Cabanatuan

Well, everything is going pretty good over here in the Philippines having a blast over here. It's been a really busy week, just having a good time getting to know everything in my new area. For those of you who are interested my new area is here in Cabanatuan ward 4 and branch 8. They both are really sweet areas. It's kinda weird though 'cause we end up going to church 2 times, but it's always nice 'cause we get to take the sacrament twice, so I guess it means double the blessings. But the people here are really nice and it's going to be a fun time here in Cabanatuan. My new comp. is Elder Burog, and he's awesome. He works hard, so we are going to have lots of fun. It was actually kinda funny, the first weekend I got here we had a baptism, which is why you all see the pictures. Brother Ryan, got baptized. The funny part is the missionary I replaced here in Cabanatuan went home, and his family came to pick him up so they were at the baptism too. Then after that they had a big party for him, so we got to attend a big ward party after that, and it was actually pretty cool. Elder Truman is the name of the elder who went home, and it's kinda funny 'cause they have a band, and are really good, so we had a really awesome concert, it was probably the best ward party I've ever been too. Had a baptism, then had a party after that. Then on sunday, just had a whole day at the church. It starts with branch 8 in the morning, and then ward 4 at 2 in the afternoon. So we basically spend the whole day at the church, with all the meetings and everything, which is pretty awesome. I got to give a talk in branch 8, which is always interesting. I guess I'm kinda getting used to just being called on to give talks, happens a lot here, but it was ward conf. in ward 4 so I'll probably give a talk next week in that ward. In this area we actually have quit a few progressing investigators, which is pretty cool. Hopefully we have a few more baptisms coming up in the coming weeks. We actually have one investigators who has been going to church for the last 2 years, but hasn't gotten baptized, 'cause she isn't married to her "husband". But she just got married this last week, so she should be getting baptized in the coming weeks. Today was pday, and it was pretty sweet. We made some goals, and had some fun with that, then we went to a golf course here in town and went to the hitting range. It was awesome. It's actually a really nice course, I was really surprised. It was in a really rich area of the city, which I guess explains it. They said it's mostly foreigners that play there, but it's actually pretty cheap. And the driving range is really cool 'cause you hit the balls into a lake, so it was a lot of fun.