us in the rain yesterday and it was a lot of fun. Its moments like those, that make the mission worth it. Even if it may not be going perfect, we can still remember that we have and are helping people. Iris said that once she finishes high school she wants to go on a mission. Same with RamRam once he grows up! 

Well by this time next week I will probably know where my last area is going to be soo..thats kind of crazy! Time flies....I cant even think about that though..its to weird!

Love you guys!

Elder Degen

E-mail dated 6/3/19

Kamusta kamo?

 So this week was a pretty good week! It has been soo hot. This week we had some pretty good lessons and right now we are kind of focusing on strengthening the members because thats what the branch needs right now. So this week i was cool to see a couple of people that havent been to church in a really long time be able to come this week! We have kind of been struggling getting investigators to church, but its still a good feeling to help people come back to church after they kind of went astray for a little bit! We have found a really nice family of 3 that is super interested but are only available sunday...but the work is still good here in buenavista. Still trying our bests! 

I still haven't gotten my travel plans, i would assume in the next couple of weeks i will get them. We have already started and done a lot of paper work that i need to go home, so i assume it would be comin here soon here. Transfers are in 2 weeks, so that means that these are probably my last 2 weeks in buenavista because elder wallace and I are going home at the same time, so i will most likely be spending my last 6 somewhere else, but i guess we never know. 

Sorry for the short email...and not calling but I love you guys! Have a good week!

Elder Degen