3 Baptisms

A big spider. Probably a little smaller than my hand.

Getting down a "star apple" from a tree

A bamboo boat A river crossing

Ireneo/Quiapo Baptism

Kumusta Kamo?! This is Elder Christensen reporting from Sibalom again haha things here are going very well. Yesterday we had three baptisms. Jina Quiapo-16, Ivy Ireneo-10 and Mike Ireneo-8. Mike and Ivy are siblings and Jina is their cousin. It was really cool and went well except at first the font water wasn't working so we had to get a hose from the outside and put it through the window. That tsunami has been pretty weird. It was on every television here for a few days but it hasn't affected us. Apparently if it affected the Philippines it would hit the East coast and I am on the Western part. Transfers are next week so I am like 99% sure this will be my last full week with Elder Bosotros. I won’t lie I kind of want an American because it will be fun to talk and stuff while we proselyte. Elder Bosotros is way cool we just don’t have much in common and twelve weeks together has been a long time haha we have run out of things to talk about. I talk a ton to my roommates though so that is good. I can’t believe mom and dad have been married 29 years that is nuts. Congratulations. We have an investigator who has been going to church for a long time but we just thought he was a member. Turns out he just likes going and wants to be baptized but we just didn't know. We were at his house yesterday and his parents have been married for 27 years and he was talking about it a little. That is pretty rare here though. I think. Wow, I am way excited for Colton Gust (Fort Lauderdale, Florida) and Nick Accordino (Cape Verde). When do they leave? They will be completely different people in just a few months haha. Sounds like a lot is going on in St. George! They are just fixing things up for when I return :) what a good city. I also can’t believe Britt is eleven. Happy Birthday! I hope you have an awesome day and hope you liked my gifts haha even though they are small. I really cannot believe that baseball is going on right now. Time is flying by! I swear last week I was a sophomore talking with Nate Carter and those guys but he is already home and what not. The language is coming along so, so well. I can teach almost everything and have been engaging in conversations so I have been getting better and better every day. It is nice that I can speak and people understand haha. That hasn't happened for like the last two months! That sink is not actually the kitchen sink but we do dishes in there. Our clothes wash we just do in buckets sitting on the ground. It is lame. But ok. It takes me like about two hours every P-Day. Mom I got your card in the mail today. And yes, things here are very similar to that Mayan village we visited in Cancun last summer (wow it was already almost a year ago!) The people just have little houses and they have tons of chickens, turkeys, goats, pigs around for them to eat. I won’t lie, I am pretty shocked that nobody said anything about the balut I ate haha. I expected mom to freak out. We also got a senior couple in our zone today. They are the Holts from Roy, Utah but originally from Enterprise, Utah so that is cool. They lived close to us. I am not sure yet if they proselyte or what but it will be nice. They brought us brownies too! yay! Hey Britt! It is the 14th here today so happy birthday! I love you so much and you are growing up too fast! I am happy you got a new bike(sorry for never fixing yours) haha I hope you ride it lots and give the whole family lots of love for me! I love you Fram Bam! Anyway, things are good. Love you all! I will leave you a little line and see if you can translate it for next week :) Kamaan ako nga matuod ang simbahan ni jesucristo. Kag palangga ko kamo p.s. the video of Nick Accordino getting his mission call was cool. I didn’t know where Cape Verde was either haha. Tell him congrats and I can’t think of anything else for the package maybe like some cookie mix haha for my sweet tooth. Love you!