7-4-11

Good afternoon

Well Happy 4th of July to everyone. To start off my letter our 4th here in the Philippines is going to be awesome tonight hahaha. We have a senior couple in our area and MY companion mooched off of them. Well yesterday at church my companion went up to Elder Morgan after he tried mooching off of Sister Morgan who didn't fall for it. My companion asked Elder Morgan "What are your plans for the 4th", Elder Morgan said "hmmmm I haven't thought of that yet", my companion "We were kinda thinking maybe we could have a BBQ of something like that", Elder Morgan "Yeah!". So later on about 4:30 we are going to their house to have a BBQ. I am very grateful for my companion Elder Tomlinson. But im more grateful for the AMERICAN FOOD we will be eating!:D

We now have our new Mission President na Si President Stucki. Its a small world after all. He has already made some changes where are not really to big. We wear belts made out of horns, coconuts, bamboo here in the Philippines but now those are forbidden. We have to wear leather belts. We cant listen to EFY music...Hymns only, and we cant take naps on Pday. There might be more but I will find them out Friday.

We had 119 attendance yesterday and the last 2 weeks 120. So the Branch is getting stronger. We have had some less actives come to church and I heard them say that they want to enter the Temple.

The pics are of our Baptism of Brother Macagba, my Dr Pepper:D, and a spider we found again in our house that had an egg sack that she wouldn't let go of. But the sack broke open and babies ran everywhere.

Well thats all for this week but next week more exciting stuff and experiences. Well until than ingat kayo and mahal ko kayo.

Elder Cobbley