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Party + Party = No Sleep!

Hey Y'all! 

Hope all is going well. This week has been awesome! It has been fiesta time in our area, Panagan, and it has been a blast. There have been singing contests, dance showdowns, and even a Miss Gay Pageant! Lets get into it.

This week started out with a Mission Tour, a big meeting with all the missionaries in our mission, in Naga city. We were blessed to have Elder Bangeter, one of the General Authorities in our church, visit our mission. It was such a spiritual day and helped me realized that in our actions we see miracles. As we continue to have faith in Jesus Christ, and continue to follow him we will see the miracles, and the blessing in our life. I know this to be true. I have seen it time and time again whilst here on the mission. And while in Naga, we had a little time to spare before the meeting. So, we went exploring! As we were stalking the streets of what appeared to be a ghetto version of Japan. We saw it... MCDONALDS. At this point I have not had the luxury of partaking of the MCY D's for 9 months. Oh how glorious was the taste. 1 sausage Egg McMuffin and an Oreo McFlurry to go. What a day.

And now about this fiesta in Panagan! It has been so so fun! Food everywhere! There was Lechon, Adobo, caldereta, curry curry etc... Along with all this food, were many activities in our area. Right outside of our apartment there is a little open area, and they filled it with loud speakers, decorations, and lots of people. This for us meant no sleep haha. The Filipinos take their partying pretty seriously haha. Those loud speakers I was talking about were right against our wall. Causing the whole apartment to shake until about 3 am... It finally went quiet, thank goodness. We were finally able to get some sleep. Until at just about 5 am the speakers started up again, and this time even louder... needless to say I have been quite tired today haha. And if you want to here more about the Miss Gay Pageant, my parents would love to fill you in! 

I love you all. And wish you the best always.

Elder Morgan








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