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Lost in the Jungle of San Roque!

Hey ya'll this week has been wild! 

Yes, Elder Anor and I got lost in the jungles of San Roque! But before I get into that let me tell you about Elderly Filipino Week here in Cotnogan. It is a holiday over here. All of the old people from around our area come and party! All week! They blast songs and sing karaoke, have dance competitions, and best of all cook good food for us to eat! Respect is a big factor in Filipino Culture, so this week was dedicated to showing our love and respect for the Elderly. It was so much fun and I was able to practice my Tagalog with them a little bit which was awesome! 

This week we have had no water, and we wont for another month-ish. So each morning we have to walk nearly a kilometer to the water pump and get to work. After we pump our containers with water we have to lug the water all the way back to the apartment. And we have to do this a few times just to get water for the day! It is very fun haha. 

This week has been a struggle with Tagalog/Rinconada as well. I still can't understand anyone, and they can't understand me. This is very frustrating because I want to be able to contribute more then I am currently able too in lessons, and talking to the people. Often times when asked a question there are many seconds of awkwardness before my companion helps out haha. It is tons of fun!

But now, how I got lost in San Roque. In the Cotnogan area of the Philippines, there are no addresses or street signs. So for directions people just point. Earlier in the week we met Sister Luc, and she was interested in our message. And wanted us to teach her. Come Sunday we made time to visit her, and all we knew was that she lived in San Roque. So we start our hour long walk to San Roque. And when we get there we asked a bunch of people where Sister Luc lived, and they pointed to the jungle. So we went. And pretty soon after we stopped seeing people, we realized that we had no idea where to go haha. And there was no one to help us so we just kept walking, and walking. We were lost haha. Probably for an hour and a half or so. And only after a bunch of bugs and spiders were starting to crawl on me, we luckily we were able to come across 2 people pumping water from a well. And they helped us on our way. And we finally found Sister Luc's house and had an awesome lesson! We talked about God's love for us and the Restoration of the gospel of Jesus Christ! The spirit was strong during this lesson. I was even able to testify a tiny bit in understandable Tagalog! It was exciting to see some progress! 

Anyways, I love and miss you all! Here are some pictures of the Philippines!

Elder Morgan











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